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8 I THE ATLANTA UEOKUiAJN AJNJJ AJitVS, tfltlJJAY, MAY .UN IUM. 2-Year Man Hunt Ends in I. Wylie Smith’s Capture CUPID!) WIRELESS l | l ^ ^ 0 »*« ^ ,| t # * 4 ^ ^ 9 |« ^ ^ *1*^*1* »|« ^ »|« Relentless Pursuit of Fugitive by Victim Revealed REAL LOVE TEST Mile Mother-in-Law U, S. Messengers Quit Zone for Newlyweds Because of Negroes Fleeing Atlant.in Had Thrilling Career in i Rebel Army and Brigand Tamps of Mexico — Hardships Wreck His Health. The veil of myiiery wai lifted by The Georgian Friday from the move, merits of J. Wylie Smith since the wrecking: of the cbnfirtf'rcial Loan and Discount Company, of which he was president two years ago. and Ills' spectacular flight from Justice Into Mexico A story was revealed whose every nhaae possessed the strongest dra matic interest. One arem* showed the fugitive rotting in a Mexican Jail in another he was impressed in the | army of Orozco. Broken In body and spirit, by privation and disease, he sought asylum in the rendezvous of brigands, eut-throat# and other outlaws In the fastnesses of the Mex ican mountains. Then with the shad ow of death hovering over him came hfis surrender A companion picture la that of the relentless pursuit by one man w*ho ! accomplished single-handed more than the United States Government with the powerful machinery of its diplomatic sysiem. That man . was Tyre M. Hamilton, .of Hapeville. Swore to Brirtg Him Baefc. I swore thaly-J-’<V bring IJoi back t6 Atlanta if I lived,” was hlfc simple declaration aftei* he bad;returned. But behind his quiet assertion was the story of a two-year man hunt which in persistency of purpose and unalterable determination seldonf has been equaled. Hamilton was one of the heaviest lasers when the crash came. How much he lost he ha* refused to say But It is known that practi- ■ ally all of his savings of years were s'wept away. r Hta "plans- for a com fortable old ^hatter-ocU His purpose ain e Jirho 14, l9fl. lias been to bring Smith back to stand trial in the courts. Hamilton was aided in his two- war Chaae by the fact, that Smith finally came to the realization that he had the choice between two alterna tives -death in the lair of a band of fugitives like himaelf or surrender to the authorities. The grim spec ter cam ■ nearer and nearer. When it appeared that he could not Ikv*- imu h longer ne gave in. ’ Hamilton i* a quiet man. He says little, but he has a determination that ) 8 unconquerable*. After the total failure of the Government, owing largely to the unsettled conditions in Mexico, he gave up all hope of any assistance from that source and starf- ed out on a lone hunt. Kept His Plant Secret. He had been disappointed enough by the inability to extradite Smith. The fugitive was in prison in Oiilhiui hua for aeven months, but the United States Government whs unable to get a requisition honored by the Mexican Government, although repeated at tempt* were made and Pinkerton de tectives were constantly on the alert for an opportunity to spirit him across the border. \ Hamilton confided his intention »• no one. He kept his plans to himself. Only those officials with whom it was absolutely necessary for him to deal possessed any hint that he was fol- lpwiriV a trail into war-torn Mex! u with the certainty of a bloodhound. His task was made the easier in that, his quarry, sickened and waste i was anxious to get away from th» brigands by whom he virtually was held a captive for debt. But the end would have been the same in ir.y event Of this Hamilton is sure. The espture might have taken a lift© longer, but it would have come finally. Only Seeks Justice, He Says. Hamilton did not appear the im placable. vip.dJctlV.t- person hik ac tions might lndmale \vne‘n he w’as seen Friday. "We do not want to Ul-treat Smith in any way." he said. ‘‘Myself and tbe others who lost, however, believed that he should be brought back. Then, if he has been wrongly accused or if h* has been made the ‘goat,’ that fact, can be developed. As it was. he war slowly dying of disease and poor nutrition there in the camp of those outlaws. Now, he can be cared for and he will be given just the food that will bring him back to health. “From what f.can learn. Smith was Wife a Pathetic Figure in Tragedy The heart-broken wife of Wy lie Smith provides a moat pathetic feature of this many-sided tragedy of a human life gone Wrong. Un able to live in the city where her husband was accused of betraying the trust of some of his best friends, she went to San Antonio to live with a cousin. Crushed by sorrow, she was little seen in the society of the lively Texas town. When Smith tame across the border into Kl 1’aso. he dispatched her a wire saying that he. had sur rendered and would pass through San Antonio. He had not seen her during the two year* ho had been a fugitive and he wanted her to meet him at the train for a few words. The train stopped at San An tonio. but Mrs. Smith did not ap pear. Instead came.the cousin to say that she was prostrated with grief and was so ill and hysterical that the doctors feared for her life. The