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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, fiA, SUNDAY, APRIL 27.
1012.
Season a Triumph and Assures Renewal
Of Opera in Atlanta, Says Col. W. L. Peel
A TLANTA will certainly have grand opera next year. Practically every opera has played
to larger houses than last year, and I am immensely pleased with the manner in which
the city has supported the enterprise, Many more persons from out of town attended the
opera, people coming from as far away as Washington and New York especially for the season.
One man came 2,000 miles just to hear Madame Hempel. Nothing could have done more to ad
vertise the city in musical and art circles. It is a triumph for the city, as well as for the artists
of the company. I am supremely proud of both. As to the future, it all rests with the company.
They know that we want them here as a permanent institution. We have told them that, and
the persons in authority have given us assurance that they are thoroughly in accord with such
an arrangement. That means that there is no doubt about next season or any other season, so
far as we are able to see now.—COLONEL W. L. PEEL.
Opera Stars, Joyous,
Leave City at 2 A. M.
Continued from Page One.
*top Atlanta having grand opera
next season and the seasons to fol
low " spoke up Aimee Gerber, who Is
the front manager for the Metropoli
tan Company, and checks up the re
ceipts with the local management.
“That is an earthquake that either
destroys Atla.ita or the Metropolitan
Opera Company, or both.
"Otto Kahn, who is chairman of
the board of directors of the opera
company, has said that New York and
Atlanta are I he only cities in the
United States that will be privileged
to have a season of the Metropolitan
Opera Comapny, and I haven't $een
his statement contradicted yet. What
he says can just about be relied
upon."
36,000 Persons Attended.
Then Messrs. Bldwell ami Gerber
began figuring. When they had con
cluded they decided that more than
36,000 persons had witnessed the op
eras during the week, paying in ex
cess of $87,000 for the privilege. The
attendance was divided as follows:
Monday night. 4,900; Tuesday after
noon. 3,900; Wednesday night, 4,500;
‘Thursday afternoon, 0,200; Friday
night, 5,150; Saturday afternoon,
"on; Saturday night. 6.300.
Probably no such an array of grand
opera stars »*ver crossed the ocean
before at one time as will leave New’
York Tuesday. There will be the in
comparable Caruso, Madame Frieda
Hempel, Antonio Scott i, Dinh Gilly,
the two masterful conductors, Tos
canini and Hertz; Madame Alda.
Madame Rmmv Destinn and fully a
score more, including alluring Geral
dine Farrar.
A few of the stars will leave to-day
to sing in concerts at Savannah,
Richmond and Spartanburg They
are not going to “barnstorm," they
insist. That would be undignified.
They are only doing this to lengthen
the orchestra’s season, which Is un-
profltably short only eleven weeks.
They will leave at 8 o’clock this morn
ing on the Central of Georgia Rail
road for Savannah.
Savannah will hear Its echoes of
the Atlanta opera season to-morrow
and Tuesday In three concerts, hive
concerts will be given in Spartanburg
from Wednesday to Friday, and three
will be given in Richmond the follow
ing Tuesday and Wednesday.
Pasquale Amato will uing in Sa
vannah and Spartanburg, Madame
Louis* Homer and Madame Anna
Case in Savannah. Madame Hchuman-
iieinck in Spartanburg and Richmond
and Paul Althouse the entire four
Tosca, With Caruso, Ends
Operatic Season in Glory
“Tosca," the greatest opera of the 1
Atlanta season in dramatic power,
greatest in the fame of its cast, was
greatest also in its drawing power and
in the enthusiasm of the audience.
The Auditorium was parked last night
as it has not been packed in years,
and the farewell of the Metropolitan
stars was like the parting with old
friends. The scenes of the final night
of last season, when “RigoleUo" set
the crowd half-mad, were repeated
last night, ahd again and again the
singers were forced to part the crim
son curtains and bow their apprecia
tion of the thunderous applause.
The Puccini opera has been heard !n
Atlanta before—In the first season of
the Metropolitan Company- but not
with the same cast as on this occa
sion. This time Caruso was the Ma
rio, and he sang the role with all the
beauty and expression be puts Into
bis master role in "Pagllaccl.” Scotti
was again the Scarpia.
No other baritone ever sings the
role when Scotti is in voice, for he
has made the part famous, and it has
won him fame.
Destinn Triumphs.
