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2 “I Have Committed the Worst Crime Possible for Woman—But, Oh, I Dread the Gallows'” MRS. KING WARNS OTHER WOMEN'AGAINST PITFALLS if I Had Slapped Nick Wilburn’s Face the First Time He Squeez ed My Hand 1 Would Not Be in This Dread ful Fix Now,” Moans the Plotter of Death. By STAFF CORRESPONDENT. GRAYS. GA, D» ■ . 30. > ted by he: relatives, scorned by In i • r . Kathrine King, who has confess*' i ‘ plotting and inspiring the murder “f her husband. James King, is a pitiabb figure She occupies a roomy cell n the jail here, and Sheriff Robert- is kindly going to txtla effort to make In ■ prison life comfortable, but -h» tea< - fully declares that lf< hencefo-th i tedious to her. “I would welcome death, if they only •wouldn’t hang me.” she told a Georgian reporter, the first ami only newspap-r man to whom she has talked concern ing the clinic for which her 'if* is in jeopai d> In Cell Next To the Gallows. Tin steel wall, which acts as a pai: - tioli sot Mrs. King's cell, also supports the death trap, and of this she is cogni aant When she gazes out of two of the thr.-o windows to her apartment Iler glair falls upon the little cemetery on the hillside in the distance. From the other window she can see tile Bridge cf Sighs." which she must traverse in going to the court house to be sen tenced. "There is little to adit to what I have adv confessed," M s. King told Ihe Georgian. "1 confessed because I .ini not want to die w ith a lie on my lit* 1 don’t believe I would have admitted ail, however, if Nick Wilburn had kept si lent. When he told the truth about .Tim's death, there was no it.- any longer lor me to deny the facts. I want to add this, so that peopli maj fmm the right ophtion of me. I am no mote guilty of my husband's murder than Nick Wilburn. 1 fell in love with Nick, and he took advantage of my weakness to make me do things against my will. Tie told me that either Im or my hit - band had to die, and as Jim was a con sumptive ami could not live much long er. 1 consented to his death. Nick \\ il burn was the first to suggest such i thing, and he mentioned it a half dozen times before I yielded. “I Had Gone So Far I Couldn’t Resist.” "I had already gone so far. 1 had de ceived my husband so much, that I was not strong enough to resist Nick Wil burn's idea. Aral once the thought got in my brain. 1 could not think of any thing else, and then it just seemed lik" we had to do away with Jim for any of us to'be happy. 1 know now that I wasted myself and my love on Nick Wilburn, for 1 have found out that he Is a coward. That I should have done so much for a man like him is one of my chief regrets. I hope he hangs, and 1 hope they will let me see him die." In speaking of Wilburn, the woman's eye fairly blazes, and her resentment seems to be deep and tigerish. Only when she talks of her children does she show any real emotion. She is especially fond of Nina, her sixteon-year-old daughter, and of Charles Linton. her four-year old baby boy. That she has not been able to see her children causes Mrs. King great distress. Though she sub dued her mother love long enough to kill the father of her children, now. in her black despair, she is looking to them for her chief consolation. Their refusal to visit her keeps her eyes rod and wet. “Do you think you will hang ‘ Mrs. King was asked. “] suspect I will,” she r- plied, as tears of fear, not of grief, appeared In her swollen eyes. ”1 have committed the worst crime eve laid at a woman’s door, and I know that I am a wicked woman, and I realize that I may die as a result. If they would just poison me. or shoot me. 1 would not cure so mm h. but I Just can’t bear the thought of that gallows 1 dreamed about it night, and 1 wnke up screaming Repeatedly Asks About Insurance. Many believe that Mis. King i lotted the murder of James King mo in o - der to obtain the $2,000 life insurance than because of any love tor Nick W i ■ burn. In this connection, it Is peculiar ly significant that even now in het av. - ful predicament the thought of the in surance money is uppermost in h< i mind. In the interview w ith The Geot glan she alluded to the subject fre quently, and repeatedly asked It it w< possible for her to collect the money. "Is there any message you can give to women in genera as a result of your experience?" she was ask, d. Yes, then is." she install > icpiied. "Say to every woman, if she is mar ried, never to let a man othei than he” husband put his hands on her. If I had slapped Nick Wilburns face the fust lime bt squeezed me hand. I would not be in this dreadful fix now." And t on she began cry ing. Later she told about how she and Wilburn fell in love. “There Was Little Affection Between Us.” "My husband was practically an in valid," she said, "and there was not. much affection between us. Nick Wi bum stayed around our house a great deal, and often ate at the table with us One day he told m< that he bad the blues b.-caus. ho didn't lava frbte In the world 1 told him that he was mistaken, that I was his friend. He took my hand and squeezed it and held h for a long time The n-xt day he ■ ' BMB SEES ENO 1 OF OiG FORTUNES ) . W. D. Manley Says Morgan Was Right. “Money Trust Is Impossible.” i "All great individual fortunes now ,n ■xisleiiee Will di-in: u ate within the next tin or 70 yea;.-." declared W. I». i Manley, of Atlanta, today, in tin Inter view given The New York Herald on th, Mo van t'Stlmonv b.-foi.- the Pujo committee of congress. Mr. Manley president of the Bankers Trust Company of Atlanta, gave the in to, view in response to a telegram from The Herald, and deviated that. J. Pier pont Moi vail was right in testify ing that there could be no money trust. His statement fed lows: "Mr. Morgan, like ail great melt, has t ■■stifled frankly and plainly. His - con | structive forces have been helpful to this country. There can be no money trust as long as bank deposits ate sub ject to check. There can be no credit trust, as you can not separate a good man from his well earned credit. Co operative banking is stronger than in dependent institutions of non-collat eral support, and docs not destroy com petition. Mr. Morgan is not a wrecker, be dm s not destroy . Public sentiment, followed by even revolution. would pre vent any one man or his cohorts from continuously exploiting the public. "All great individual fortunes now held will disintegrate within the next 60 to 75 years.” WOMAN ELIGIBLE TO CIVIL SERVICE EXAM. AS COMMON LABORER War veterans ate given preference, by the Federal board of labor employ ment, in the sleetion of laborers under a test to be held January 31. The test is for those who desire to qualify for the humblest service under the I’nlted States government, that of unskilled la borer. Examinations in Atlanta will be held in room 208. the postoffice build ing. Circulars distributed, telling of the ; test, announce that both men and wom en may apply for the position of un skilled laborer. They 'will be examined find rated as regards ability and fit ness to perform heavy work. Male will be entered on the register and certified in the following order: (1) Persons honorably discharged from the army and navy by reason of wounds or disability incurred in line of duty: (2) honorably discharged vet erans of the civil war; 131 other eligi bles in the order of their rating. Xpplleants, except veterans of the war between the states, must not be less than 20 nor more than 60 years old. An examination will be held January 22 in competition for the position of photo-engraver for the Philippine serv ice. onen to men between the ages of is and 40. The position pays $2,000 a DIVORCE RECOMMENDED FOR WIFE OF PAINTER Nl .W 1 ORK, Dec. 30. - Referee Maurice Dechis filed a report with Justice Gieger- Icli, ni the supreme court, recommending ■ a decree of absolute divorce in fay or of Mrs. Almarita Howe Torrey, formerly of