capture of her husband had been too great a shock to bear af ter all her anxiety through the months since the flight of Smith. FW*CS Benefitcd Many Who Had Lung Trouble Those who suffer from Lung Trou ble are generally troubled with night sweat?, fever, loss of strength and little or do appetite. Eckmans Al terative is a medicine which has been ) most successful in stopping night < sweats, reducing fever and promot- S ing appetite, and many wh« have / used it declare ii saved theif lives. < Investigate what it did in this case s ‘‘Dear 8ir: * l r Or tour years 1 whs > troubled With cough, which gradually became worse I find night sweats and pains in my chest I was losing my appetite and had become so thin and weak I could not attend to my household duties A physician pro nounced my disease Consumption. Not being satisfied, 1 was examined ;.by the physician* of the Polyclinic ; Hospital. They also confirmed my -'trouble and I was ordered away for (treatment. My nephew would not s'allow me to go until I had tried Kck- ’ man’s Alternative. Before 1 had taken Hthe medicine three weeks 1 had marked relief, night sweau ceased, pain in the breast relieved, cough be came loose and easy, fever left me and I commenced getting well My health became normal 1 am in ex cellent health now and have been for twelve years I strongly recommend It" (Signed) (MRS.) MARY WASSON, Care Ed Green. 1722 P 17th St.. Philadelphia. Pa f (Above abbreviated, more on re quest. ) Eckman’s Altera town ' nas beert 'proven by many years’ test to he > ’most efficacious in oases of severe {“Throat and Lung Affections. Bron chitis. Broncbial Asthma, Stubborn (Colds and in ihe system. Does not contain narcotics, prison* or habit-foyming drugs.*} For sale hjr all Jacobs’. Drug StoMBfc and other leading <jruggi$ts^ W'me the *Evk- man Laborsfiery. Philadelphia. Pa . for booklet telling of recoveries and additional evidence. free for about two months after he left Atlanta. Then he was thrown into prison at Chihuahua, Mexico, and kept there for seven months. Requisition papers were sent there and repeated efforts were made to have him extradited to the United States, but things were in such an tmsettind condition down there that nothing came of It. “Pinkertons were there, hut they might as well have been in China, for it was impossible to g* t any ac tion. Orozco felt, that ho had been insulted by Uncle Bam and was none too friendly, anyway. “Smith later was taken to Juarez by Orozco and kept under guard there for a time, although not close ly confined. Finally he was liberated and impressed into Orozco's army, 1 understand Racked by raver. "He was unable to stand the hard ships and the climate and was at tacked hr the fever For weeks and months iie was racked by the dis ease. He bad barely recovered and was able t<> stagger about a little, when he was taken with pneumonia." It was at this time that Hamilton believes that Smith fell in with the outlaws in one of the almost inacces sible little villages of Mexico. He lay sick there most of last summer, and in this way became heavily in debted to the people there. He shook off the dread pneumo nia. but his body was wasted by the sickness and the privations. Then there was haunting him the constant knowledge that he was a hunted man. He was safe where he was. but ho dare not venture forth if permitted, and he was not permitted, for his comrades were determined that he should pay his indebtedness before he left. l^arge rewards hung over the heads of some of the men with #vhom Smith associated. Human blood was on the hands of some, hut the reasons they had come there were little dis cussed. Others had got away with laj'ge sums from banks, hut they had picked a poor place for the spend ing. By a mysterious, round about way, word came to Smith that one man continued on his trail despite the re ported failure of the Government to effect his capture. In his weakened * condition, the thought, preyed on his mind incessantly. Wrote to U. S. Consul. He did not want to die there as a member of the outlaw gang. Ho knew that if h« left his capture would be only a question of time Driven desperate, lie finally wrote Marion Letcher., the American Consul £.1 Chihuahua. lie pleaded that his debts be paid so that be might leave the brigands. He said, with some show of bravado, that it would be im possible to take him if be didn't want to come. A warrant never was hon ored in his little village, he said, even if it were signed by the President himself. The inhabitants were a law unto themselves. The letter came to Consul I^etcher, not directly, but through various in termediaries. At tlie same time he received a letter from Atlanta written by Hamilton. The Consul merely for warded Hamilton's letter to Smith. Spilth made some poodilions on which he would surrender him,Pelf and the arrangements Anally were completed. Hamilton was empowered as an officer and left for El Paso. Before he* departed he was careful to obtain requisition papers upon the Governor of Texas!. He was fearful that Smith, might change his mind about coming willingly. Glad It’s All