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“I Have Committed the Worst Crime Possible for Woman---But, Oh, I Dread the Gallows'”
MRS. KING WARNS OTHER WOMEN AGAINST PITFALLS
DYNAMITERS ARE
SENTENCED TO
DON STRIPES
Ryan Heads List With Seven
Years Minimum Penalty
Is Year and Day.
Continued From Page One.
for Judge Anderson to begin imposition
of sentence.
Tlie court room was filled with spec
tators. who followed with breathless
interest every incident.
The defendants looked worried and
the feeling that light sentences would
be pronounced, together with fines,
gave away at the last hour.
When a seven-year sentence was
passed upon Ryan, there was a wave'
- f surprise throughout the room.
The wives and children of thos* sen
tenced bote Up bravely in marked eon- I
trast to Stituidas's • tffttl deinonstra
’ lons
Tlie most of tin- prisoners themselves
maintained their calm lint serious de
’rteanor.
Edward Phillips, father of .1 little
gulden-liiii.'ed daughter of five years,
stagge: <■<', is he was led from court
'■oom. fie was the most visible affected !
f all. j
p arrell First
Questioned by Judge.
When the defendants w 4- b ought
.ef'Ce ~im Judge AlldelSOll began [
<1 petitioning several of them upon whose 1
a,,.- the ju.y hud difficulty in reaching
’ oticiusions'. He list called uu Patrick!
Farrell. of Now York, on whose ease
In judge understood the jurx had had
sime difficulty in arriving at a eon
lusion. Judge Anderson asked Farrell
■ f he voted against the resolution to
continue the strike against the Post-
McC'ord Construction t’ompanv before
tlie executive board. Farrell replied
that he did.
“It is not a fact that you were tn
sympathy with the dynamiting cam
paign in New York?”
"it was not," said Kartell.
“After you < eased to be a melnbei of |
tlie executive board, what position did
you hold in the organization of Iron
workers?”
“1 held none.'
Farrell was asked whv he tried to
organize the international association
ill New York in 1909, and bo said:
■'Certain members ask'd 1 I" u-e
influence."
Admits Farrell
Might Have Gone Free.
Judge Ami' rsoii sal'! 1. . b; on on
'.he bench t'o: ten y< .•- mid he would
rot sviiiem 1 a man he was
■iL’l’.ty.
District Attorney AlMle: arose and
.id that if tin ..' was any doubt in Ids
1 Miller's 1 mind whither the man should
nut be discharged unde:' the.statute of
imitation, it was one letter he wrote in
".iii'.i. Miller said lie believed that If th.
question had been properly put In the
court bv Farrell’s nttorneq. Farrell
might have taken advantage of the
statute of limitation. Miller then ar
med Judge Anderson any ruling would
>e ag .cable to him in tins case. He
said the only defense put up in Far
-ll's behalf l.y ills attorney was tlie
question: "What's tlie difference be
tween tlie case of Patrick Farrell and
John R. Carroll, who was discharged'”'
Farrell was seated* and James
Cooney, of Chicago, was called.
Judge Anderton asked:
“Do you know any reason why Mc-
Manlgal should have testified falsely
against you?”
"1 know none," said Cooney.
Have you read the constitution?".
"Yes." said Cooney.
"Do you believe in it'.'"
"Yes.”
"Do you believe men have any right
to violate the law on their own respon
sibility?" asked the judge
Judge Asks
About Evidence.
Judge Anderson then addressee At- |
torney Miller.
"Is there any evidence against th?
miin except that introduced by MeMuu
’gal?"
ifil.e: replied that the:-, w.is 11.
said Cooney hud admitted be had the
opportunity to talk to MeManiga’i. as
the latter said he had. Fut thermore,
the defense brought men here to sh. 1 |
he did not have the opportuniti
"Three of their witnesses neie
brought here forth. sole reason of
contradiction of MeManigal.” said Mil
ler. “And yet they corroborated him. ’
one letter shows that Cooney Intro
duced MeManigal to Ryan: atiot ter as-,
serted that Cooney was talking too |
much."
After a few more questions Cooney
uas permitted to take his seat, and
James Coughlin, of Chicago, was called
before the judge.
