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8 THE ATLANTA (JEOKOJLAN AM) NhVVS, FK1UAV, .MAY H>, I HI.',. 2-Year Han Hunt Ends in I.WylieSmith’sCapture CUPID'S WIRELESS I^SE^riSHSS Relentless Pursuit of Fugitive by Victim Revealed Fleeing Atlantan Had Thrilling Career in Rebel Annv andi Brigand Mexico Wreck I ('amps of i — Hardships! lis Health. ii 14 The veil of mystery was lifted by The Georgian Friday from the move-1 ments of J. Wylie Smith since the wrecking <>f the Commercial Loan and | Discount Company, of which he wasi president two years ago. and his spectacular flight from justice into] Mexico. A story was revealed whose every phase poaaes/ied the strongest dra matic interest. One scene 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 difease, he sought asylum In the rendezvous of brigands, cut-throats and 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 more than the United States Government with the powerful machinery of its diplomatic system. That man wa« T>r»- M. Hamilton, of Hapeville. Swore to Bring Him Back. “I swore that I’d bring him back to Atlanta if 1 lived.” was his simple declaration after he had returned. But behind his quiet assertion was the story of a two-year man hunt which in persistency of purpose and unalterable determination seldom has been equaled Hamilton was one of the heaviest losers when the crash came. How much he lost he has refused to say. But It is known that practi cally all of his savings of years were swept away. His plans for a com fortable old age wore shattered. His one purpose since June 14, 1911, has been to bring Smith back to stand trial In the courts. Hamilton was aided in his two- year chase 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 .*f .fugitives like himself or surrender to the authorities. The grim specter came nearer and nearer. When it appeared that he could not live much longer ne gave In. Hamilton is a quiet man. He says little, but he Iiuh a determination that is unconquerable. After the total failure of the Government, owing largely to the unsettled conditions in Mexico, he gave up all hope of an/ assistance from that source and start ed out on a lone hunt. Kept Hi* Plans Secret. He had been disappointed enough by the inability to extradite Smith. The fugitive was in prison in Chihua hua for seven months, but the United States Government was unable to get a requisition honored by the Mexican Government, although repeated u- tempts were* made iflrid 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 Wife a Pathetic Figure in Tragedy The heart-broken wife of Wy lie Smith provides a moet pathetic feature of thin many-Kided tragedy of a human life gone Wrong, f li able to live in the city where her huattand was accused of betraying the truet of Home of hitt best friende. .she went to San Antonio to live with a counln. Crushed by Borrow, she was little seen In the society of the lively Texas town. When Smith came tnrosit the border into El Paso, he dispatched tier a wire Baying that lie had sur rendered anti would pass through San Antonio. He had not seen her during the two year« he had (,een 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 iter husband had been too great a shock to bear af ter all her anxiety through tin, months since the (light of Smith. I;i|>( villa user in Man, Heavy Alleged Swindle, T r a i 1 e d Loan Agent Through 'Tropical J angles and Mountain Wilds. REAL LOVE TESI “Heart” Vibrations Must Be in Tune to Wed Happily, Declares Naturalist. free for about two months after he loft Atlanta. Then be was thrown into prison at Chihuahua. ‘Mexico, and kept then* for never) months. Requisition papers were sent there and repeated efforts were made to have him extradited to the United States, but things were in iruoh an unsettled condition down there that nothing came of It. ‘Pinkertons were there, but they might ps well have been in China, for it was impossible to get any ac tion. Orozco felt that he had been insulted by Uncle Sam and was none too friendly, anyway. “Smith later vvhh 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, I understand Racked by rover. "He was unable to stand the hard ships and the climate and was at tacked by the fever. For weeks and months iie was racked by the dis ease. He had barely recovered and was able to stagger about it 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 liitle 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. l»ul his body was wasted by the sickness and the privations. Then there was haunting him the constant knowledge that he was a bailed man. He 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 the men with whom Smith associated. Human blood was on the hands of some, but the reasons they had come there were little dis cussed. Others had got away with large sums from banks, but they had picked a poor place for the spend* ing. ! By a mysterious, round about way, chanics, 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. Among those who arc reported iO have lost in Smith's operations were such men as Frank M. Myers, Jr., president of the Commercial compa ny; Judge Simmons, J. L. Sims, of Hapeville; James Stallings. ^ R. L. Morris, Guy Thurman. Dr. D. E. Dew berry, S. J. <’oilier, \V. F. Brandt an! others. The individual ^mounts are said to have run from a few hundred dollars up to as high as $20,000. One business woman who had made a. suc cess in the city deposited Sl.aOO with the operate r, 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 a fugitive. He is said to have acted a.