Over. American Consul F.d wards o f Jaurez. conducted Smith into El Paso, where he wes met by Hamilton. There was a brief Conversation and Smith boarded the train with Hamilton. He made no object Ion* w hatever and sub mitted himself quietly to arrest in Atlanta when he was met by the de tectives. ’I'm glad it's all over with,’* said Smith when once aboard the train. I his was the extent of his comment on the chase of two years and his suf ferings while hiding from the au thorities. I wenty-three months have passed | since J. Wylie Smith, dealer in fren- I zied finance, abruptly let fall his me- I teoric speculations and in a night lied Atlanta. And for 23 month' charges of for- jgeries amounting to $150,000 have hung over his head. Detectives traced the fleeing speculator from point to point throughout the United States and at last down into the jungles and mountains of .Mexico. It was on the night of June 14. 1911 that the erstwhile head of the Com mercial company locked his desk in a I »r ■ ha^k office over a store at 29 1-2 | \\ hiteha’l Street and became com- f i n to Atlanta. Not until the i following morning did the fact of hi** | shortage become known. One by on * j his creditors came into the little ot- n*‘.\ and with each fresh arrival an- Other chapter was written into the stpr.v* of the failure. Before noon the total of Smith's unpaid obligations dawned upon his creditors ami ;he com tn unity-. Among the losers were business men. contractors, merchants. milU- ner?, dressmakers, fanners, laborers. Hapeville Man, Heavy Loser in Alleged Swindle, Trailed Loan Agent Through Tropieal .Jangles and Mountain Wilds. mechanics, and, in fact, members of almost every profession and trade. Smith had made a clean sweep and excluded no one who desired to ben Gilt by the rich harvest which it w-.k understood he was reaping for those who placed their money with him. Among tnose who are reported «o have lost in Smith’s operations were such men as Frank M. Myers, Jr., presidpnt of the Commercial compa ny; Judge Simmons. J. L Sims, of! Hapeville; James Stallings. K. L. Morris. Guy Thurman, l>r. D. E. Dew berry, S. J. Collier, W. F. Brandt and others The Individual amounts 4r* said to have run from a few hundred ; dollars up to as high as $29,000. One I business Woman who had made a sue- j eras in tbe eity deposited $1,500 with i the operator, only to lose the entire j amount; Method of Operation Perilous. Smith’s method of operation was a perilous one, despite the fact that he pursued it for several months before it finally sent him from the city a fugitive. He is said to have acted a„ agent between persons whe wanted to borrow and persons who wanted to lend money at a profitable rate of in- tero-'t He would go to a person financially well fixed, it is alleged, with the information that he had a customer who desired to borrow a large sum of money After declaring that the investment would be per fectly safe Smith would induce the person to let him take the money, I giving notes in return as security for j the amount. These notes later would prove worthless , Other notes given out by Hnnth ' proved to be forgeries. One qt them, I for $4(jo. bore the signature of M. M. j Anderson. Another note wac on B.v- rum Hule. teller of the American National Bank, for $370. which proved { a forgery. There were many others. It was on these forged not** that charges were placed against the oper ator. , . . . 1 Speculations in stock, in which Smith is said to have engaged, are given as tbe cause for his venturing beyond the law’. Most pathetic of all affected by the departure of Smith wastthe oper ator’s own wife ard adopted child. In the Smith home at 249 Pulliam Street, Mrs. Smith, herself an*invalid. I became prostrated when she learned of her husband’s disappearance. Do- spite this, however, she remained ; loyal to him. Still Believed in Him. ‘‘No matter what they say about j my husband,” she declared at the, time. “I still believe in him. lie al-j ways hae been so upright I can’t be- | lieve that he baa done anything wrong ” As she uttered those words. Smith j was fleeing from Atlanta, leaving in his wake a sheaf of warrants suffi cient, if upheld in a court of law, to send him to prison for many years. .Quickly by telegraph and telephone | the entire country was notified of ttie speculator's disappearance. In the messages he was described as 50 years old 5 feet 9 Inches tall; j.blye eyes, blonde hair, a thin .. face ’wilhi hollow cheeks and weight close tc4 1&3 pounds. Several arrests were made lit the' case during the week that followed its origin. Berry Smith, a step-brother of the missing man, was taken Into custody on suspicion of knowing something of Smith’s whereabouts. • but to no avail. Smith had disappeared from id*n-j tity and for several months his ob- , literation remained complete. Half a year later he was located by the [ Pinkerton detectives who had been put on the case. Smith was reported : to he in Mexico. He had Joined the] rebel forces and was fighting under a foreign sun for a cause in which he could not have felt an interest. Captured by