Bridgeport. Conn., against George Hur- I roughs Torrey, a noted portrait painter. The report further recommends that Mrs. Torrey be granted $5,000 a year alimony and bo allowed to resume her maiden i name. i The action was begun December 16 s Mrs. Torre> charged her husband with I misconduct with an unidentified young woman CHINAMAN. RUINED BY STEAM LAUNDRY. DIES 11i.1.1.N \. \RK., Dec. 30. Grieving be . cause a steam laundry had ruined his , business. Sam Sing, a Chinaman, poured gasoline <>n his bo»i\ and set tire to him- • self. His charred body was found by firemen, who saved the house from burn ing Hidden in a clock was a note to the public telling why he killed himself KILLED HUNTING LEAK IN GAS PIPES IN HOUSE ' lII< AGO. Dec. 30. The body of Fred Barker, of 661st Bosworth avenue, was found .n the gas-tilled basement of his home. The North Halsted street police agreed that death had been accidental. It is the belief of the police that Barker smelled escaping gas and went to the basement to find the leak and was oVcr- • come. BITTEN ON NOSE BY RAT IN SLEEP. NEARLY DIES 1 TRAVERSE CITY. MICH I .<>■■, 30 ! I Bitten on the nose by u rat while sleeping I litis morning, Clifford Mull, a musician, nearly bled to death A vein In Mull s nose was severed by the rodent's teeth. Blood poisoning is feared t what I said about being ids friend. 1 said, Yes,' and then lie grabbed me and t kissed me. Tin next day he kissed m» again Fntil then my husband was the i' only man that had ever kissed me.” M’s King is a little, frail woman, not s WeiglHfig over 90 pounds, N’everthe ' less she is not devoid of charm. Though ■i small, lie - figure Is well proportioned. >' be f.ie is rather I'repossesslng. I She i y,.us age, having ma: led '■ ■■ • was ’ \P U y . .us of , t g,. HIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1912. ! THE MISTLETOE ~JOY AND GLOOM Copyright 1912 by International News Service. ’vjttpTAßE'lou G '' TSTE HEE 7 I | OOiNQ I|m . _-','Uf>SOME / ; ' ' MISREToe 1 I ' ( i i- " ’"""I ■ -We 'c iHn / ° IYourFunpcp.The I Mistletoe ,[ , Lfx. ! r~ '' , \ J M Mu WLi „ go fo] u-.1 i ' • J HA AX V ■-eg x JEa fir fc wzl t / liSw* vrx . w F-aI a! W / - -G. 'i I conyehtioh vsitu A £/ ’ yX i ' (TF Gjow come To oaosa.J ■ ® XuUo" -i IJETjg g. B .ag ANSLEY & SCOTT, REALTY FIRM. TO BE DISSOLVED Dissolution of the partnership of , Ansley & Scott, real estate dealers in the Atlanta National Bank building, is ; announced today. The firm is com posed <>f Cliff W. Ansley and Henry B. Seott, who have long been identified with constructive business in Atlanta. Mr. Ansley retains the office In the At lanta National and Mr. Scott goes to , new quarters in the Empire building, second floor. The change is effective January 1. BALK AT IMMERSION IN ICE-COVERED STREAM SPRINGFIELD, ILL., Dec. 30. -Ten of f twenty-tour converts at the Pawnee Mis sionary Baptist church, who appeared on the banks of a small stream for Intmer- ■ sion. balked when they saw the minister, i Itev. <'. <>. Booth, break through three Inches of ice am, call for his converts to be baptized. Fourteen were bap tized in the Icy water, 8 HELD FOR STABBING MAN TWELVE TIMES CHICAGO. Dec. 30. Eight young men are under arrest at the Hinman street i station on suspicion of assaulting and at . tempting to kill Walter Wetierman, who ‘ was stabbed twelve times in the body. H< is in a critical condition at the countv hospital ARMY ORDERS WASHINGTON, !>■<-. 31*. A niv *■ - det s: Captain John A. Berry, coast art’l -1 l*-ry corps*, from .