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8 THE AJ la.vj A <;kok<;ia> ajnjj iVtiWa, nuuAv.jyiAv u>, ihm. 2-Year Man Hunt Ends in J. WylieSmith^sCapture CUPID'S WIRELESS Relentless Pursuit of Fugitive by Victim Revealed REAL LOVE TEST m n <i of fleeing Atlantan Had • Thrilling Career 5 Rebel Army a Brigand Camp? Mexico — Hardships Wreck His Health. iThe veil of mystery was lifted by T-he Georgian Friday from the move- rtlents of J. Wylie Pmith since the wrecking of the <’omm^rrinfLoan and 1 lilscount Company, of which he was president two years ago, and lHs spectacular flight from Justice ititd^ Mexico A story was revealed whose every phase possessed the strongest dra matic Interest. One scene showed the fugitive rotting In a Mexican Jail, lft another he was impressed in th< army of Orozco. Brokan in body and spirit, by privation and dipeaae, hh sought asylum in the rtndesvOuv of brigands, cut-throats ami other outlaws in the fastnesses of the Mex ican mountains. Then with the shad ow of death hovering over him came his surrender A companion picture is that of the relentless pursuit by one man who accomplished single-handed mure than the United States Government with the powerful machinery of its diplomatic system Thai man was T> re M. Hamilton, Xtf Ilapevillc. Swore to Bring Him Back. I swore that-J^d bring Mm -back to Atlanta if l Hv/d.” Was hid simple declaration after- ho had returned. Rut behind his quiet assartioji was the story of a two-year man hum which In persistency of purpose and unalterable determination seldom has bfen equaled. i Hamilton was one of the heaviest lasers when the crash came How much he lost, he has refused to aay. But It Is known that practi- • filly all of his savings of years were swept away. *Hifi jplfib** for a com fortable old agrv^:ero shattered. His one purpose Sin e .Yurie 14, 1911, 1ms been to bring Bmith back to stand trial In the courts. Hamilton was aided in bis two- year chase by the fact that Smith filially cams to the realisation that ho tod the choice between two* alterna tives—death in the lair of a band .>f fugitives like himself or surrender to the authorities. The grim specter came nbatcrand nearer. When it appeared that he could Mot ItVo Jivuch‘longer iio gfive in Hamilton is a quiet man. He says little, but he has a determination that is unconquerable. After tfie total failure of the Government, owing largely to the unsettled conditions in Mexico, he gave up ail hop*, .of any a#s1 stance from that *»oK'e*>vrn start- ei out on a lone hunt Kept Hit Plant Secret. He had been disappointed enough by the inability to extradite Smith. The fugitive was in prison in Ohlhuu- hlia for seven months, but the Unite J; States Government wan unable to get Av requisition honored by the Mexican Government, although repealed :ii- ttmpta were made and Pinkerton do r-actives were constantly on the alert for an opportunity to spirit him across the border. I Hamilton confided his intention ’ nc* 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 lowing a trail into war-torn Mexico with the certainty of a bloodhound. His task was made the easier in that his quarry, 'sickened and wastoa was anxious to get away from the brigands by whom he virtually held a captive for debt. But the e»v«i v$ould have been the same in anv J event. Of this Hamilton is sure. Thj capture might have taken a lit’ie longer, but it would have come finally. Only Seeks Justice, He Says, Hamilton did not appear the placable, vindictive jpe^son his ac-, tlons might indicate \4hen he was seen Friday. "We do not want to ill-treat Smith in any way.” he said. “Myself and the others who lost, however, believed that he should be brought back. Then, if he haa been w rongly accused or if he has been made the ‘goat.’ that fact can be developed. As it was. he whs slowly dying of disease and poor nutrition there in the camp of those outlaws. Now. he can be cared for and lie wjll be given just the food that will bring him back to health. "From what Man learn, Smith was Wife a Pathetic Figure in Tragedy The heart-broken wife of Wy- ll» smith provided a most pathetic feature of this many-sided tragedy of a human life gone wrong. Un able to live In l he City where her husband was accused of betraying the trust of some of his best friends, she went lo Han Antonio to live with a cousin. Crushed by sorrow, she was little seen in the society of the lively Texas town When Smith came across the border Into K1 Paso, he dispatched her a wire saying that he had sur rendered and would pass through San Antonio He had not seen her during lhe two years he 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. hut Mrs Smith did not ap pear. Instead came the cousin lo 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 (light of Smith. Benefited Main Who Had Lung Trouble Those who suffer from Lung Trou- r ble are generally troubled with night S •weals, fever, Joss of strength and ( little or no appetite. Eckman's Al- D ferative ia a medicine which lias been >1 where he was met bv H frne fbt* about twb month# after he left Atlanta. Then bo Wftl tin-own Into prison at ChihuahuA. Mexico, and kept there for seven months. Requisition papers were srnt there and repeated efforts were made to have him extradited to the United .States, but