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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1D1D.
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Dr. Sewell’s Patient, Who Killed
Him, Recovers Health, but Not
Mind and Speech,
The End of the Journey-- The Grave of Ice in Which the Bodies of
Captain Scott and His Brave Comrades on Polar Dash Now Lie
I HE cairn in the frozen wastes of the Antarctic where to-day lie the bodies of Captain Robert
Falcon Scott, Dr. Edward A. Wilson and Lieutenant H. R. Bowers. The bodies were cov
ered with the tent in which they were found by the rescuing party, and records identifying them
were left in the tomb of ice. Ov<>r the mass of ice and snow the cross erected by the rescuers in
memory of the heroes is seen. In the background of the picture are to be seen the skis of Captain
Scott that carried him over so many miles of snow and ice. They were planted upright in a small
mound of frozen snow by the rescuers, and so firmly that neither wind nor storm would be likely
to dislodge them. About the icy tomb may be seen the footprints of the rescuing party.
PLITEfr
cue HUS NEW
INDICTMENT STILL FILED
No Explanation Ever Will Be
Made as to Why Austell Youth
Took Physician’s Life.
With dull eyes staring blankly
ahead, or roving aimlessly from point
to point, an old-young man sits day
after day In the State Asylum for the
Insane at Milledgeville, unconscious
of the fact that he is a unique figure.
A slayer, he has never been tried on
the charge of murder, although his
orlme was committed three years ago.
He probably never will be tried.
He is W. M. Cox, who shot and
killed Dr. J. R. Sewell, prominent At
lanta physician, September 20, 1910.
Since the day of the shooting Cox
has not spoken a word. His silence
shrouds a mystery. It probably will
never be known tfhat moved him to
kill the popular, competent physician
that Dr. Sewell was, nor what was
the power that caused him to turn the
fatal revolver on himself and send a
bullet through his own head. The
record of the tragedy is closed, in
spite of the fant that the prime actor
still is living and apparently healthy
in body.
Cox Was Never Tried.
No move was made to try Cox for
his crime. Thought to be dying from
the self-inflicted wound, he was found
at the side of his victim, and was
taken immediately to a hospital. Day
after day he lingered, near to death,
until the danger passed. But as his
wound healed, it was apparent that
his brain was crippled. The bullet
evidently had shattered a nerve that
controlled Cox’s power of speech, and
also had made him harmlessly insane.
Physicians who visited him and who
investigated his case were never in
doubt that his mind was hopelessly
impaired.
So, recovered from his wound, he
was taken to Milledgeville, where he
has been since. There was not the
formality of a criminal hearing on the
murder charge, and Cox is most likely
one of the few living persons known
to have committed the gravest crime
against a fellow-man and yet never
tried for that crime.
At the Milledgeville asylum authori
ties say that Cox is in a state of
bodily health of an excellence that
has not been his for many years. But
his mind is broken irreparably and
his power of speech is gone.
Three years ago Cox, a cadaverous,
weak-minded young man of Austell,
Ga., was a patient of Dr. Sewell, and
every day he visited the physician’s
office at Whitehall and Mitchell
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T, E, Weatherholt Says Advertis
ing Campaign in Georgian
Brought Him Havana Fee.
Even in tropical Cuba has interest
been awakened in the Weatherholt
player-piano club through the ad
vertising campaign in The Georgian
and Hearst’s Sunday American by the
Weatherholt Piano Company.
T. E. Weatherholt, president of the
I company, reported yesterday that he
had received a membership fee from
! Havana The coupon was clipped
from Hearst’s Sunday American, and
Mr. Weatherholt immediately ar
ranged for the shipment of a club
player to the Cuban capital.
Although this is the first member
ship received from a foreign country,
letters and coupons have been receiv
ed by Mr. Weatherholt from neagly
every State in the South, and these
letters show that his offer of a $650
player-piano for $488.BO on terms of
$10 down and $2.50 per week has made
a sensation.
Mr. Weatherholt explains that he Is
able to make this offer because of the
enormous purchasing power repre
sented in a club of 400 members co
operating together for the benefit of
each other. He says this is the flrBt
time in the musical history of the
South that an opportunity has been
offered lovers of music to secure a
high-class player-piano at such a
price and on such terms.
An attractive part of the Weather
holt plan is the club features, which
include no interest on deferred pay
ments, 12 rolls of music, bench, free
life insurance, ten-year guarantee,
one year’s trial and access to a free
library of 5,000 rolls of player music.
This last feature is proving very at
tractive for the reason that it allows
each member to exchange twelve rolls
of music every day if desired.