-taff commanding offi cer, artillery district of Pensacola, to Thirty-fourth company. ■ Captain Howard S Miller, co.is. ar • tlllery corps, from Ninety -fourth to 1 Forty-sixth company, • 'aptain Wade H. Carpenter, cast ar tillery corps, front Thirty-fourth to One . Hundred and Sixth company. First Lieutenant A. Elliott Brown, 1 front Twenty-third to Sixteenth infan- I try First Lieutenant Abney Payne, coast , artillery corps, from Twenty-first com pany. command United States army mine planter. : First Lieutenant Charles 11 Eby. Pwelfth cavalry, detailed a- professor , military science and tactics, I’niversity of Missouri. Columbia. Mo. First Lieutenant Leighton Powell. Thirl. * nth Infantry. to ids lotne pre paratory to hl relit* nielli from m tiv* s* rvi e. 7,000 HEAR ORGAN 1 RECITAL AND XMAS CAROLS AT ARMORY With fully 7.000 persons assembled to hear the Sunday concert at the Audi . torium-Armory, Atlanta proved conelu : sively yesterday that the efforts of the , Musical Festival association are appre ciated. i Two months of conventions at the , Auditorium had made the people hun . gi y for good music and hundreds were 1 turned away yesterday afternoon for j lack of seats. Sunday’s program was most elabo rate. In addition to the organ recital [ given by .Municipal orgai.dst Starnes* . and Charles A. Sheldon. SOU singers | participated in th*' Christmas caiol pro- I. guim. Tire organ program included Handel's •'Pastoral Symphony;' - "Christmas." by ' Dethier. and Gounod's "Nazareth." . "God Rest Ye. .Merrie Gentlemen." "Good King Wenceslas, I’he Coven- try Carol" and "The Holly and tin ivy" completed the carol program. RUSSIA PLACES A RIGID BAN ON MILITARY NEWS : ST. PETERSBERG, Dec. 30.—An im- . perial decree forbids the circulation of ! military or navy news of any kind whatsoever. The decree remains in . force for a year. It gives In minute ■ detail a list of matters which must not I be touched upon, including the fulfilling i of factory orders for the army or navy i and relating to furloughs or calls to tit** colors FALL DOWNSTAIRS IN HER HOME FATAL TO WOMAN CHICAGO, Dec. 30. -Mrs Louise I ' Stlirank. living at Hit West Fourteenth street, is dead at st. Anthony's hospital of Injuries received December 20, when slic tripped ami fell down a flight of stairs 1 at her home Her skull was fractured ami ! she was Internally injured. SEIZE SEVEN BOXES OF COCAINE IN RAID CHICAGO. Dee. 30 P**liee Os the Des platnes street police station raided n flat <>*’■ uple.i by Henry Pratt in South Center J avenue ami seized seven boxes containing* cocaine Pratt was arrested ami held at L the station on *. barites of selling drugs .1- * legally, I, -. NEGRO PASTOR CALLS 1912 BANNER YEAR FOR RACE The progress of the negro since emancipation was the subject of a Nev. Year's sermon by the Rev. H. H. Proctor, pastor of the First Congrega tional church, colored, yesterday morn ing. Rev. Proctor said the year 1912 was a banner year in tlie advancement of his race in Atlanta, and that he looked forward to still greater progress in 1913. "Looked at from any broad point of view, it must be conceded by all that w*• have made good the promises of our freedom,” lie said. “Through the varied experiences of joy and sorrow in learning the ways of freedom we have progressed step by step in the essentials of real living." SHOP TALK ~| South Bakery, the home of Pip-Top bread, is one of the latest ad ditions to Atlanta's long list of enter prises. and is also one of the largest. The building is of concrete through out. being two stories high with base ment, giving about 5,(100 square feet of space. Every improvement in the making 111*1 baking of bread, cake and pie that modern ingenuity can suggest has been installed, and no human hand touches the pioducts except in the wrapping. Ihe flour is sift*-d through a tine silk met ii. mixed by machinery, worked and moulded by machinery. and is then sutijc t*'d to t**sts by expert chemists before ami after baking. til the bakers are white met: and * \. .** ' ts, ami when the products of the Ni'w S..,itii .. e delivered to the trade they will stand til.