Emmy Destinn. whose laurels have
not faded with the Invasion of new
sopranos, had the title role, sung here
formerly by Geraldine Farrar, and
she brought out all its beauties. These
three were the stars, but Rossi, Audl-
sio and the rest handled.the smaller
roles in a way to make the produc
tion a finished one. And Toscanini
conducted, which means that the or
chestra, so great a part of any Puc
cini work, was at its very best.
Not this season have Atlanta
operagoers been given such a scene
of dramatic intensity as the inter
view between Floria Tosca and Baron
Scarpia, the great scene which ends
with the death of the wily Italian;
which is marked by the magnificent
solo of Scotti, “Men Call Me Venal,"
and the final aria by Destinn, " “Tis
Thus I Kiss." Caruso shone from
the first act. where his love for Tosca
is beautifully described in his ad
dress to "Beauty’s Eyes." The great
auditorium organ was used with tre
mendous effect in the cathedral scene
which opens the opera.
Ovation for Hempel.
The afternoon performance. ‘‘Lu
cia.’’ was marked by a demonstration
which almost equaled that given Ca
ruso and his associates at night. It
was the first time Atlanta had heard
the famous old Donizetti work ren
dered adequately, and it was a reve
lation There are musicians who
lapgh at operas of the older school,
who contend that "Lucia" and “Tro-
vatore" are out of date, their music
tawdry and designed for the masses.
But the masses and the connoisseurs
alike went wild over Frieda IIempel’s
Ringing yesterday afternoon, and
could not get enough of her ■'fire
works.’*
Operagoers have quarreled hotly
all this week over the comparative
merits of the two new sopranos, Hori
and Hempel. The question is still
unsolved. Rori's ovation in “The
Tales of Hoffman’' was equaled by
the reception given Hempel in
“Lucia,” and the two may still Vie
friends.
.Miss Hempel's singing of the “Mad
Scene" was met by the sincerest com
pliment that can be paid a singer-
absolute silence until the last note
had died away. It is one of the most
taxing numbers in opera, that long,
fatiguing series of arias in different
spirits, and she sang it in a way that
made those who hud heard Tetraz
zini a year ago declare the new
coloratura had nothing to yield to
artists of the past.
Macnez, the new tenor, came into
bis own at the matinee, too. His ap
pearance in “Traviata" bad not given
him the best opportunity, and the
opening scenes in Lucia" were not
remarkable. When the world-famous
"Sextet" was given there was a thun
der of applause which continued un
til the third encore ever given by the
Metropolitan was absolutely neces
sary. Mmato was willing and so was
Hempel. but Macnez shook his head.
At last he consented, and the "Sextet”
was sung again, but it whs evident
Macnez was saving his voice. When
the singers were called before the
curtain Macnez was missing, and
though the others took half-a-dozen
calls the tenor persistently refused to
come out and bow. But he had an
ovation all his own in the final act,
and was still bowing his acknowl
edgments when the audience was
leaving. Amato, of course, was just
as great a favorite in “Lucia" as in
his other roles this season.
Taken as a whole, the program for
thk' year proved one of the best liked
of the four seasons Atlanta has en
joyed. It is true that “Cyrano"
failed to please, but this was made up
b\ the success of the other works.
The repertoire was lighter than in
past seasons and no German works
were included, but Atlanta found per
haps more genuine enjoyment than
ever before. And it was observed
by old opera-goers that Atlantans
have become more appreciative, more
interested in the music and less in
the display, than when grand opera
was a novelty. Atlanta almost has
reached the point where opera even
without the Society with a big S.
would prove a financial success.
JACOBS FEASTS
They Just Know Chorus Girls Bathe
Johnson Will Wed In Wee Sma' Hours
Great Pitcher Says. “No Wedding
Bells for Me;" Friends Declare
He Doesn’t Mean It.
BOSTON, April 26 That Walter
Johnson, star pitcher of the Wash
ington team, will wed her despite his
declaration to-day. “No wedding bells
for me." is ^ the opinion of friends of
Miss Anna Scully, of Cambridge,
who already has admitted an “under
standing" w ith the pitching wonder.
When Johnson lost that famous
ween the Washingtons and
in which Johnson was pit-
st "Smoky” Joe Wood. Sep-
of last year, it is reported
victory in his love affair,
ding to Miss Scully, it was
cry day that Johnson and
* to an understanding."
would not positively
she and Johnson were
igaged. but subsequent-
t their wedding would
Lake place within the
Admirers of Scotch Poet Enter
tained by His Most Devoted
Atlanta Followers.