Human Rattle Box*
At Osteopath Meet
Streets. He seemed devoted, withoui
reservation, without question, after
the doting manner of an animal, to
the kindiy man who was treating him.
His health had been seriously im
paired and he wa« a physical wreck.
Treatment was tedious and results
were slow. There were times when
fits of despondency came over the
young man and he seemed demented.
Early in the afternoon of Septem
ber 20, 1910, he went, as was his cus
tom, to the office of his physician. Dr
Sewell was there alone.
The mysterious element of the trag
edy had then its beginning. Men and
women in the building and on the
street heard the report of a revolver.
i DECATUR
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These are a few offerings that we have in
Decatur:
boarding house
no—lot 95x250—16-room
•""proposition. Every city convenience ex
cept gas. In 2 minutes walk car and 30
minutes from heart of Atlanta. Easy
terms.
An—large 10-room house opposite beautiful
court house square; lot 100x250.' Good
investment as it stands, and value is be
ing pounded into it every day by the de
velopment of Druid Hills into Decatur.
Aft—on Ponce DeLeon Avenue, 10 rooms,
•"" lot 80x200, beautifully shaded and now
occupied by one of Decatur’s most pros
perous citizens. Never offered before, but
owner is going to build a new home and
offers this on easv terms. THIS IS A
GENTLEMAN'S HOME.
—Meads Road, 150 yards car line—-wa
ter, sewer and sidewalks; 6 rooms, ele
vated lot; about 20 minutes from Equi
table building. Terms too easy to discuss
here.
LOTS
CHURCH STREET—300 feet at $22.00 per foot.
M’DONOUGH STREET—100 feet at $15.00 per foot.
M’DONOUGH STREET (South)—62 feet at $21 per foot.
TRINITY AVENUE (this is a beauty)—300 feet at $22
per foot.
CLEREMONT AVENUE—60 feet at $25.00 per foot.
These lots are all on good streets and are below the
market. They are good as investments or are good for
homes.
Decatur is absolutely the most attractive
suburb around Atlanta, and any buy at present
prices is a good investment. Atlanta is spread
ing—pushing—and pounding values into every
inch of Decatur dirt.
EDWIN P. ANSLEY
Ivy 1600
DECATUR DEPT.
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Startled, those who heard it won
dered, and then turned in the direc
tion whence came the sound. Those
first in the office found Dr. Sewell
already dead from the assassin’s bul
let. Cox lay, apparently dying, a bul
let in his head, near him. The blue-
steel revolver lay close to Cox’s head,
still smoking. That is all anybody
ever knew.
W. T. Morris, office clerk of the po
lice department, was one of those who
heard the shot and was in the office
almost before the echoes had died
away. Strangely enough, he had been
an intimate friend of Dr. Sewell, and
the two ha.d been boys together. He
knew Cox, too.
Many persons knew Cox by sight,
for the pale, emaciated young man
had for months before the shooting
shambled day after day through the
streets of Atlanta, a pitiable, striking
figure.
Bullet Robbed His Mind.
The physicians who attended
watched him closely, when, to their
surprise, the bullet wound in his head
did not prove fatal. At first they
thought his silence and attitude a
sham, but later it dawned on them
that Cox’s mind was gone.
Thus was the end of Dr. Sewell,
and, for all purposes of the world, of
W. M. Cox also. Legal papers, tell
ing of his indictment by the Grand
Jury on the charge of murder, still
are on record, as if awaiting a trial
that will never be held in this world.
Instead of a trial, there was a quiet,
formal hearing before the Fulton
County Ordinary, and a decree that
sent Cox to the asylum, where he is
to-day. He is no longer a cadaverous
wreck. There is color in his cheeks.
There are many years of life before
him, evidently, but he will never be
heard in the courts. And yet he killed
a fellow-man, most likely with pre
meditation and with a purpose.
Still living, he keeps alive a mys
tery. What was his motive?
Did Dr. Sewell, smiling encourage
ment to the despondent young man,
witness the impulsive draw of a pis
tol and feel a bullet crash into his
brain?
Did a sudden pain come to the
young man in the course of the doc
tor’s treatment, to anger him?
Was there a fit of hopelessness that
drove him to frenzied bitterness
against the physician who could not
cure him fast enough?
Why? The question must be unan
swered, though the murderer lives.
Dr, Barton Accepts
Call From Atlanta
New Pastor Comes July 1 to Fill
Pulpit of vJackson Hill
Baptist Church.
Members of Jackson Hill Baptist
Church learn that Dr. L. E. Barton, of
West Point, Miss., will accept the
call to Atlanta tendered to him ten
days ago. Dr. Barton was in Atlanta
and preached at Jackson Hill Church
a few weegs ago. It is expected he
will come here to live July 1.
