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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 24. 1913.
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Might Unknowingly Have Fired
While Under Hypnotic Induence,
Declares J. S. Liebman, M.D., Wit-
uess for Defense.
Mrs. Callie Scott Appelbaum collapsed in Judge Roan's court
this afternoon as lawyers for the state and defense engaged in a
lively argument over the admission of certain evidence taken at the
coroner's inquest. The prisoner, who had stood the ordeal up to
that time with remarkable stoicism, suddenly pitched forward in
her seat, apparently overcome by the heat in the stuffy little court
room. Court attendans rushed to her aid and she was carried into
the judge's chamber adjoining, where she rested quite comfortably
while the trial proceeded. Dr. J. S. Liebman. her physician was
summoned,
Mrs. Callie Scott Appelbaum, on trial for her life in-criminal
. isioti of Superior Court, accused of the slaying of her husband,
.i,.ionic A. Appelbaum. in the Dakota Hotel, February 25. was
iiudo) - the influence of varinol, a powerful hypnotic drug, on the
.Horning of the shooting. That was the starting testimony given j
o the jury this afternoon by Dr. J. S. Liebman. a witness for the j
U jVnse. ' j
! inlc" its potent influence -an The Prosecution Charges:
Hoke Smith Doesn't
Think $20,000 Too
High for Ty Cobb
Pores Over Star’s Contract and
Big League Laws to See if
’Trust’ Exists.
WASHINGTON, April 24.—"l an
for Ty Cobb." was the platform an
nounced by Senator Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, when asked where he stood
on the baseball trust.
“I want to do anything I can for my
distinguished fellow citizen. The peo
ple of Georgia, as well as the rest of
the country, like Ty Cobb, and they
want to see him get all he earns.
"It may seem romantic to talk of
a salary of $20,000 for a baseball star,
but that salary is an established fact
with stars of the theater. If a man
draws the crowds that bring groat
sums into the box office, he should be
entitled to a salary in proportion
"I have received Cobb’s contract
and I am .reading the laws of the
organization by which he has been
employed, r don’t know just yet
whether we shall have an inquiry into
the workings of the baseball trust.”
Former Head of Blue Ridge Cir- Grange, Da., held here as a bigamist.
. to wed a man 47 years old.
cuit and Attorney right in
Street in Marietta.
lares she vas forced
JUICE MOHRISOot.GirrsPleatoBigamyCharge'nn.nKFDq ITT PARI Y
INI COL. Bl SIR Asserts She Was Forced to Wed ^ mUliL u UL Lit LI
IN 1ST BUTTLE Arrested HereWith HusbandNo. 2
. i Mrs. Jack Mashburu. 17. formerly Miss Dussie Harmon, of La-
KNIFE
JURIST
influence that brings about sub-j
istiess and abeys the aC-
llIIS
ion
he voluntary nervous j
m-the “Woman of Mys-j
• y" ,aght have walked in her
, and even fired a pistol with-
o being cognizant of her ac-
Li
1 r i.tubman's sensa.Uc.na! . tests- 1
nmol, indicated that, attorney. 1 j
he 'defense might seek a line ofj
n edure not wholly in the direction
ilie adlHde theory, cams shortly,
r Tin prosecution held closed, con-
wiiii the chain of circumstances
y U about Mrs. Appelbaum by the |
timony of police officers.
Tells of Giving Hsr Varinol.
f nave Mrs. Appelbaum five grains
arinol on the night of February
said Dr. Liebman. "It wa.- 1 ad-
stered because of her highly ner-
- ' Diiditlon, and the fact, that sac
s unable to sleep. She took five
•re (■rains with her to tike during
night If the original dose proved
ufflclent”
• ♦* physician's statement came in
- er to Attorney Moore's question
: ’ Mrs. Appelbaum’s physical eon-
ii'ti mi the day prior to the shooting,
iplng to this as a possible new\
Solicitor Dorsey put the witness I
a i rt rigid cross-examination, dl-
~ at him a .“eries of hypothetical
That Appelbaum could not have
died by his own hand by the na
ture of his wounds. Physicians
subpenaed by the state testified
that the wounds made StfJcTBe
physically impossible.
That Mrs. Appelbaum and her
husband quarreled all night be
fore the shooting and he had
threatened her life.
That she was perturbed over
his “affairs” with other women.
That the “Daisie” leters sub
stantiate the motive of of “jeal
ousy.”
The her incoherent statements
to police officers after the shoot
ing were damaging.