things were in such an unset tied condition down there that nothing came of it. '‘Pinkertons were there, hut they might as well have been in Chiba, for it was impossible tc» get any fic tion. Orosco felt that ha had been lnsulle<$ by uncle 8am snij[ was*none too friendly, anyway. “Smith later was taken to Juarez by Orosco and kept under guard then* for a time, although not close ly confined. Finally be was liberated and impressed into Orosco’s army, I understand. Racked b> rever. “He was unable to stand the hard ships and the climate and was at tacked by the fever For weeks and* months lie was lacked by the dis ease. He had barely recovered and was able to stsgger about e Utile 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. lie 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 hia body was wasted by the HH/ine: a and the privations. Then there w-as haunting Mm the constant knowledge that he wns a hunted man. Ho was safe where he was, but he 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. Large rewards hung over the heads of some of tlie men with whom Smith associated. Human blood war. on the hands of some, but the reasons they had come there were little dis cussed. Others had got away, with large sums from batiks: but IhfiV had picked a poor lilace rrh- the Spend- . tng. By a mysterious, round about way, I 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 mnlaw gang. Ha kn<*\v that If h*» left his capture would be only a question of time. Driven desperate, he Anally wrote } m . Marion Letcher, the American Consul Chihuahua. He pleaded that his debts lie paid so that he might leave the brigands. He said, with some show of bravado, that it would be im possible to take him if he didn't w.mi to come. A warrant never was hon ored in his little village, lie said, even if it were signed by the President himself. Tho inhabitant* wen * law unto themselves. The letter came to Consul Letcher, not directly, but through various in termediaries. At the same time he received a letter from Atlanta written by Hamilton. The Consul merely for warded Hamilton’s letter to Smith, ijfinith made Rome conditions on which he would surrender himeelf and the arrangements finally were completed. Hamilton was empowered as an officer and left for K1 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 IP* All Over. American Consul Edwards, o? Jauroa. conducted Smith into El Pa*o, nllton. The most successful In stopping night M whs a brief conversation and Smith i (weals, reducing fever «n,1 promot- boarded the train Kith Hamilton He !.klsss:\ c Investigate what it did in tljis case: > i? T,i ,e< ? 1 e ^ Quietly to arrest in t 1 “Dear Btr: ■'For four* years 1 wo * ( Atlanta when he was met by the de- j troubled with cough, .wUJch gradually J tectives ( became. worse 1 rmd night sweats**] Tm glad it's all over with” said and pains in my ebaat 1 was losing ; Smith when once aboard the’ train b 1 , s he w .’ , ha«oMw 0 nt <,f ” is rrrT nusehold duties A physician pro- [ V 1 * ' 1 ha ??, of yeHrs and Ms su *- aunced my disease Consumption. >* I f r n . K , s NNri tle hiding from the au- i tnorlties. 1 wenty-three months hate passed ue J. Wylie Smith, dealer in fren- r.ied finance, abruptly let fall his me- j teorlc speculations and in a night ! fled Atlanta I And for 23 months charges of for- i geries amounting to $160,000 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 mountain* of Mexico. It was on the night of June 14. 1911. tliat the erstwhile head of the Com mercial company locked his desk in a (| ‘Ungy back office over a store at 29 1 -j ( Whitehall Street and became com pletely lorn to Atlanta. Not until tho | following morning did the fact of hi» fell household nounced my disease Consumption. Not being satisfied. 1 was examined ( di the physician* of the Polyclinic • Hospital. They also confirmed my 51 since J. Wyll ' trouble and 1 was ordered away for ) vied tina I ( treatment. My nephew w -ulo not \ allow me to go until I had tried Uck- ) man's Alternative. Before l had taken f the medicine three weeks 1 had marketi relief, night sweats ceased, pain in the breast relieved, cough be came loose and easy, fever left me Sind 1 commenced getting well My health became normal. ! am in ex cellent health now and have been for twelve years I strongly recommend It.” (Signed) <MRS. * MARY WASSON. Care Ed Green, 1722 S 17th St., Philadelphia. Pa. (Above abbreviated* more on re- jfluest.) ' . Eckman's • AJt^ra t»ve ' Has ? been proven by many years’ test to be ijioiiowing most efficacious in <a*es of severe ({shortage be Throat and Lung Affections. Bron- (ibis credito: Fhitis. Bronchial Asthma. Stubborn ? fit Colda and in upStfiMki? tlie system other chant ?Doea not contaiw nat^.