* strictest t* st of the pure food experts-. Some id* a of the size of this bakery may be had by the fact that the ca pacity is P'O barrels of flout a day. Anothe" feature that guarantees the pioducts of the New South is the fact that Joseph Roge*s is the general man ager. Mr. Kogers' name lias been iden tified with tile highest class'of bread fm years and he Is known not only in Atlanta, but over the state. G. H. Perry, manager of the shoe de partment at J. P. Allen's, has left for the Eastern markets to purchase spring styles of women’s anil children's foot wear. A special sale ts being conduct ed during bls absence to make room for th* new goods. Special sales will be conducted in every department—eoats and suit.-, mil linery, fain * goods as a el, as the shoe * * P.l I: l lent Srm welcome I FOR n NOS Governor-Elect Slaton Extends Greetings of Georgia to 300 Visiting Fraternity Men. With addresses by Governor-elect John M. Slaton, representing the state; John C. Alston, for the local alumni chapter, and Albert H. Wilson, of New York, regent of the fraternity, the first session of the annual convention of the Grand Chapter of Sigma Nu was begun at the Piedmont hotel this morning at II o’clock. During the early part of the day trains arriving in Atlanta brought hun dreds of enthusiastic Sigma Nus. Some 300 delegates registered at local hotels during the morning, including Regent Wilson, Grand Recorder C. E. Wood, of Florida; Grand Treasurer S. F. Pe gues, of Chicago, and Grand Counsellor Robert J. Bannister, of Des Moines. Following the morning session, the delegates adjourned for dinner, to re convene at 3 o'clock for the first busi ness meeting. It is understood that the first business considered, by the con vention will be applications for new chapters. Delegates from locals at John B. Stetson university. DeLand, Fla., and tlie I'niversity of Maine are in the city urging their respective claims. The Stetson university deles-ation is headed by Frank Wideman, who recently won the contest held by the Intercollegiate Oratorical association. Tite first social event of the conven tion will be held tonight at the Pied mont hotel at 8 o’clock. With E. Lee M’orsham, state entomologist, as toast master, 45ti Sigma Nus will sit down to banquet. In addition to the speakers, the Alkahest Lyceum bureau has ar ranged a cabaret performance. Two business sessions will be held each day. A theater party will be on the program for Tuesday night. The convention will close Wednesday night witli a ball and buffet supper at the Capital City club. NEGRO WILL BE EXTINCT IN 2122. ASSERTS EXPERT NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30.—“ The ne gro rare in this country will be. ex tinct in 2122.’’ said Professor William Benjamin, the noted scientific lecturer, I who has made a study of the negro race. WOULD-BE TEACHERS DIDN’T KNOW‘AMERICA' SPOKANE, Dec. 3b.—More than 50 per cent of those who took the exami nation for school teachers tailed to an swer the questions. "Who wrote Home, Sweet Home?'” and "What is the last, stanza in ‘America?’" QUITS HIS PULPIT TO WED DIVORCED PARISHIONER SAN JOSE, <’AL., Dec. 30.—Rev. F. S. Jensen has quit the Baptist niinis tij and taken a job as a. floor finisher, and permitted his wife to suie for di vorce, so that he might marry Mrs. Lulu Smith, one of his former parish ioners, who was divorced by her hus band, who named the minister. FLAGS TRAIN TO SEE IF RELATIVES ARE ON IT SHARON, PA., Dec. 30.—After Hug ging a fast Lake Shore railroad pas sengei train at Salem, a man explained to the conductor that be “was expect ing some relatives down from the city, and wanted to see if they were on board.” AGED RECTOR'S WIFE DIES. ANNISTON. ALA.. Dec. 30.—Mrs. Blacklock, wi,. of R< v. j. h. Black lock, ri-etor of St. Michaels and All Angels Episcopal church, who died hero Saturday, was* buried here yesterday. Her husband is seriously in and is not expected to survive the shock of the death ot his wife. Both were natives of England and about 80 years old. WINS SCHOLARSHIP THOM ASVILLE. GA . I > ec . 