Judge Anderson himself tH-eme.l to be
giving the men a defense that their own
attorneys had not accorded them. At
one time he stated that only direct evi
dence should be considered, as he him
self hud heard that one of the d>fond
ants last March hud staled that th
jail would not hold the men if all iron
imkers that hud knowledge <>f the von
-J.iri.y Were t., be indiet.'. Judge
mn then put a Um of tpiesttoiis
" ' "'igliliii - imilar t " th.u. ■ -k'.d < ....
i >
I |
l“If I Had Slapped Nick
Wilburn’s I ace the
First I i me He Squeez
ed My Hand I Would
Not Be in This I Tread
ful Fix Now,” Moans
the Plotter of Death.
By Staff Correspondent
I ci; A YS, C, A . I>' c. 3tf. I > '■ 'it'd by •
| ||C| relatives, scorned by lie:- children |
' 'lid seemingiy without .1 fiietid, Mrs. I
iKathrine King, who has confessed to I
j plotting mid inspiring tiie mJ < ! < .' "!
! her husband. Jam. s King. a pi.iabh
[figure. Sh. oc uples a roomy >< .1 u ,
'tn. jaii h :., and Sheriff Hob .t- 1-
klnoly going to ••xtra effort to make her
prison lif. comfortable, but she tear-;
fully de. i ires that ,lfe hem efol th is I
tedious to I).a.
"I would welcome death, if they only
wouldn't hang me," site told □ Georgian
reporle'. the first and only newspaj-t
man to whom she lias talked concern
ing the crime Im which her life is in
jeopardy.
In Cell Next
To the Gallows.
'rip- .-!• wall, which acts as a parti
tion so M s. King's evil, also supports
I th< <!eu th 11 ap, and of Hi is she is cog til
-1 zat 1. When s'e gazes out. of two of th*'
ihr< < windows to her apartment her
glan* >■ falls upon !!•■ little < mmTer.v on]
the hillside in 1 .<• distance. From the
window she r,in see the “Bridge
• 1 Sighs,” which sue must tiavi-t.-e hi
g dng t</ th-- court hous<’ to be sen
tenced.
! “The,. < little to add to what 1 liavA/
I ..! i’c ii(l\ eon I’csscd,” M S. King told 'l’ll''
I Georgian. ”1 confessed because I did
i not want to die with a lie on my lips. 1
I don’t beli» vc I would hav. admitted all,
[however, if Nick Wilburn hud Uet«t si-
I lent. Wht'ii he told the tri/h about
I Jim’s death, there was ny n>c any
• longer tor me to deny the fax is. 1 want
to add this, so that people ma> form >
Hie right/opinion of me. 1 am n»> more
guilts of m\ husband’s murder than
Nick V\ ilburn. 1 fell in lov«- with Nick,
and he took advantage of my weakness
to make me do things against my will.
He told in*' that either lie or my hus
band had to die, and as Jim was a con
sumptive and etuild not jive much long
er, I consented to his dejath. Nick il
burn was the fust to puggest such a
thing, an«l he mentioned it a half dozen
times before 1 yielded.
“I Had Gone So Far
I Couldn't Resist."
"I hud alrem.li gum' sotfar. 1 bail de
ceived my husband so much, that I was
not strong enough to resrfet Nick Wil
burn’s idea. Ar.d once
in my brain. 1 could not thltik of any
thing else, ami then it Just sAcmed like
we had to do .iway with Jim fly any of
ns to he happy. I know uow'.Hiat I
wasted myself and my love on iljick
W ilburn, for 1 have found out that ms
'is u coward. That 1 Should have done
' so much for a man like him is one of
my chief regrets. I .hope he hangs, and
I hope they will let me see him die.” in
speaking of Wilburn, thb woman's eye
fairly blazes, ami 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 sixteen-year-old daughter,
and of <'buries Union, 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 red
and wet.
•'Do you tliink you will hang'.'" Mrs.
King u as
“1 suspect I will,” she replied, as
tea’s of fear, not of grief, appeared in
her swollen eyes. "I have committed
the worst crime ever 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 not care so much,
but I jUft can't bear the thought of that
gallows. I dreamed about It last night,
and i woke up screaming.”
Repeatedly Asks
; About Insurance.
Many beliele that Mis. King plotted
! ; 'c murder of James King more in o -
| der to obtain the $2,000 life insurance
I than because oi any love for Niek Wil
burn In this connection, it Is pcculiar-
A significant that even now ih iter aw
ful predicament the thought of the in
surani' monel Is uppermost in her
mind. In tin interview with The Geor
gian she alluded to the subject Ire
quentty, and repeated.y asked if it were
possible for her to collect the nionei.