>ticf. poisons jor habit-forming drugs. For sate by lapeville Man, Heavy Loser in Alleged Swindle, T r a i 1 e d Loan Agent. Through Tropical J angles 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 efit by the rich harvest which it was , understood he was reaping for those ; who placed their money with him. I Among those who are reported io , have lost In Smith's operations were' such men as Frank M. Myers, H-. president of the Commercial eompa-l nv; Judge Simmons. J. L. Sims, of Hapevllle; Jarnefi Stalling*. R- U- Morris, Guy Thurman. Dr. D. E. Dew berry s J. Collier. W. V Brandt, and others The individual amounts »rc i said to have run from a few hundred ; dollar* up to as high as $21,000. One 1 busfne&p woman who had made a suc cess in the city deposited $1,500 with th* operator, only to lose the entire 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 ft fugitive. He is said to have acted as agent between persons who wanted to borrow and persona who wanted to lend money at a profitable rule of in terest Ha would go to a person financially well flxad. it is alleged, with the information that lie hail 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 * giving notes in return ns security for the amount. These notes later Would prove worthless Other notes given out by Smith proved to he forgeries. One of them, for <400. bore the signature of M. M. Andwtfton. Another note was on Bv- rum Hule, teller of the American National ftftnk, for $370, which proved a forgery. There were many others. It was on these forged notes that charges were placed against the oper- ator. Speculations in stock, in which Sniijih is said to have engaged, are given a** the cause for his venturing beyond the law. Most pathetic of all affected by the departure of Smith wan the oper ator’s own wife nrd adopted child. In the Smith home at 249 Pulliam Street. Mrs. Smith, herself an invalid, became prostrated when she learned of her husband’s disappearance. De spite this, however, she remained loyal to him. t Still Believed in Him. “No matter what they say about j my husband.” she declared at the time. “I si ill believe in iiitn. I to al ways hHs* been ro upright ! can’t be lieve that he has done anything wrong " As she uttered those words. Smith 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; blue eyes, blonde hair, a thin face *llfe hollow cheeks and weight close to Vt3 pounds. Several arrests were made in the cane during the week that followed its origin. Berry Smith, a step-brother of the missing man, was taken into custddv on suspicion of knowing something of Smith’s whereabout?, but to no avail. Smith had disappeared from iden tity and 4or several months hfx ot)<- lit< ration remained complete. Half fP year later he was located by the Plnkferton detectives who had been put on the case. Smith w as reported j to he in Mexico. He had joined the 1 rebel forc es and was fighting under, a foreign sun for a cause in which J he could not have felt an interest. Captured by Enemy. Just whether he Joined in this per- j Mous*;undertaking to rid his mind of ttifi ffnamfla! troubles with which it must have been burdened or because pf the iovh of excitement which he j had exhibited so clearly in Atlanta 1h a i>oint tor conjecture. It is safe t»> say that Smith proved a brave and : reckless abldier. After h desperate battle near the Mexican provincial capital of Chihua hua* Smith was captured and thrown into prison ir that city. He was wounded severely and the tilth of the Mexican jail soon brought disease Into his body. Lack of medical at tention i aused the soldier's wound to become affected, and even now, as he lies in the Tower, the wound is stilf open and painful—a hitter reminder of his former days. While,in the Chihuahua prison. Smith was located by the Pinkerton detectives who had been trailing him They immediately set about getting extradition papers lo take the fugi tive back to justice, but the arm ot the law was foiled. Before e.xtrttdi- tion could 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 his weakened condition, followed the Mexican flag again to the* battlefield, leaving his pursuers behind him, baffled. However, Smith's strength was slowly ebbing from him. Never Could Extradite Him, Frequently during the later pfriod of his Mexican career, Smith was ‘Heart” Vibrations Must Be in Tune to Wed Happily, Declares Naturalist l.op ANOEl.ES, May lfi.—That the time will corns 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 nchool teacners. According to Kellogg there Is ft certain vibration between persons the same as vibrations between wire- Icrh Digraph station*. The pitch of the vibration between any two person* must vary, and Kellogg's id< a is that before a man and wojafin should marry they should tv* in “tune” w-lth efcoh o-ther and thereby have mutual understanding. He told the teachers no wild anlmgls were ill except those disturbed by the fear of man. “The rattlesnake Is your bill friend,” he said. “Nature made all things good. If you can. bring me a bad boy and I will show you tie is tlie beat hoy In the world. He become 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 16.—County tax au thorities to-day were preparing to bring suit against Lieutenant Govern or Rarratt O’Hara, charging him with evading the payment of tax©#. The ftmount Involved is $7.39. Mile Mother-in-Law Zone for Newlyweds <’HICAO<>. 