R M. McWhirter stood in trie door
of the Burns cottage yesterday and
waved his necktie. Thereat there was
a yell from two dozen men who were
amending the hill.
Because his necktie was of the plaid
of the royal house of Stuart, and it
was the day for a gathering of the
clan? Dr. Joseph Jacobs was enter
taining a small party of his friends,
Bobble Burns* lovers all of them, at •
ba r becue.
Donald Bain whs there, of course,
to sing:
"JuK a wee Deoeh-an-Doris,
A wee drap, that’s a’,
A wee Deoch-an-Doris
Before we gang a-wa!"
And there were others to Join in
the chorus. It was an assembly of the
lovers of Robert Burns, loyal Scotch
man. with here and there an Irish
man or somebody else. There was no
concern as to nationality.
The barbecue was enjoyable. VV. L.
Smith, who takes care of all such
thinge for the Burns Club, had super
intended it, at the request of Dr. Ja
cobs, and the little party was a suc
cess.
Very nearly everybody present made
a speech, and all lauded Dr. Joseph
Jacobs, who founded the Burns Club
of Atlanta, and who is its most en
thusiastic member. Among those
present were:
Judge Marcus Beck. Sid If Phelan,
Dr. E. S. Lvnton, Louis Gholston,
John M. Graham. Martin Amorous,
Eugene Oberdorfer. H. H. Cabaniss.
Dr. Sidney Jacobs, T.. F King. C. T.
Page, Isaac Schot n. J. R Holliday*. E.
Rivers. Otto Schwab. George S. May.
J T. Rose, Alex S. Taylor. 11 R eBi-
nurd. Harry Hightower, R. Vi Mc
Whirter. W L. Smith. C. A. Smith,
Donald M. Bain, John S. Cameron.
Witnesses Called
For Council Inquiry
McClelland Returns, but Is Too III to
Talk of Plans for In
vestigation.
Subpenus tor the witnesses in the
fire probe have been served. Mayor
Wood waul declared last night that
startling new evidence would be pre
sented.
“The new facts that have been
brought before nu* force some mighty
black conclusions," he said.
Aldermen J. \Y. Maddox, F. J.
Spratling and I N. Ragsdale, accused*
by Alderman John E. McClelland in
the Councilman!** investigation, in
sist that they want the hearing to
proceed as rapidlv as possible.
Alderman McClelland returned to
the city last night after several days’
absence. At his home it was stated
that he was quite ill and had no state
ment to make. He has not yet fur
nished to Assistant City Attorney W.
D. Ellis, Jr., a list of the witnesses to
prove his charges. Until his attor
ney, Charles T. Hopkins, returns to
the city his relation to the investiga
tion will remain um\ tin. But the
men lie has accused declare they will
force him to be present during the
hearing.
z
far dodge
just ran
Representative Hull Points to
Carnegie’s Case as Shining
Example of Inequalities.
WASHINGTON,* April 26.—The
richer a person grows the less he
pays In relation to his property or in
come Experience has shown that
under the present tax system, per
sonal property practically escapes
taxation for either local or State pur
poses.
These statements were made to-day
in the House by Representative Hull,
of Tennessee, in defending the income
tax,, which is carried in the Under
wood tariff bill, and is estimated to
yield the Government $70,000,000 a
year in revenues.
Andrew Carnegie is singled out as a
shining example of the rich who es
cape taxation. He holds $400,000,000
of United States Steel Corporation
securities. Until recently he lias paid
Stati taxes on $5,000,000 of personal
wealth. New York City authorities
have increased this assessment re
cently to $10,000,000.
The rich investor," said Mr. Hull,
money lender, the wealthy busi
ness and professional men cover up
most of their taxable property. The
intangible personalty, stocks, bonds
and other securities escape taxation
almost entirely.”
Blames Republicans.
The Republican party is wedded to
givlatlon, according to Mr
“the
clas
Minneapolis Council Has Hot Debate
on the Prpriety of Such Goings
on in Town.
MINNEAPOLIS MINN . April 26.-
"Chorus girls—when and under what
circumstances should they be allow ed
the use of the Riverside baths?”