"Is there anj message you can give
io nomen in gem .al as a result of your
|, xpei ienci sin- xxas naked.
"Yrs. the,' is." sh< instantlv eplied.
"Sa.x to'every woman, if she is mar
ried. never to let a man other than lier
husband put his hands on her. It 1 had
slapped Niek Wilburn's face the first
i time he squeezed my hand. I would not
ibe in this dreadful fix now." And then
she began crying. Later she told about
i hoix she and Wilburn fell in love.
"My busband was practically an in
valid," she said, “and there was not
much aft'eetlen between us. Nick Wil
burn stayed around our house a great
deal, and often ate at the table with us.
tine dux he told me that he had the
blues, lieeause hi didn't have a friend
in the world. I told him that he was
mistaken, that I was his friend. He
took my hand and squeezed it and held
It for a long time. The next day he
eame to tlie Pous . when my husband
was away, and lie asked me if I meant
what 1 said about being his friend. I
said, 'Yes,' and then he grabbed me and
kisseo me. Tin next dni lie kissed me
.igain. I'ntll then my husband was the
only man that had ever kissed me."
Mrs King is a little, fruil woman, not
i>i:: ilng ox a <oi pounds N' veithe
'- ■ ■is ii". ' i.d.i of charm Though
1 -11111 i be figure i> well proportivlieJ
TTFE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1912.
GOVERNMENTDF
CITY UNWIELDY.
SMUT
Sands Finds Glaring Flaws in
Atlanta's Management—He
Raps Street Methods.
Continued From Page One.
| siderution of the const ruction depart
ment. in regard to whicli the gieattst
amount of criticism is recorded. It is
unwise, the expert declares, to have as
chief of construction an elective officer.
The head of the department should
have no campaign obligations and no
politie'al fences to tend.
"Such work can not be mixed in poli
ties witiiout just such a result as At
lanta Lus experienced,"'says Mr. Sands.
"The chief of const!uct,ion should be
appointive and should be the best man
available in Atlanta or anywhere else In
the United States.”
Supervision of the work, of this de-
I partrnent is not competenl, nor suffi
cient. says the critic. Further, he
charges that the spot Itlcations for work
is too indefinite for efficiency; that no,
businesslike record of actual cost of |
, operations and repairs is kept, and that ;
too many cuts are made in the pav"-
j'taelits.
Charges Favoritism
Has Hampered Work.
\'<V< serious charge that ward favor-
Itisbi'i lias hampered the work of the
depkhnent is made. Accommodation
of m\itibers of the council, lie says,
j should hot be considered in the propo
sition; h complete engineering survey
should ft made each year, a program
of work Mapped out, and that tirogram
adhered to
“Tills xVoqld, of course," he says, "de
mand that toe head of the department
refuse ail .requests of council members
and politicians to take up work except
in the seqpenca in which it appears on
the work tirogriim."
Other cqmplaißts made against the
work of tlib department, among a mass
of critcisii of details, ate that the
pavements hire pooiV’ selected, without
expert aniilysls an<A examination and
without rtteard to i-iatlve stresses
v, hlch thef several caterings are to I
bear; that; torn up strews are allowed I
to remain-t‘oo long neglewed; that the]
isolation Jif the stables Xastes time i
and eneijgy; that discreptmey, xvhich |
may be Wasteful of much m<du>y. exists !
betxveen the cost of department labor :
an(Je-<H contract labor, one of ilffiieh is
Tised by one department and one\y the
other. The cheaper should be iNter-'
mined. Mr. Sands declares, and the Na
son why the city convicts are less tV
flclent than county convicts should ba
established.
"The city and county governments of
Atlanta should be consolidated,” he
recommends. "Only in this way can
duplication of administrative cost be
prevented, and service equitably dis
tributed. For example, there are two
sets of tax officials in Atlanta, and the
taxes for eaVh ire made payable at
different places; there are both county
and city gangs engaged In building the
city's streets, and the city has no idea
whether it is getting all the street work
I it is entitled to from the county,”
That the park privileges at Piedmont
and Grant were let for too long a time,
and with insufficient advertising and to
a local politician, is the charge made
by Mr. Sands against the administra
tion of the park department. Also, he
says, the parks are lighted and policed
insufficiently. A park for negroes
should be established, he declares.