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 Schwelr, who were Seeking divorce. When he finished the fichweirs were clasped in each other’s arms. Judge Pettit upset the theories of eugenics. “Every man Comes to 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 thf* mother-in-law rock.” JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES TO BE ORATOR AT VANDERBILT NASHVILl.E, TRNN„ May 16. Colonel John Temple Graves, of At- 1a nta and New York, will deliver the literary address at the Vanderbilt University commencement here next month United States Attorney Gen eral J. C. McReynolds. a former Nash ville lawyer, will he the chief sneaker at the alumni banquet. Dr. Wash ington Gladden, a noted divine, will preach the commencement sermon Dr. I'd win Mims, of the department of English, will deliver the alumni ad dress. U, S. Messengers Quit Because of Negroes 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, dec lares the messenger at the lop of the list is given the first message that comes in There were, r.4 white boys and 14 negroes. STATE AID TO BE ASKED FOR MEDICAL COLLEGE A UOUSTA, GA. May 16 The bOArd of directors .of the medical department «f the University pf 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 lo help maintain the medical college. PEANUT HULL KILLS CHILD. CHICAGO, Mhy 16.—Rose Mansak, 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 atop the convul sions that followed. Wisconsin Declines to Ban Elopements MADISON. W1S , May 16.—The State Legislature defeated a bill to make elopements Into adjoining States Illegal. The Mil. championed by Assembly man Rosa, himself a bachelor, was Intended to*pf«vent 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 State. It was found, however, that tho frequent elojiemonts of Wisconsin people into Michigan. Illinois, Iowa huu Minnesota wotlld thereby he 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 t6 work in the Atwood grape fruit groves, at Manavista, 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 fifty kind to fix prices in the steel indus try. according to the testimony of James A. Farrell, President of the U. S. Steel Corporation, at the hear ings In the suit to dissolve the 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 NEW 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. Duthbert, of Au gusta, was re-elected president. Re- ports from the 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. Whitfe City Park Now Open arrested by the Pinkerton, men, but in each instance they failed to ex tradite him owing to his mUitary 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. It was in the Chihuahua prison! 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 or so later the army with Smith in it moved southward into the interior, of Mexico, leaving the detectives again without their quar ry. Smith appeared In Juarez the next time with the Mb a rebels a week ago. His phys iugpia Condition ’had be come completely* broken flown. He was a wrecked ipah. It was then that he listened to the pleas of the detectives that he return to Atlanta and face the charges against him. He consented to meet Mr. Hamilton ami after a long con ference crossed tho border to El Paso. Texas, and gave himself up. Of his ow n free.,will Smith stepped on a train which boro him to Atlanta and when he stepped down into this city he still was h free man. Willing ly be gave himself Into the custody of the detectives who were waiting for him at the station and resigned himself to the law. Had ho chosen to remain in Mexico he w-ould never have been placed under arrest. As a soldier of Diaz he was beyond reach of the laws of the United States. BACKACHE IS ft DANGER SIGNAL Kidney Troubles. Bladder Disorders, Rheumatism, and Serious Diseases Follow. Tliere is no more effective reme- pains in the region of the kidneys, nervousness, dizziness, tired and worn-out feeling, weak bladder, or urinary troubles, which are just as dangerous, for the slightest kidney derangement if neglected may devel op Into tiie deadly Bright’s disease. Dropsy or Diabetes. It is not only dangerous, hut need less, for you to suffer, and endure the tortures of these troubles, for the new* discovery, Croxone, 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 mires, neutralizes and dissolves the poisonous uric acid and waste matter that lodge in the joints and muscles ami cause those terrible rheumatic pains, and makes the kid neys filter the poi3on from the blood aril drives it out of the system. Three doses of Croxone a day for ' few days Is often all that is* ever ! needed to relieve the worst backache 1 overcome disagreeable urinary 1 | 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. You will find Croxone different from all other remedies. It is so prepared that it is practically im possible to take it into the human system without results. An original package costs but a trifle, and all | druggists are authorized to return thC purchase price if Croxone should 1 fad in a single case ng dri Laboi ra tori’. Pi* _jif iqH or booklet telling of recoveries and i additional evidence. ;r Among th> ;>me known. One by came into the little of- h each fresh arrival an- r vv a ft vVrltteri into the stofy* of the failure. Before noon tho *11 Jacobs' Dms St'.ras ami otllerU ?. 0< £.' , u ! 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They are the same dresses you see in other stores priced from $18.00 to $20.00. SPECIAL NO. 3 MEN’S SUITS « $1*7.50 $1.00 A Week In this lot of suits you will find all wool serges, Norfolks, cassimeres, fancy worsteds, in fact, every kind of suit you desire. These suits were formerly $18.00, $20.00 and $22.50. All on our easy plan of credit.