- agent between persons who wanted to borrow and persons who wanted to lend money at a profitable rate of in- t* ! • - 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 hirgc 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 as security for the amount. These notes later would prove worthless. Other notes given out by Smith proved to be forgeries. One of them, for $400. bore the signature of M. M. Anderson Another note wae on By rum Huir, teller of the American National Bank, 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 Smith is said to nave engaged, arc given ac the cause for his venturing beyond the law. Most pathetic of all affected by the departure of Smith was the oper ator's own wife ard adopted child. In the Smith home at 249 Pulliam Mrs. Smith, herself an invalid LOS ANGELES. May 16.—That the time will come when harmonious mental vibration Arid understanding between man and woman will be the requirements for marriage wars the statement made by a well-known ! naturalist, Charles Kellogg, at u meet- ' log of the city school teacners. 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 Kellogg’s ' idea is that before a man and woman should marry they should be In ‘tune’’ with each other and thereby have mutual understanding. He to id •he teachers no wild animals were ill except those disturbed by the fear of man. "The rattlesnake is your bent friend,” he said. “Nature made all things good. If you can. bring me a bad boy and I 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." CHICAGO. May 16.—Newlyweds | should live at least one mile away j from the parents of each, according j to the advice Judge Pettit gave Mr. nnd Mrs. John Schweir, who were | .v eking divorce. When lie finished the 8chweirs 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 the mother-in-law rock." JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES TO BE ORATOR AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE. TENN May If,.— Colonel 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 J. C. McReynolds, a former Nash ville lawyer, will be the chief speaker at the alumni banquet. Dr. Wash ington Gladden, a noted divine, will preach the commencement sermon. Dr. Edwin Mims, of the department of English, will deliver the alumni ad dress. 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 Barratt O’Hara, charging him with T- WASHINGTON, May 13.—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 34 white boys and 14 negroes. STATE AID TO BE ASKED FOR MEDICAL COLLEGE AUGUSTA, GA. May 16—The board of directors of ti\e 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. W1S., May 16.—The State Legislature defeated a bill to make elopements into adjoining States illeg.'i. The bill, championed by Assemblyman Rosa, himself a 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 State. It was found, however, that the frequent elopements of W isconsin people Into Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota would thereby be made illegal, and any children illegi timate. HINDUS TURNED BACK BY IMMIGRATION MEN TAJ1PA, FLA.. Ma> 18.—'Three Hindus, claimed to be und^r con tract to 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 any 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 jls an illegal combination. Prices arc 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 IJiocese of Geor gia wait held here yesterday after noon. Mies Mary C. Cuthbert, 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 la maintained by the Auxiliary. White City Park Now Open evading the payment of taxe». amount involved Is $7.39. The arrested by the Pinkerton men, but in each Instance they failed to ex tradite him owMng to his miflitary 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 ‘ 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 lowing a trail into war-torn MexUo 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* brjgands by whom he virtually was held a captive for debt. Rut the end would have been the safne In any event, (if this Hamilton is sure. The rapture might have taken a lit'ie longer, but it would have come final’./. Only Seeks Justice, He Says. Hamilton did not appear the im placable. vindictive person his ac- j tions might Indicate when he was seen Friday. "We do not want to Ill-treat Smith In any way," he said. "Myself and the others who lost, however, believ word came to Smith that one man continued on his trail despite the re ported failure of the Government to effect his capture In Ills 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. He knew that If he left his capture would be only a question of time. Driven desperate, he finally wrote Marion Letcher, the American Consul at Chihuahua. He pleaded that his debts be 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 want to come. A warrant never was hon- that he should be brought back. Then, if he has been wrongly accused or if he lias been made the goat,’ that fact can be developed. As It was. he was •lowly dying of disease and poor nutrition there in the camp of those outlaws. Now, he can be canal for and he will be given just the food that will bring him back to health. “From what I can learn. Smith was Benefited Many Who had Lung Trouble Those who suffer from Lung Trou ble are generally troubled with night sweats, fever, loss of strength and s little or no appetite. Eckmann