"The city is fortunate in having an
efficient general manager of its parks,"
the report announces. “A park board
is unnecessary, ami there is evidence
that it has retarded paik development."
Mr. Sands recomnfemis that a license
tax be placed mi automobile owners
and opei-ators, varying from $lO to $25
a year, according to the size and power
of the machines, the proceeds to be de
voted to the construction of park roads.
Fire Department
Needs Organization.
The municipal expert urges a re- i
arrangement of the administration of i
the tire department. At present, he I
thinks, there is too little organization. .
It works satisfactortly at present, is his
comment, but the future should be eon- I
side;<'il.
Os the water department hi' suys;
"Tlie organization of tills department
is even more incongruous than that of
most of the others, in that, besides tlie
usual ‘board elected by the council.
! there is a general manager elected by
the people”
i Water collections made quarterly are
: sufficient; the system of billing is de
fective; no Indication of underground
' leakage is obtainable—these are some
of his remarks regarding this depart
ment.
Mr. Sands holds forth the promise of
cheaper water for Atlanta. That the
. rate could bo lowered is the Inference
, he draws front the last report.
I The building Inspector should be ap
’ pointive and competent bx training as
' engineers or architects to perform tin
I duties of the office, he recommends.
I The ordinance regarding defective tire
- escapes should be remedied, he says, as
■ it offers too great an opportunity tor
collusion betxveen inspectors and those
politically poivertul to evade its r< -
i quiremetltf.
\t antu has inadequate i-rot-ctiou
HE’S KEEN COMPETITOR
■ FOR TITLE OF PERFECT
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teyw* f r r~x,
JKKK
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lo iijaniiti IkTry. entr.i in tile ’■perfect younster" class.
Little Beniamin Berry Develops
Himself Physically by Lots
of Outdoor Exercise.
Here is another three-year-old At
lanta boy who is claimed to be some
thing of a model. His name is Benja
min Berry. son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
Berry, of 109 Cooper street.
Benjamin is, with one slight excep
tion, a better .developed three-year-old
than Bernarr Magee, Professor F. B.
Magee's model Atlanta boy of that age.
Little Benjamin Berry, who is the ex
act age and weight of Bernarr Magee,
differs from the young boxer-model es
sentially in height and muscle develop
ment.
Master Magee was about all any fond
parent could wish for in the way of
physical development, and his right to
bear the title of "Atlanta's perfect
three-year-old boy" went unchallenged
for a long time.
But Mrs. B. L. Berry read about him,
then took one long, loving glance at Iter
own fine son. and since has believed
that Master Benjamin at least deserves
equal distinction with The Georgian
expert’s own son.
Mrs. Berry not only strongly believed
I that, but she told her friends about It
las well. As a result. The Georgian
heard about young Benjamin, the rl
from short measures and too infrequent
inspection of weights ami measures, he
claims
The expert .ucouinends tin abolition
of the positions of license inspector and
assistant license inspectors, who. be
says, merely are messengers and whose
duties could easily be performed by the
city clerk.
Regarding the department of llnunees.
the report finds fault with the secret
method of making the city's budget of
expenses. The work is of too great
public importance to be done without
the greatest publicity, he says. Also,
he says, salaries are not paid on a
standard basis of responsibility or serv
ice. There is need of standardization.
Business methods in connection with
the city's administration are crude and
imprudent in some respects, he thinks.
Too little interest is secured on time
deposits made by the city, no arrange
ment is made to set aside a reserve to
pay the city's bonded debt, and no lim
it is placed on the amount of the city's
money to be deposited in any one bank.
other recommendations ar. :
Elimination of the smoke nuisance.
Legislation looking to pres ■ ntiou of
automobile blockade.
Efforts on the part of civic bodies to
cover unsightly hare spots i n stl , ..
• •
: Measurements of •
: Model Boy's Rival •
• Height 38 inches • I
• Weight 38 pounds • I
• Neck 11 inches •
• Chest •... .22 inches •
• I'pper right arm, up ..... 7 inches •
• I'pper right arm, down. .6.5 inches •
• I'pper left arm, up 7 inches •
• i'pper left arm, down ...6.5 inches •
• Right thigh 12.5 inches •
• Left thigh 12.5 inches •
• Right calf .8.5 inches • I
• Left calf 8.5 inches •
• Right forearm 6.6 inches •
• Left forearm 6.5 inches •
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valry which sprung up over him, and—
well, here is his picture, his measure
ments and a comparison of his meas
urements with those of the model.