Dr. Barton, of Arkansas, was edu
cated at Union University, Jackson,
Tenn., and at the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. He has held
pastorates in Tennessee, Arkansas,
Virginia, Georgia and Mississippi,
and is said to be one of the most
eloquent of the younger preachers of
the Southern Baptist Convention. To
him, it is said, is due a large share
of the credit for the establishment of
the educational commission in Mis
sissippi.
Dr. Barton will succeed Dr. Junius
W. Mallard, who died.
Wilson Asks Instant
Reform of Currency
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Presi
dent Wilson will demand the passage
of the currency legislation during the
present session of Congress. He
stated this unequivocally in a letter
to Senator Tillman, made public to
day, in which he says:
"This is the time to pass currency
legislation, and I think we are in a
sense bound in loyalty to the country
to pass it so that any Attempt to cre
ate artificial disturbances after the
tariff shall have become law may be
offset by a free system of credit
which will make it possible for men,
big and little, to take care of them
selves in business.
Mother of Georgia
Congressman Dead
Central Baptists
Hold Celebration
First Anniversary of Dr. C. A. Ridley
Observed by Special
Services.
A day of unusual activity is planned
by the members of the Central Bap
tist Church for Sunday.
At the session of the Sunday school
the contest between the men and
boys and the women and girls will be
launched. At morning worship the
first anniversary of the pastorate of
the Rev. C. A. Ridley will be cele
brated with special services.
One of the features of the services
will be the singing by a chorus of
fifty a song written by Dr. Ridley,
with music by Mr. Bell, director of
the Central Baptist chorus.
At the evening services Dr. Rid
ley will speak on ‘‘Ghosts and Why
I Believe in Them.” The following
subjects have been announced for
this month: June 8, "Also;” June
15, "Grumblers;” June 22, "Infidels;”
June 29, "Mrs. Lot.”
Members of the Georgia State Os
teopathic Association met in annual
convention at the Imperial Hotel,
Peachtree and Ivy Streets. Saturday.
Twenty-five osteopaths were present.
Dr. W. H. Bowdoin, of Atlanta,
president of the State organization,
presided. The address of welcome
was made by Dr. John Hall, of At
lanta, and responded to by Dr. S. D.
Richards, of Savannah.
During the afternoon session the
association was given a demonstra
tion of bone dislocation by Ellis
Whitman, self-styled the "human rat
tle box.”
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give quick relief usually
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removed: often gives en
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Box 0, Atlanta, Ga.
THE SCENIC WAY
WITH DINING CARS
Representative Edwards Arrives Too
Late to See Parent Alive.
Funeral at Claxton.
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SAVANNAH, GA.. May 31.—Mrs. T.
J. Edwards, mother of Congressman
Charles G. Edwards, died at her
home at Daisy, Ga„ to-day, after a
short illness. Congressman Edwards
received a telephone message that
his mother had become suddenly
worse and started for Daisy at once,
but she died before he arrived. Mrs.
Edwards went to Daisy this after
noon.
The. funeral will be held from the
Methodist Church at Claxton to
morrow', interment bring at Benton
Cemetery.
Mrs. Edwards was a Miss Conley,
of Ringgold. Besides her husband,
she leaves nine children, Mrs. B. E.
Miller. Mrs. Jennie Hendrix, J. C.
Edwards, R. H. Edwards, T. M.
Edwards, W. L. Edwards, Charles G.
Edwards, S. O. Edwards and G. O.
Edwards.
Department
Extra Special Bargains Monday
.$1.49
ADDITIONAL TRAIN
SERVICE.
Effective Sunday, June 1st, the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad will
establish double daily service between
Cartersvllle, Ga., and Etowah, Tenn.
Train 35 will leave Etowah 8:30 a.
m., arrive Cartersvllle 9:25 a. m.;
train 36 will leave Cartersvllle 10:30
a. ro., arrive Etowah 1:30 p. m.; train
37 will leave Etowah 2:20 p. m„ ar
rive Cartersville 5:20 p. m.; train 38
will leave Cartersvllle 7:12 p. m.,
arrive Etowah 10:10 p. m. adv
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A GUN FOR LAND, SEA AND AIR
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Be it known that I, Robert Alexander Tute, a subject of the King of
Great Britain, residing at Atlanta, Ga., have invented certain new and
useful improvements in airship destroyers. This invention relates to a
gun and projectile for use against troops, ships and airships, and has for
its object the production of a destroyer which may be readily changed to
any desired angle, so that an effective aim may be obtained within a
minimum amount of time. As I have accomplished my work with vari
ous powers of the world, I will have same manufactured in England.
My native home is in South America, British Guiana. , f