Al- ? terative is a medicine which has been |> most successful in stopping night st", t. Mrs. «„m , nersetr ™ - and a .lay or so later the army with prostreted when «he earned ] gm|th )n |( moved Bouthwar d into of her husband » dt*appearamr D<- the lnt „ rlor of Me x!co, leaving the spite this, however, she rem detectives again without their iiuai- loyal to him. ry Still Believed in Him. “No matter what they say about Smith appeared In Juarez the next time with the Diaz 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 Smith the pleas of thp detectives that he return to Atlanta and face the charges against him. He 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 will Smith stepped I on a train which bore him to Atlanta , and when he stepped down into this feet 9 inches tall; blue hp S,M1 a / r f e >nan. Willing- ly ho gave himself into the custody of the detectives who were waiting for him at the station and resigned himself to the law. Had he chosen to remain in Mexico he would never have been placed under arrest. As a soldier of Diaz he was beyond reach of the laws of the United States. many who ha\ saved their live <bd in tlvs CAM four years 1 ws veats, reducing 1 4 Ing appetite, and used it declare it Investigate what i "Dear Sir. For troubled with cough, which gradually ) j toertv* became worse. 1 had night sweats <! "I’m glad and pains in my chest. 1 was losing <: Smith when on my appetite and had become so thin ?! This was the and weak I could not attend to my (j household duties. A physician pro- \ i bounced my disease Consumption. >• ) Not being satisfied. 1 was examined < ; ' by the physicians of the Polyclinic s | > Hospital. They also confirmed my > | / trouble and 1 was ordered away for ? | < treatment. My nephew would not (I < allow me to go until I had tried Eck- > \ > man's Alternative. Before 1 bad taken ) | < the medicine three weeks I hud ?; marked relief, night sweats ceased, pain In the breast relieved, cough be- \ , came loose and easy, fever left me ( and 1 commenced getting well My (1 healtii became normal. 1 am in ex- \ j cellent health now and have been for ^ | , twelve years. I strongly recommend s | I i>" i j • Signed • 1MRS.1 M ARY WASSON, \ | < Care Ed Green. 1722 S. 17th St . 4 Philadelphia. Pa 5 tAbove abbreviated, more on re- ?! 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 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. Smith made some conditions on which he would surrender himeelf and the arrangements finally were completed. Hamilton was empowered as an )\ officer and left for El Paso Before y he departed he was careful to obtain ?! requisition papers upon the Governor j I of Text*. He was fearful that Smith /.might change his mind about coining j willingly. Glad it’s All Over. American Consul Edwards, of Jaurez. conducted Smith Into El Paso, where he w on met by Hamilton. Thor» was a brief conversation and Smith (J made no objection*’ whatever and suh- y; initted himself quietly to arrest in ( Atlanta when is met by Die d< - over with,” said iboard the train, extent of his comment base of two years and his suf- while hiding from the au- Eekman ■ proven by Br Iterative in L Aff« ies of severe < , ctlons. Rron- S on the i ferings thorities Twenty-three months have passed since J. Wylie Smith, dealer in fren zied finance. abruptly let fall his me teoric speculations and in a nigkt fled Atlanta. And for 23 months charges of for geries amounting to *$150,000 have hung over his head. Detectives traced the fleeing speculator front 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 lockod his desk in a dingy back office over a •♦ore at 29 1-2 Whitehall Street and became corn- been JI pletely lost to Atlanta Not until the following morning did the fact of hi-? tny husband,” she declared at the time. "I still believe in him. He al ways lias been so upright I can’t be lieve that he has done anything wrong.” As she uttered those words was fleeing from Atlanta, leaving in hts 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 tile speculator’s disappearance. In mo;-wages he was described £ years old. 5 eyes, blonde hair, a thin face with hollow hecks and weight close to 125 pounds. Several arrests were made In the cave during the week that followed Us origin. Berry Smith, a step-brother of the missing man. was taken into custody on suspicion of knowing something of* Smith’** whereabouts, but to no avail. Smith had disappeared from iden- \ 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 be 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 or because of the love of excitement which he had exhibited so clearly in Atlanta Is a point tor conjecture. It is safe to 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 in that city. He was wounded severely and the filth of the Mexican jail soon brought disease into his body. Lack of medical at tention caused the soldier’s wound to become affected, and even now. as he lies in the Tower, the wound is still open and painful—a bitter 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 to take the fugi tive back to justice, but the arm of the law w is foiled. Before extradi tion could be arranged between the State Department at Washington and the Am tiean Ambassador at Mexico City, the Madero revolutionist* had raptured Chihuahua and released Smith from the Juil. on condition that he Join the rebel army. 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