The question was debated on the
floor of the Council last night.
About twenty of the chorus of the
Philadelphia-Chlcago Grand Opera
Company, at the request of several
Aldermen, enjoyed the baths early last
Thursday .morning from 1 to 3 o’clock.
A resolution introduced by Alderman
Chase, bachelor, provided that the
bath» should not be opened after 11
o’clock p. m.
Alderman Peterson, his face wreath
ed in smiles, said:
"I am ashamed of you. Mr. Chase.
You are not married, and I should
think you would be the last to op
pose it."
King Nicholas
Enters Scutari
Austria Preparing to Advance on
Stronghold Seized by Monte
negrin Army.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. April 26. Kinjr Nicholas,
of Montenegro, in command of nearly
40.000 troops, formally entered Scuta
ri to-day and proclaimed that city his
royal residence. Amid much pomp
Kssad Pasha, the v Turkish comman
der. surrendered the city and 460
officers and 35,000 Turkish troops to
Prince Danilo, of Montenegro, on the
plain in front of the fortress this af
ternoon. While King Nicholas was
formally entering the city. Austria
was preparing to carry out her de
mand that Montenegro immediately
surrender Scutari. Troops tire being
mold Used at central railroad points
and there is every indication that in
the event of King Nicholas refusing
to arbitrate with the powers, that
Austria will attempt armed interven
tion.
HARRY LEHR’S STEPSON
HAS NURSE AT COLLEGE
BOSTON. April 26. Jack D&hlgren,
Harvard student, son of Mrs. Ham-
Lehr. of New York and Newport, has
a nurse. At least, that is the title
given to Arthur Bean, Harvard gradu
ate and manager of the Harvard
Union, by the Cold Coast compan
ions of young D&hlgren. Bean has
been engaged by Mrs. Lehr as a coun
cilor for her son. The chief duties of
the “nurse” will be to guard the
stepson of society’s famous cotillion
leader from falling in love with an
other “Candy Girl." and to see that
he receives an education which will
enable him to fulfill his mother's de
sire that he take a leading role in
society upon his graduation trom col
lege three years hence.
Hull. Manufacturers have been in
tariff partnership with the Govern
ment and have waxed fat. For more
than half a century there has been a
constant struggle by the wealthy to
shift the burden of taxation to the
shoulders and backs of the weaker,
poorer and less influential citizens.
Statistics of property valuations were
given by Mr. Hull to show that wealth
was not being taxed and was not
bearing its fair share of the burden.
The census investigation of 1904 in
New York reported that the city had
about five and one-half billion dollars
of personalty and the returns for tax
ation were about one and one-half
billions.
The Kentucky Tax Commission re
ported in January, 1912, that the total
amount of bank deposits from which
th*» assessors were to make up their
taxation lists against the depositors
and taxpayers was about twelve mil
lions. The bank statements to the
Comptroller for the same month
placed these deposits at $133,000,000.
Philadelphia Shown Up.
The Mayor of Philadelphia recently
told the Council there that property
in that city had been undervalued
more than $300,000,000. In 1904. the
census reports valued all real prop
erty at $107,000,000,000. The ad va
lorem assessment was $39,000,000,000.
The value of personalty was placed at
$44,000,000,000. It was assessed for
taxation purposes at $9,000,000,000.
Mr. Hull charged that under the
Republican scheme of taxation the
Government, in forcing the people to
turn over for Government mainte
nance about $300,000,000 annually gave
a bonus of about $1,500,000,000 a year
to selected Individuals, who were
given special favors by the high pro
tective tariff lax.
Denial was made of the charge that
the income tax was sectional in char
acter. Mr. Hull argued that wealth
had made itself sectional.
General debate on the tariff bill will
close Monday, and Mr. Underwood ex
pects to put the bill through the House
before the close of the week. The
seventeen Democrats who are opposed
to the bill and have refused to be
bound by the Democratic caucus to
its support have not been given time
by Leader Underwood to make known
the reasons for their protest.
Broussard, of Louisiana, who is op
posing it because of the sugar sched
ule, has failed to get the hour that he
required for his speech. Other protest-
ants have fared no better with the
majority leader.
Mrs. Bourne Divorced
On Cruelty Grounds
Delayed Action Because She Owed
Duty to Oregon for Naming
Husband Senator.
PORTLAND, ORE.. April 26. Mrs.