Enemy. Just whether he Joined in this per ilous undertaking to rid his mind of the financial troubles with which it must have been burdened of because , of the love of excitement which he had exhibited so clearly in Atlanta is a point tor conjecture. It is safe to j say that Smith proved a brave and | reckless soldier. After a desperate battle near the Mexican provincial capital of Chihua hua, Smith was captured and thrown into prison Ir that city. He was tvdunded severely and the filth of the Mexican jail soon brought disease I into his body. Lack of medical at- | tentlon caused tbe Roldier’s wound to , become affected, and even now. as he | lies in the Tower, the wound is still 1 open and painful—a bitter reminder j of his former days. While in the Chihuahua prison. Smith was located by the Pinkerton’ detectives who had been trailing him. They immediately set abuu> getting extradition papers to take the fugi- 1 tiye hack to justice, but the arm ot j the law was foiled. Before extradi tion e«Hiid be arranged between the State Department at Washington and , the American Ambassador at Mexico! City, the Madero revolutionists had) captured Chihuahua and released, Smith from the jail, on condition that he Join the rebel army. Smith agreed to this proposition,' and, despite Ms weakened condition. 1 followed the Mexican flag again tor the battlefield, leaving his pursuers j behind him, baffled. However, Smith’s strength was slowly ebbing from him. Never Could Extradite Him. Frequently during the later period | of his Mexican career, Smith war, ' “Heart” Vibrations Must Be in Tune to Wed Happily, Declares Naturalist I.OR ANOEI.ES, May 18. -That th* time will come when harmonious mental vibration and understanding between man and woman will be the requirements for marriage was the statement made by a well-known naturalist, Charles Kellogg, at a meet ing of the city school learners. According to Kellogg there is a certain vibration between persons, the same as vibrations between wire less telegraph stations. The pitch of the vibration between any two .persons must vary, and Kelloggs id* a is that before a man and woiii^n should marry they should be 1n "tune" with each other and thereby have mutual understanding. Hefiold the teachers no wild animals were 111 except those disturbed by the fear of man. “Tty* rattlesnake is your best friend,” he said. "Nature made all things good. If you can, bring me a bad boy and 1 will show’ you he Is the best boy in the world. He becomes good if you can reach him, “A baby thrown into the water will not drown of itself It is just like an animal. But If its parents know* that the child has been thrown in the water and fear it will drown that fear is carried to the child’s mind and it will instantly sink.’’ TAX COLLECTOR TO SUE LIEUT. GOV, O’HARA FOR $7 CHICAGO, MAy HU—County tax au thorities to-day were preparing to bring suit against Lieutenant Govern or Barratt O’Hara, charging him with evading the payment of tax©#. The amount Involved is $7.39. CHICAGO, May 16.—Newlyweds should live at least one mile away from the parents of each, according to the advice Judge Pettit gave Mr. and Mrs. John Hchwelr, who were seeking divorce. When he finished the Schweirs were clasped in each other’s arms. Judge Pettit upset the theories of eugenics. "Every man comes tn the place where he thinks of getting married." he said. 'He has met the girl. They mate very much like the birds. It is not scientific, not at all.” Judge Pettit said “too many matri monial ships are wrecked on the mother-in-law rock.” JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES TO BE ORATOR AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE, TENN., May 16.— Golonel John Temple Graves, of At lanta and New York, will deliver the literary address at the Vanderbilt University commencement here next month. United States Attorney Gen eral .1 C. McReynolds, a former Nash ville lawyer, will be the cnief speaker at the alumni banquet. Dr. Wash ington Gladden, a noted divine, will preach the commencement sermon. Dr. Edwin Mima, of the department of English, will deliver the alumni ad dress. WASHINGTON, May 16.—Seven special delivery messengers of the Washington postoffice have resigned because they decline to serve with negroes. They charge the postal au thorities give negro messengers shorter runs. L. J. Robinson, assistant postmas ter, declares the messenger at the top of the list is given the first message that comes in. There were 54 white boys and 14 negroes. STATE AID 10 BE ASKED FOR MEDICAL COLLEGE AUGUSTA. GA. May 16.—The board of directors of the medical department of the University of Geor gia has re-elected the entire faculty with one exception. Dr. Richard La mar. of the Rockefeller institute of Medical Research, "being selected to succeed Dr. C. D. Partridge, as head of the department of pathology. The directors voted to ask the State for an appropriation to help maintain the medical college. PEANUT HULL KILLS CHILD. CHICAGO. May 16—Rose Mausak, aged 1 year, is dead to-day as a re sult of- trying to swallow a peanut shell. A doctor removed the shell, but was unable to stop the convul sions that followed. Wisconsin Declines to Ban Elopements MADISON. WIS., May 16.