The Defense Charges:
That Appelbaum’s wounds could
have been and were self-inflicted.
Witnesses for the defense told
how Appelbaum could have
stretched full length on the bath
room floor and fired all three
shots.
That Mrs. Appelbaum was un
der the influence of a hypnotic
drug taken the night before and
moved in a trance.
That Mrs. Appeibaum loved her
Husband and had made great sac
rifices for him.
That Appelbaum was in finan
cial straits, had been harassed by
creditors, was at his rope's end
and desperate.
th
Could a person take varinol late in ;
afternoon or at night and even j
“i"" 1 through the night, get up in the j
m ining apparently without waking |
' the sleep take a revolver and. ;
w at being conscious of it, shoot j
ii person, run down a stairway and
and know nothing about it at
1 when she came out of the faint?”
• cl the prosecutor.
Call Action Highly Probable,
bi Liebman .said that such an ac-
G: under the influence of varinol
W;:; possible, even highly probable.
1.1 stlmon ywas supplemented by
: L li, Waggoner, an expert, put
"l» by the defense.
W.* II. Dingle also testified t hat
ad given varinol to a young wom-
4.1 ''I a sanitarium recently and two
’ * after its administration she was
: ' ind walking in the hallways, ap-
I'<it'ently under a hypnotic spell.
v A’itH its early witness the defense
1 lung to the suicide theory. Evidence
Uus Riven to the jury by G. Cohen,
Harry Silverman and several doctors
' refute the State’s case.
In the stir created in the court
by the injection of the idea that
r - Appelbaum may have moved in
hypnotic trance on the morning of
February 25, the prisoner did not
;an ge her demeanor. She coolly
° n 'inued taking notes and watching
Hirymen closely, as if to find the
e ‘‘ « l “ unusual story was having
'heir minds.
■ ' ertakei* Fid Bond, the first wit-
ro take th* 1 stand for the defense.
:n ” Jury there had been powder
Continued on Page 2, Colum
n 1.
FlXLEYViLLE. PA., April 24.—
That the Monongahcla River Consol
idated Coal and Coke Company’s ef
forts to minimize the extent of the
Cincinnati mine disaster here, which
resulted in the loss of at Teast Lbi
lives, probably caused a heavier death
foil than there would have been otn-
I erwise was the report being investi
gated by Coroner James Heffran f.o-
da\.
T. M. Johnston, attorney foV Lie
mine company, after talking with
company officials, to-day issued a
statement declaring that 35 bodies
have been recovered and 85 men are
yet in the mine. The company re
fused to admit that the men yet ir
the mine are dead, but place the num
ber of possible dead at 120.
Declined Federal Aid.
According to the reports current to
day, the company was notified of the
disaster about 1 o’clock yesterday.
The officials of the Bureau of Mines
at PItt»burg offered their servic •>
about 3 o'clock, a? d, according to
officials, could have had a ni ne re S - ;
cue car on ; he sjene an hou: later.
The company’s officials. However, i
declared they had heard no details
t^e explosion and refused the pr.»f
fered aid. saying ’Ley had a first-aid
•ve\v which could handle the situa
tion.
Appeal Will Delay
Wilburn-King Trial
Counsel to Fight Decision Denying
Change of Venue for Con
fessed Slayer.
MACON, GA.. April 24.—Neither
Nick Wilburn nor Mrs. King will gu
to trial next week for the murder of
the latter’s husband, James King, the
Jones County farmei. Attorney Jtolin
R. Cooper announced to-day tnat tie
would appeal from the decision of
Judge Park, of Jones Superior Court,
in denying a change of venue.
Mrs. King, who is closely confined
in the little jail at Grays, is destined
to be a mother again. She already
has six chi!iij*en, none over 18 years
bid*
- vjii | ue pmtfW before Judge fjyikJm
* hor^n ol i orttylQr °t> f
Frank Wilburn, the de fendant’* broth-
or. swore be had heard reddent.s of
Jones Coujity say they would lyn-'h
Nick Wtttyurn if the court did not
sentence him to be barged. R. L.
Bradley, a. grand juror, swore that, his
mind was made up before he signed
the indittm^nt.
Wilburn’s pretence at the hearing
was waived. Ills counsel stating in
open court that, he was afraid for
Wilburn to return to Jones County
unless under military protection.
Princess and 4 Men
Dying in Air Mishaps
Fifth Aviator Is Killed Outright in
Series of Accidents in
Germany.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN. April 24. Three aeropalne
accidents, n which one flyer was
killed, three others were fatally hurt
and a titled woman was perhaps
mortally injured, occurred to-day in
Germany.