Lillian Elizabeth Bourne was granted
a divorce from former United States
Senator Jonathan Bourne, of Oregon,
to-day on the grounds of cruelty. A
settlement had been agreed upon be
fore the suit was brought.
Affection for the two elderly sis
ters of her husband and the feeling
that she owed a duty to the State of
Oregon, on account of the honor be
stowed upon her husband, were given
by Mrs. Bourne as the reason for
not having brought suit for divorce
while Bourne w as a Senator.
ALL NATIONS TAKE PART
IN CONGRESS ON HYGIENE
G ABY DESLYS, who is re
ported to have cost a
King his throne and who now
threatens to forsake America.
Special Committee Recommends
That Banker Be Tried for
Contempt of Court.
WASHINGTON, April 28.—The ar-
rest and trial’ before the Houue of
Representatives of Charles C. Glover,
the banker who assaulted Represen
tative Thetus W. Sims, of Tennessee,
has. been asked by a special investi
gating committee of the House.
“Mr. Glover is guilty of contempt,
in that he has affronted the privi
leges of the House," according to the
formal report of the committee, “and
he should be brought before the bar
of the House for trial." The report
recommends that he be placed under
arrest by the Sergeant-at-Arms.
The action of the committee fol
lowed a series of hearings In which
the entire case was thoroughly probed.
An affair of honor would have re
sulted hat! dueling still been allowed
in this country, according to the tes
timony before the committee. Glover
told Representative Ben Johnson that
he regretted that the laws no longer
permitted dueling, for if it did Tu
would challenge Representative Sims
for the things he had said about him
on the floor of the House*.
Representative • s: n i s In his testi
mony said that Glover appeared to be
insane with rage when he assaulted
him on Farragut Square.
“He had an insane expression In his
eyes with a bluish color on his face,"
was the way the Congressman ex
pressed it.
Glover is already sorry for what
has happened, apparently, for al
though he did not appear to defend
himself before the committee he sent
a letter to that body, in which he
stated that he regretted that in a
“moment of passion” he had taken the
law into his own hands, and that he
desired in the "fullest and most em
phatic manner to disclaim any inten
tion of showing disrespect to the
House."
In the same letter the banker stat
ed that in event any action was taken
against him he intended to carry the
case to the Supremo Court.
OLD PRISONERS TO HEAR
SACRED CONCERT TODAY
A sacred concert will be given this
afternoon at the Federal Prison at
2:30 o’clock, under the auspices of the
Sunday school teachers of the peni
tentiary. Add nesses will be made by
Mayor Woodward and Rabbi David
Marx.
1ST LESS BEEF
IS HE BE
Property Occupied by Kress Swift & Co. Urge Consumers tc
Store Sets Record Price Buy Mutton and Cut Cat-
for Atlanta. tie Prices.
Gaby Sails, Never
To Return Again
NEW YORK, April 26.—Gaby Des-
lys has closed her season in "Til-
Honeymoon Express” at the Whiter
Garden, and to-day she sailed away.
But if that were all 'her Broadway
admirers would only need to sigh and
breathe an “nu revoir."
But, no. That is not all. Gaby is
not coming back.
Just as true as you hear it. the
Parisienne is going away from here
for aye and a day.
And just whether it was the cabled
announcement that King Manuel has
taken to himself a fiancee, or some
thing else again, no one knows. It
must have been some serious disap
pointment.
Gaby is going into seclusion In a
French convent. At least, that was
what the wind whispered last night
on Broadway.
Who can tell? The Shuberts, who
brought Gaby to America, have not
said. But in some way the news
spread about town and there was
much sorrow on the Great White
Way. Good-bye, Gaby.
A record in Atlanta real estate
(leaks which is a record for the South 1
was made yesterday when the 1
property at 39-41 Whitehall street,!
occupied by the Kress Five and Ten-;
Cent Store, was purchased by Hugh
Richardson from Eugene V. Haynes
and J. Carroll Payne at a rate of $8.-
500 a front foot.
The price paid for the property
was $357,000. The property is 42
feet by 175 feet, running from White
hall through to Broad.
The highest price paid for Atlanta
real estate before the deu.1 of yester- ,
day was $8,200 a front foot, for the;
L. P. Grant property at Auburn and I
Peachtree Streets. It was said that;
the McKenzie holdings at Peachtree
and James Streets were sold at a
rate of $10,000 a. front foot, but the
deal was not consummated.