Both of the youngsters weigh 38
pounds. Benjamin's neck measure—ll
inches—is one-half inch greater than
Bernarr's; his chest is 1.8 inches great
er, and his thighs are 1.2 inches farther
around.
The model's calf measurements are
six-tenths of an Inch greater than Mas
ter Benjamin's. Their upper and fore
armmeasurements are almost the same,
Benjamin's being greater by less than
one-half inch.
pavements along the edges of the side
walks.
Installation of qio • sig: . sa aW is
lands, and tin r< fusal of permission to
obstruct streets.
Elimination of grade crossings.
Elimination of overhead wires.
The establishment of a city repair
shop.
The report of Mr. Sands was made
to the Chamber of Commerce eoinmit
. tee on municipal research. This com
mittee Includes the following:
Frederic J. Faxon, chairman; Joseph
A. McCord, Harry A. Alexander. Alex
C. King, George Muse. John J. Eagan.
Charles J. Haden. John E. Murphy, E.
H. Inman. Forrest Adair. W. H. Kiser.
Reid Fulkman. J. N. Hazlehurst, Martin
F. Amorous.
This is the beginning of a systematic
studs’ of public administration similar
to that which has been in effect in New
York for four or five years under a bu
: reau originated by L»r. William H. Al
ien. Some months ago, at the request
of Mi. Faxon's committee. Hr. Allen
came to Atlanta and conferred with
that bod,\ in legat’d to Inaugurating I
this work in Atlanta. Ti e result was
• that this committee, through a sub
committee. headed by John E. Murphy.
j.aised funds to defray tile expense of
ti:<' prelimlnan stud' made bv Mi
Sands.
FAMILY REFUSES
TO AID fffl
WHO SLEW
Brothers and Sisters of Mrs.
King Declare She Deserves
No Sympathy.
t
Continued From Page One.
James B. Park will wait until then to
dispose of this ease.
It is believed that a trial at this time
would intensify public feeling, which at
present is strong and unconcealed in
Jones county.
A reporter for The Georgian, who
visited Grays, Bradleys, Wayside, Janies
and Round Oak, saw groups of men on
I nearly every cornel, and all of them
were discussing the murder of Jim
King. The consensus of opinion is that
the crime xvas tlie worst in the history
of Jones county, and that -the confessed
murderer's should pay the extreme pen
alty. Just now there is little sympathy
for Mis. King and none for Wilburn,
her accomplice.
; Community Still
Shocked by Crime.
Tiie indignation at flic startling rev
elations concerning the murder of tlie
planter is not any greater than the
shock under which tlie community still
appeals to. labor. The confession of
Mrs. King literally dumfounded the
county. On every hand expressions of
surprise are heard that she should have
committed such a crime.
The Kings are luted, in the rural
I vernacular, as “fine people” and "first
class folks." Mrs. King's people also
stand high in tlie esteem of the com
munity, and they appear to be much
above the general strata of country
folk.
What hurts Mrs. King’s relatives
most of all is that she confesses to an
affection for Wilburn. This is par
ticularly the view taken by Mrs. John
King, a sister.
Sheriff Charles Roberts says he will
keep Wilburn in the Bibb county jail
until the day of the trial. Wilburn was
saved from a mob Thursday night only
by a ruse and hurried work on' the part
of the sheriff. He advocates deferring
the trials until the regular term of
court.
ir either Wilburn or Mrs. King hang,
they will be the first to die on the gal
lows in Jones county since 1885, and
| site w ill be the fiist woman to bang in
G< vrgia since 187-1.
Insurance May Not
Be Paid to Anyone
The s2,duo life insurance policy for
which Mrs. King plotted the jnuvder of
hei husband probably will never be
paid to any one. Certainly it will not
be paid to he.', even tiioug'n she escape
the scaffold.
A leading Atlanta insurance official
today quoted a famous case on this
point.
"The McEwen case, in Virginia, xvas
exactly like this,” lie said. “McExven,
then mayor of a small city, murdered
a person whose life was insured in
McEwen's favor. McEwen was htuiged.
When tlie point of payment of the in
surance to McEwen’s heirs was raised
the courts ruled that the company could
not pay the pqlicy. even if it desired io
do so, as such a payment would ba
against public policy.
