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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1D1D. 5 B 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 c 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 1 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. All. 363 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.” DROPSY SPECIALISTS give quick relief usually from the first dose. Dis tressing Symptoms rapid ly disappear Swelling and short breath soon removed: often gives en tire relief In 15 to 25 days. A trial treatment FREE by mall. Dr. H. H. Green’s Sons Box 0, Atlanta, Ga. THE SCENIC WAY WITH DINING CARS Representative Edwards Arrives Too Late to See Parent Alive. Funeral at Claxton. *gltllll!ll!lllillll!lllllill!lllliillll!ll!l!illlil!lilillllll!llll!!llllll!l!llli!llllllilllll^ ISorosis Shoe® 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 Women’s $2.50 White Canvas Pumps Monday . ‘ Women’s $3.00 White Canvas Pumps •, q — Women’s $3.50 White Buckskin Pumps /-% tr Monday qp si. ‘-fr J Women’s $3.50 Patent Colt Pumps <r Monday Women’s $3.50 Patent Button Oxfords g* ~ Monday Women’s $3.50 Gun Metal Button Oxfords dt.ry „ g- Women’s $4.00 Black Satin Pumps r q Monday Women’s $3.00 Satin Evening Slippers Monday Misses’ $2.00 Patent and Gun Metal Pumps, -1 ™q 111-2 to 2, Monday Boys’ $2.50 Gun Metal and Tan Oxfords, 1 r q 21-2 to 6, Monday 1.0 >7 Boys’ $1.00 Black and White Tennis Oxfords 69c $1.95 1 Monday Youths’ 75c Black and White Tennis Oxfords Q _ Monday ^ White City Park Now Open ^illllllililllllliilllllllllllllllilllllillllilillM A GUN FOR LAND, SEA AND AIR / < / 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