While maneuvering over Johannis-
tliat Aerodrome, Aviator Dumnitz lost
control of his machine while it was
1,000 feet in the air. The aeroplane
careened and fell to the ground, Dum-
nitz being crushed to death.
Herr Abramoviteh, an aviator, and
Princess Szarkowski, a passenger,
were perhaps mortally injured when
the motor of their Wright biplane
stopped and tlie machine clashed to
the ground.
Two German army officers, both
members of the aviation corps of the
Bavarian infantry, were mortally in
jured while making a flight at the
Schlei'die Aerodrome, Munich.
Bitter Court Contest Leads to
Open Clash—Crowd Parts
the Combatants.
Judge N, A. Norris, formerly head
of the Blue Ridge circuit, and Colonel
W. D. Blair engaged in a fight on the
streets of Marietta this afternoon.
According to eyew itnesses me for
mer judge was the agressor. but but
suffered more in the mixup which fol
lowed his attack. Colonel Blair draw
ing a knife and inflicting severe
wounds on his antagonist.
The two men have been engaged
in a bitter fight in the bankruptcy
proceedings concerning the J. J. Black
LEAD 1
N SECOND ST
McClelland Will Not
Reply to Accusations
Attorney for Maddox Say* He Will
Force Alderman to Prove
Graft Chargee.
Alderman John E. McClelland. a< ■
ruser of Aldermen J. W. Maddox F.
J. Spratling an$ I. N. Kagsdale, w.is
out of the city to-day. It was said
at his office that he would make no
reply at resent to the counter
charges of Alderman J. W. Maddox.
-Alderman McClelland's refusal to
respond to a subpena and appear at
| tile meeting of the Council Investi
gating committee has given a net'
l:n let to the g’-aft scandal. He in
formed the committee that because of
his hea:th he did not Intend to be
present during the Investigation, but
Aldlne Chambers, attorney for Alder
man Maddox, said he would endeavor
to force him
Because Alderman McClelland re
fused to attend the meeting or give
the list of witnesses to prove his
charges the committee complied with
his request and postponed the hear
ing until next week, when his attor
ney, Charles T. Hopkins wiil hav4
returned to the city.
4,592 Voters Plead
For Charter Reform
Citizen-Committee, Cards Counted,
Will Renew Fight for Sub
mission to People.
Ran: Rees**
z*n< charter
day received
Lumber,(Company before Judge New
man in the Federal Court in Atlanta.
A hearing Wins held yesterday and
passed. Colonel Blair represented
and acrimonious words were passed.
Colonel Blair represented the company,
in the court content.
Judge Norris, according to the
story from Marietta, atacked Colonel
Blair with his fists and had succeed
ed in doscoloring his eyes when the
colonel drew his knife. The judgg
was cut across the arm and body be
fore a crowd, that had quickly gath
ered, managed to part, the two men.
The judge was given aid in a near
by drug store and Colonel Blair wenfc
to hiy home.
Legal action
likely will follow
SEEKS TO TRANSFER SUIT
FOR LODGE ROOM KILLING
ANDERSON. S C
case of E. P. Taylor,
A Dollar
If You’re
T here!
In the “WANT AD”
Section of 1 he Georgian
every day appear fif
teen names, those ap
pearing receiving a new
dollar bill if they have
it marked w h en the
“WANT AD” man ar
rives in the Speedy
( artercar. Tour name
may be tilery. RfflRbfiQL
, April 24.—In the
father ot' a young
i man killed during a W oodmen of the
World initiation a year ago, who is
-suing the order for $20,000. a motior
I for discontinuance .is being argued ir.
' Federal Court to-day The plaintiff
(wishes to bring the suit in the State
courts.
On- of the deiato team .shot and
' killed young Taylor when the latter
1 became frightened and drew a pistol
i during his initiation. The member of
1 the team was: K-ouitted in Criminal
Court.
sucretary of the citi-
eform committee, to-
i certified statement
from the American Audit company
that 4,592 registered voters of At
lanta had sent in post cards urging
Council to submit two proposed new
charters to a vole of the people.
There were 891 < ards signed *>y per
sons whose names were no! given on
the registration list.
With this indorsement the citizens’
committee will renew its fight be
fore Council.
Council killed what is generally
known as the “genuine reform
charter" of the committee of 25, but
provided for the revamped charter to
| go to the Legislature and then to the
people.