“In case this company should desire
to pay the King policy to the children
of the dead man, instead of ills wife,
who was named as the beneficiary, the
other policyholders might interfere on
tlie plea that the claim had matured
through fraud and that their Interests
would suffer through its payment.
“It is a delicate question and one few
law yers would care to answer oil hand.
The McEwen rase brought an entirely
new point before the courts and the
ruling- upon it miglit not be followed in
tiffs state."
WOULD-BE TEACHERS
DIDN'T KNOW‘AMERICA’
SPOKANE, Dec. 30.—More than 501
per ' ent of those who took the exami
nation for school teachers failed to an. j
xjv< r the qa--lions. "Who wrote ’Home, I
Sweet Hom-” and "What is th- last I
stanza in 'America?’”'
THE ATLANTA, Tues, and Wed., Mats. Bott Days ,
BuV Seats Now Werba & Luescher Present the Famous Hungarian
* Prlma Donna,
~ t% v. tVr . MIZZI HA JOS, in Musical Triumph
Matinee 1116 SpH9lg MalO
Tuesday 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 51.511
Return of Last Season’s • ,
GREAtER P CAST f V [gf WOMf I
Marvelous Production til" 11
1 150 -On the Stage—lso ■ Her Pilgrimage In Quest of L«' e I
All Her Children, Ex
cept Baby Boy, Ex
press Scorn for 1 heir
I Mother and Say She
Should Be Punished
for Her Crime Against
Their Father.
By Staff Correspondent
AGGATESVILLE, GA. (Jone- . „ Jn .
ty), Dec. 30.—Here, home <,f .\| fi
John King, sister of Mrs. Katherine
King, the five youngest children , f ti,
latter are staying. Mrs. John King j F a
sister of Mrs. Kate King, and they , r t
also wedded to brotliers, both us •
are now dead. Mrs. John King
children of her own, and now that si •
has taken charge of the other flock ;,. r
home is somewhat crowded.
Visitors from Round Oak, v , , :u a ,..
many, find it a pathetic spe< i" I, ;! -
Mrs. John King's home.
Four-Year-Old Boy-
Cries for His Mother.
only one of the children of jp,
Kathrine King cries to see he: ik
little Charlie, four years old, wh.,.
now, lias never slept away fr., ni
mother, and who does not understimj J
wily the men sc^rudely took her awav
from him last Friday, despite >
screams and frantic, childish pl-auiu e
“1 want my mamma,” he cries all Gar
long, and none df the other children . ,m
console him for her absence.
I.ittle Emory, who is six years !’
understands dimly that hie mother lias
done something wrong and is being
punished, and that he must neither see
nor ask to see her.
Nannie, ten years old, and a m •>
beautiful girl, matured beyond iter
years, says: “Mamma killed my Papa
Jim, and they are going to kill her. I
cry about iter, but I don't want to see
her any more.”
James, thirteen years of age, declares
that he is not going to the jail to see
liis mother. "If she conies back here I
will love her, but I don't want to goto
the jail,” he says.
‘Mother Ought
To Be Punished.”
Nina, sixteen years old, a pretty, in
telligent young miss, takes a philosoph
ical view. “Mother has done wrong,
and she ought to be punished, but 1
hate for them to keep her in tiiat horrid
old jail. She is my mother still, and
I love her. However, I am not going to
•see her. If B i le hadn't killed fatheron
account of that good-for-nothing Nick
Wilburn, maybe I would feel differ
ent.”
Die eldest , ciiild, who is now Jlrs.
Frank Wilburn, eighteen years of age.
says, briefly,' “l am througii with mam
ma. I don’t sympathize with he a
all."
Sympathy in Jones county is univer- j
sal fur the children and for .Mrs. John'
King. There are apparently none who
I feel any pity for Mrs. Katherine King.
|VETERANS MUST GET
PERNHSSION TO WED
I>AXTON, OHIO, Dec. 30. - Dayton pro
bate court officials have a plan to stop
“scheming women” marrying veterans at
the Soldiers home here in order to ge:
their pensiofi money. Hereafter, the coati
attaches declare, applications bj
and young women lor licenses to wed wE
be referred to the authorities of the home
NEGRO WILL BE EXTINCT
IN 2122. ASSERTS EXPERT
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30.—" The ne
gro race in this country will be ex
tinct in 2122” said Professor Willitt
Benjamin, the noted scientific lecturer,
who has made a study of the nepe
race.
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