The record sale yesterday was made
by J. H. Ewing, of Smith & Ewing.
A year ago the property was sold by
George M. McKenzie for $300,000. just
$57,000 less than it brought yester
day. The lot is occupied by S. H.
Kress & Co.’s store. It is under
stood the firm has leased the prop
erty from Mr. Richardson for ten
years, at an annual rental of $19,000.
The deal yesterday made $1,000,000
worth of Atlanta real estate pur
chased by Mr. Richardson through
Smith & Ewing the past year. Among
his ofher purchases are the south
west corner of Forsyth and Luckie
Streets, for $325,000. and property on
Peachtree Street, across from the
Aragon Hotel, for $130,000.
John D. Babbage reports sales the
past week aggregating $53,150. The |
largest is the sale for Mrs. Marga- j
ret R. Fuller, of the lot at 248x249
Whitehall Street, for $22,500.
Other deals Include the sale of a j
large lot on Morgan Street for Frank
Dorenms to Eugene V. Haynes for
$5,700, and the house and lot at 262
Spring Street for Major J. H. Morgan
to E. J. Hale for $5,000.
CHICAGO. April 26.—Swift & Ce*
acting, it is said, for all the packers,
have issued a pamphlet calling upon
the people to stop eating beef and
turn to mutton. Here is the warning:
“Eat more lamb and mutton and
less beef.
"Raise more cattle on-the farms.
"Stop the useless and wholly inde
fensible slaughter of calves."
This corporation can see nothing
ahead but higher beef unless the
things they ask the people to do are
done.
According to the figures in the
Swift pamphlets, there was a decrease
in 1912 of 560,265 cattle brought to
market as compared to 1911. There
was a decrease of 18 pounds per head
in the cattle marketed and a total de-
crease in pounds of 704,498.355.
Population and Cattle.
The pamphlet states that the in
crease in population in the United
States in the last ten years has been
approximately 16,563,000 persons. The
decrease in the number of cattle in
the country in that same time has
been 7,468,000.
“From this," says the Swift pam
phlet, "it is evident that the con
sumer. if he does not wish meat val
ues to mount still higher, must ad
vocate increased production in cat
tle.”
The United States, says the pam
phlet, is the greatest veal-consuming
country in the world. The number
of calves slaughtered for food has in
creased 100 per cent in the last ten
years. The statement is made that
unless some nation-wide laws are
passed—laws similar to those now in
force in South America—forbidding
the slaughter of calves, the price of
beef in the United States is going-
still higher.
Packers’ Profits on Beef.
The pamphlet says that on the ten-
pound roast of beef the householder
buys for his table the packer’s profit
is two cents. This one-fifth of a cent
a pound is the profit from buying,
dressing, refrigerating, shipping and
selling a 10-pound roast of beef.
The sales of the corporation for the
300 working days in the year aver
aged about $1,000,000 a day, accord
ing to the pamphlet. Also it is shown
what the purchasing power of $1 for
meats is in Chicago. The following
figures are given:
Beef ribs, 5 1-2 pounds: mutton,
loin. 15 pounds; beef round, 8 1-2
pounds; mutton hind quarter, 14
pounds: beef chuck. 10 pounds; mut
ton fore quarter, 20 pounds.
BUFFALO, April 19.—All the lead
ing nations, every State, every uni
versity of note and various other
leading educational, scientific, medi
cal and hygienic institutions and or
ganizations. as well as various wom
en’s organizations, will be represent
ed at the fourth International Con
gress on School Hygiene in Buffalo.
August 25 to 30.
President Wilson has accepted the
I honorary office of patron of the Con-
1 gress. The President of the Con
gress is C. W. Eliot, one-time Presi
dent of Harvard University.
FORMER” OUTLAW ASSERTS
WIFE HAS REFORMED HIM
OAKLAND, CALIF., April 26.—El-
mo Barnett, under arrest here on a
charge of having robbed a street car
passenger, told the police to-day a
romantic love story in pleading to he
released. He was shot in a fight about
two years ago. and was taken to a
hospital. He fell in love with his
nurse, who, he said, reformed him.
The> were married in Kansas City
last June.
"I used to be a bad egg.*' Barnett
said. "But this girl made me straight.
Ple&se let me go."
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