Agler Walks and Scores
in Opening Inning—•
George Bausewein
Twirls tlis 1st Game
of the Season. ,
PONCE DE LEON BALL PARK.
April 25.—George Bausewein made hi#
first appearance in the box this season
agalnet the Lookouts. The Crackers
have already taken four straight games
from Klberfeld's men and Smith decided
to take a chance with George. Troy
wa* sent in to pitch "for Chattanooga
The Crackers registered one run in t he
first inning and one in the second.
THE GAME
FIRST INNING
Coyle fhed to Bailey. Flick grounded
to Bausewein and when lie dropped tlie
ball was safe at first. He tried to steal
and was out. Dunn lo Do bard. King
popped to Dobard. NO HITS. NO
RUNS.
Agler got his usual base on ball*.
With ElberfeUi moving toward second
to clfcch Agler stealing, Alpermgn
slipped one across the spare vacated by
the Chattanooga manager for a hit and
Agler strolled on tp third. Agler scored
when Welehonce grounded to Klberfeld
and Alperman was out at second to
Flick Reilev also was walked, forcing
Welehonce to second. Long fanned.
-Smith grounded to FTiqk. who threw
badly to Klberfeld at second, bin the
Lookout manager succeeded in retiring
Bailey. ONE HIT. ONE RT N*
SECOND INNING.
LJhei feJd singled bad; of first. Riston
bunted to Smith, who threw neatly to
Dobard at second, and retired ElberfekJ.
Elston tried to steal, but Dunn threw
him out to A!pennon Harbison walked,
and likewise tried to st*»al and was out.
Dunn to Alpernian ONE HtT. SO
RUNS.
Dobard farmed. Dun was hit by a
pitched ball. Bausewein popped lo
Flick. Agler doubled to right and Dunn
scored. Agler tried to make a t hree-
bagger out of it and vrm out. Elston to
Flick lo Harbison 0:* T E HfT ONE
RT T N.
THIRD INNING.
Masses bunted down -the- first
line and was touched out by Aglet
Street out, Dobard to Agler. Tro»
fanned. NO HITS, NO RUNS.
Alperman hit one to Klberfeld arid
beat the throw to firsi. Welehonce eac-
rifleed. IlarbiBon to Coyle. Baile.%
grounded out to Coyle, Long singled to
deep center and Aljwrman scored. Kina
let the Imll get past him and Lotte took
third. Smith fanned. TWO HITS ONK
RUN.
Young Woman Accuses Her Grand-
father of Coercing Her.
Nettles Georgians
Congressman Edwards, Home Under
Doctors’ Orders. Says Stovall Will
Get Switzerland Poet.
MRS. MASHBURN’S MARRIAGE PHILOSOPHY.
“I’ll go to the penitentiary bfore I live with him (her first
husband), I love Jack (her second). And I won’t live with a,*
man I don ’t love.
“Marriage without love is hell, and I don’t propose to live in
hell.
“ I said ' no' to the questions whether I would love and cherish c ° nsres f!f an ., . , .
^ ' who. with other members of the
him to the so-called marriage and I won't.’’
forced by
to marry
RACES
RESULTS.
AT HAVRE DE GRACE.
First—-Five and one-half furlongs. I
selling: Spohn 104 iDeronde), 13-5. 1,
2- 5, won: Honey Bee f*8 (Wolfe). 3, 1,
1-2. Uowl 110 (Butweli), 13-5, 1, 2-S ;
Time, 1:05 4-5. Also ran: Prince Chap. .
Progressive, Cherry Seed. Spellbound i Girardeau
and Thi-o. Cook.
Second Two-year-olds, selling. U,j
furlongs: Free Trade 10k tSkirviin. 8-5
3- 5. 1-4. won; Wanita 107 <Butweli)/8
X, K-5: Carbureter 102 (Robbins). 5. 2
* -5. Time. :5<t Also ran: <’iiar!e«
<’annell. Lermie I' and Kdna I/*>sUm
Declaring tiiat she wa:
her wealthy grandfathei
a man thirty years her .senior, pretty
Mrs. .Jack Mashbqrn. IT years old.
formerly Miss Gussie Harmon, of
LaGrange, Ga . < bri«l»- of a week,
to-day is a prisoner in tb<* matron's
ward at police headquarter.-, accused
of bigamy.
Husband No. . Jack Mashburn.
a you.ig machinist with whom she
eloped iiom th<* Doll’s Hospital on
Luekfe Street last Saturday after
noon, is also under arrest.