30 . - M iH s I the R t a T'' ° f Whl B han ’’ has won the Roddenbery scholarship, which enti tles her to a free attendance at the t'ni \< rsity Extension school at Athens. Some tune ago Judge Roddenbery offered this scholarship to the young woman making the best exhibit at the canning club of Grady county. . IHE Al LANTA, Tues, and Wed., Mats. Both Days Buy Seats Now Werba A Luescher Present tie Famous Hungarian Prlma Donna, w '£rA ZI HA JOS, in Musical Triumph Matinee The Spring Maid ues ay Most Artistic of Operettas Prices 25c, 50c, 75c, sl, $1,50 and $2.00 Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with Matinee Saturday SEATS ON SALE TODAY. Nights 50c to 2.00. Mat 25c to 51.50 Return of Last Season’s » IEVERywohAII I 150—On the Stage-150 ' Iler Pilgrimage In (Juesl of lo'c I All Fler Children. Ex cept Baby Boy, Ex | press Scorn for Their Mother and Say She Should Be Punished for Her Crime Against Their Father. By STAFF CORRESPONDENT. AGGATESV ILLE, GA. (Jones Coun ty!, Dec. 30. —Here, at the home of Mrs John King, sister of Mrs. Katherine King, the five youngest children of t> le latter are staying. Mrs. John King is a sister of Mrs. Kate King, and they were also wedded to brothers, both of whon> arc now dead. Mrs. John King has four children of her own. and now that she has taken charge of the other flock her home is somewhat crowded. Visitors from Round Oak. who are many, find it a pathetic spectacle at Mrs. John King's home. Four-Year-Old Boy Cries for His Mother. Only one of the children of m » Kathrine King cries to see her. He a little Charlie, four years old, who, until now. lias never slept away from hi? mother, and who does not understand why the men so rudely took her awav from him last Friday, despite hi. screams and frantic, childish pleading "I want my mamma," he cries all dav long, and none of the other children can console him for her absence. Little Emory, who is six years ~1. understands dimly that his mother in, done something wrong and is being punished, and tiiat he must neither nor ask to see her. Nannie, ten years old, and a m os beautiful girl, matured beyond i ler > ears, says: "Mamma killed my p a n ;l Jim, and they are going to kill her I cry about her, but 1 don't want to see her any more.” ’ James, thirteen years of age, declares 4, h not T Koi "S to the jail to see his mother. 'lf she comes back here I Wdl ioye her, but I don't want to g„ io the jail, he says. "Motber Ought To Be Punished.’’ Nina, sixteen years old. a pretty, in . elhgent young miss, takes a philosoph- view. “Mother has done wrong, and she ought to be punished, but I bin.- for them to keep her in that horrid old Jail. She is my mother still, and 1 love her. However. I am not going to see lier. If she hadn't killed father on , account of that good-fo'r-nothing Xirl. Wilburn, maybe I would feel differ ent.” i The eldest child, who is now Mrs Hauk Wilburn, eighteen years of age says, briefly; "l am througii with mam -1 ”j'p, don't sympathize with her a- -’Xmpathi in Jones county is uiiivc’'- s:il for the children and tor .Mrs. John King. There are appaiently none wli.. B ' • any pity for Mrs. Katherine King. VETERANS MUST GET PERMISSION TO WED I da I Ton. onio. Dee. 39.—Dav lon :■ I bate court officials have a plan m 51 .,. schenimg women" marrying veterans ■ the boldiers home here in order to their pension money. Hereafter, the cour . attaches declare, applications In veterans . and young women for licenses to wed will be referred to the authorities of the home. SOCIETY GIRL. SHOOTING AT TARGET KILLS FIANCE ■ IIA .-' IM °ND, LA.. Dec. 3<l. Miss Estelle leming, IS years old. a society belle, u-- eidentally killed George H. Abbott, her llanee, while they were at target practice. BBSPHSWffIO W1 ■■ft AA* LYRSC . TH ’S Mata. Tues.. I WEEK Wed.. *Thurs.. Sat. Special Matinee New Years Day. W • A. BRADY Ltd., Presents BABY MINE WITH WALTER JONES AND THE NEW YORK CAST. > TouTF” « rj . r.m THIS WEEK GRAND “The Antique Girl” Keith with 15 Musical Com- Vaudeville edy Stars. Oailv Mat- Murray ALane. Frank ** Mullane. Grant &■ ■ nees and Hoag. 4 Flprimonds. Evening Per- Venetian 4. Gere & , formances Next