—The State Legislature defeated a bill to make elopements into adjoining States illegal. The bill, championed by r Assemblyman Rosa, himself fi bachelor, was intended to prevent the marriage in other States of divorced persons forbidden to remarry under decrees granted in Wisconsin. The law would make such marriages void# In this Stat«\ It was found, however, that the frequent elopements of Wisconsin people Into Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota would thereby be made illegal, and any children illegi timate. HINDUS TURNED BACK BY IMMIGRATION MEN TAMPA; FLA.. May 16—Three Hindus, claimed to be under con tract to work in tbe Atwood grape fruit groves, . at M ana vista, were turned back for the third time to day by immigration officials. They tried to enter through Key West several weeks ago and two weeks ago made an effort to come in through this city from Havana. Last night they came in again from Cuba. Many of the big fruit growers are figuring on cheaper labor to offset the tariff cut of 78 per cent in citrus fruits. Steel Head Denies Price Agreement NEW YORK. May 16.—There is no agreement or understanding of any kind to fix prices in the steal indus try, according to the testimony of James A. Farrell, President of the IT. S. Steel Corporation, at the hear ings in the suit to dissolve $he cor poration as an illegal combination. Prices are governed solely by mar ket conditions, he said, and the fact that they remain unchanged for con siderable periods does not indicate that competitive conditions do not exist “except in the minds of theor ists and economists.” AUGUSTA GIRL N.EW HEAD OF EPISCOPAL AUXILIARY AUGUSTA, GA., May 16.—The an- anual meeting of the Junior Auxil iary of the Episcopal Diocese of Geor gia was held here yesterday after noon. Miss Mary C. Cuthbert, of Au gusta, was re-elected president. Re ports from th<* Junior Auxiliaries of Thomasville, Albany, Brunswick and other cities were read. Rev. G. Croft Williams delivered a talk on “The Boys’ Home," a charitable institution of this city that is maintained by the Auxiliary! White City Park Now Open arrested by the Pinkerton men. but in each instance they failed to ex tradite him owlfiK to his military connections. At one time he was placed under arrest In Jaurez. Smith then was under the command of the Mexican rebel general, Antonio Rojas, and a warm personal friend of that official, j It was in the Chihuahua prison i where General Rojas was confined with Smith that the friendship was made fast. Upon his arrest In ! Juarez his release was ordered im mediately by the/ Mexican general and a day pr. so later the army with! Smith in t,npved southward into the interior of Mexico, leaving the detectives again without- their quar ry. ' V Smith appeared In Juarez the next time with the Dtaz rebels a week ago His physical condition had be come completely broken down. He was a wrecked man. It was then that he listened to the pleas of ih* <1eteot1,ves that he return to Atlanta, anfi face,^.he charges against him. Ifo (consented to meet Mr. Hamilton and.’after a long con ference crossed the border to El Paso. Texas, and gave himself up. Of his own free wilt Smith stepped on a train which bore him to Atlanta and when he stepped down into this city he still was a free man. Willing ly he gave himself into the custody of the detectives who were walling for him at the station and resigned himself to the law. Had he chosen to remain tn Mexico he would never have been placed under arrest. As a soldier of Dtaz he was beyond reach of the l^ws of the United States. BACKACHE IS A DANGER SIGNAL Kidney Troubles. Bladder Disorders, Rheumatism, and Serious Diseases Follow. There is no more effective renie- pains in the region of'the kidneys, nervousness, dizziness, tired and worn-out feeling, weak Madder, or urinary troubles, which are just as dangerous, for the slightest kidney derangement if neglected may devel op into the deadly Bright's disease. \ Dropsy or piabetes. It is not only, dangerous, but need less, for you tt> suffer, and endure the tortures of these troubles, for the new discovery, Uroxone, prompt ly ends all such misery There is no more effective reme dy known for kidney, bladder trou ble. and rheumatism than this new scientific preparation, because it re moves the cause. It soaks right into the kidneys through the walls and linings, cleans out the clogged up pores, neutralizes and dissolves the poisonous uric acid and waste matter that lodge in the joints and muscles and. cause those terrible rheumatic j>ains, and makes the kid neys filter the poison from the blood and drives it out of the system. Three doses of Croxone a dav for a few days is often all that is* ever needed to relieve the worst backache or overcome disagreeable urinary disorders, and you can take it with the utmost confidence that nothing on earth will so quickly reach the worst case of kidney, bladder trouble, or rheumatism. 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