Mashbum and his bride were ar
rested «it a hotel on Brood Street this
morning by Detective J. 13. Howell,
on information from LaGrange, Ga..
where it is alleged the girl was mar
ried on January 23 to Charles YV.
Smith, 47 years old. Both will be
held to await the arrival of an officer
from LaGrange.
Denies He Knew She Was Wed.
The girl and young Mashbum were
married by Justice of the P» a/’e
last Saturday afternoon,
j and Ma
1 j not kno*
. ■ before.
; j y,ir. Ii» n
1 «i(F- .'MTue
hburn declares that he did
she had ever been married
He ha- known h< for {.
iay.«. Last Friday afternoon
A i hint a and obtained I
board at the Doll’s Hospital on
Luckie Street. She disuiipeared Sat
urday mining, aid when she faile I
to return Saturday night the police
were notified and a search begun for
I:.* i. Th search \a.s abandoned when
it was learned that she and Mash-
burn u era marri« <
Tiiis morning the girl to.d a re
markable story to the police—a story
which. If tine, may cause wholesale
pro?' ration of prominent citizens of
West Point and LaGrange, including
her grandfather, J. K. P. Harmon.
"I was forced to marry Smith," the
girl cried. “I never loved him, and I
never will live with him. 1 hate the
sight of the green old thing I'll go
to the penitentiary for life before
I’ll live with him. If I get h chance
I'm going to shoot him.
"The green old countryman ts try-
[ ing to break up my romance.
"I love Jack, and I won’t live wiih
a man 1 d n’t love. Marriage with
out love is hell, and I don’t propose
to live in hell. And it makes me
think of hell to even look at Smith.”
Father Is Rich, She Says.
Th«* girl is the daughter of J W.
Harmon, of LaGrange. She *a\« her
SAVANNAH, GA.. April 24.—All
Republican postmasters and Govern
ment officials in Georgia ahould be
put out of office at once and Demo
crats put in their places, according to
Charles G. Edwards,
Continued on Faqe 2, Column 4.
Georgia delegation in Congress, vis
ited President Wilson several days
ago and expressed dissatisfaction at
the slov. distribution of patronage.
Congressman Edwards has re
turned home under order of his phy
sicians.
Mr. Edwards said the President
told the Georgians that it was his
intention to appoint Colonel Pleas
ant A. Stovall as United States Min
ister to Switzerland.
Another Huge City
Pump Out of Order
Accident at Waterworks Will Re
quire Six Weeks to Repair.
Third In 3 Months.
Another water pump at the river
station is out of commission. Zode
Smith, general manager of the water
works. said to-day it would take at
least six weeks to repair it. It is a
10,000,000-gallon capacity pump.
This is the third breakdown at the
river station within the Iasi three
montha. To relieve th*» strained con-
I dltlon a new contract ha« Just been
j‘dosed for a new 10.000.OiK*-gallon
' capacify pi»mp
Lew McAllister and
Weaver Are Released
Bill Smith Disposes of Catcher and
Pitcher; Buck May Go
to Senators.
Pitcher Buck Weaver and Catches*
McAllister are to be let out by the
Crackers. Bill Smith announced be
fore the game tof-day that McAllister
will be released outright, while Wea
ver will either go back to Washington
or sent to some class other minor
league club.
Weaver looked like one of the
Crackers' most promising twlrlers
earlier in the season, but lias not been,
of much use to Bill Smith since the
real scheduel started. With Dunn.
Reynolds and Graham on the catch
ing staff there was no room left for
McAllister.
Ruddy Sommers, who was secured
by the Lookouts from the Cubs, re
ported to-day.
Mob Tries to Duck
Militant Speakers
Women. Who Narrowly Escaped Be
ing Thrown Into Trafalga Foun
tain, Are Fined.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, April 24.—Mrs. Despard,
president of the mildly militant Wom
en's' Freedom Leaxue. vrho, wtth two
other suffraRettes, was arrested 1b
Trafalgar Square last night for creat-
Ing a disturbance, was sentenced to
day to pay a fine of 125 or serve two
weeks In Jail. The other two were
given smaller fines
Several members of the leagru*
mounted the Nelson column at Trafal
gar Square and began ringing belts
and screening. "Votes for womenT
Soon * hostile crotvd gathered
■ Duck them In the fountain," »hou>-
nt some one In Ihr crowd and a rtjefc
■vas made for 'he suffrage*!^, J>C4
Ifremen -'••ousd lh» women.