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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
CHIP OF FACTORY FLOOR
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brought to my office by detec
tives. I examined it thoroughly and
particularly unde the armpits. There
was no odor as there would have been
If the shirt had ever been worn. TV
blood seemed to be smeared on. It
was put on on one side and not the
other. It didn’t soak through the*
fiber. Some spots were on the in
side and some on the outside. Th^
collar band was not soiled and it had
every appearance of having Just been
washed and not worn since then. I
don’t think a nesrro ever wore it.
Rosser was on his feet with an ob
jection.
“He is not competent to qualify as
to the peculiar odor of a negro I
know about as much about that ss
he does.”
Judge Roan sustained the objection,
telling Dr. «Smtth to Just state the
facts.
Dorsey gave the witness over to
Rosser.
Rosser Clashes With Witness.
Q. You said that down at the tail
It seemed to be smeared from thv
Inside? Couldn’t the shirt be turned
up and smeared on the inside from
the outside?—Of course
Q. Now it had the odor of blood
strong when you first saw it, didn’t
it?—A. Yes
Q. Couldn’t the odor have been so
strong as to have killed the smell of
a negro?—A. No.
Q. Wouldn't it depend on whose
nose was smelling?—A. I think not.
Q. Couldn't a negro have put on
this shirt and have taken it off right
quick without leaving any odor?—A.
T don’t know. I expect you have
smelled more negroes than I have.
“Yes, I have," said Rosser. "I
have smelled many a negro. I have
smelled them and worked with them
before you were born.”
Found Blood on Chips.
“I grant that," said Dr. Smith.
Q. YoA say you found blood on one
of these chips?—A. Yes.
Q. Which one?—A. I don’t remem
ber. I worked with them all together.
Q. If there had been any blood on
the others, you would have found it?
A I don’t know that l would.
Q How long wUl It take for blood
to lose Its identity?—A. I couldn't
say.
Q. Your best estimate, then?—A.
Why. I have kept blood in my labora
tory for years.
Q. You say you found blood cor
puscles on only one chip?—A. Yes.
Q. Can you count those corpuscles
as easy a« you can apples?—A. No.
Q You can count them?—A. Yes.
Q How many were there?—A. I
don’t know. I didn’t try to count
them.
Thunder Interrupts Court.
Q. Give us your best estimate?—A.
Four or five in the field of the speci
men that I examined.
Q Four or five corpuscles? How
soon does rigor mortis set in? You
have had considerable experience In
observing it, haven’t you?—A. That
depends on the cause of death. It
begins as soon after death as the
tissue begins to chill.
Q. How long after death does rigor
mortis end?—A. I wouldn’t swear.
Somewhere about 10 or 12 hours aft
er death. But it depends on so many
things.
Thunder drowned out Mr. Rosser's
questions several times. Then the
rain poured down and the procedure
wa>> interrupted for a moment while
court attendants pulled down the win
dows. It was hard to keep order
during Mr. Rosser's comments about
the negro's odor and his comparison
of blood corpuscles to apples. Frank
and his mother both smiled at these
remarks and Mm Frank was quite
amused.
Solicitor oDrsey asked Dr. Smith
to explain why the blood could not
have got on the inside of the shirt
as Mr. Rosser suggested It might
have.
He illustrated his point before the
Jury. Chief of Detectives Newport A.
Lanford stepped up to see clearly.
A. It was above the waistline about
six inches from the armpit on the
back of the shirt.
Ro**er Gives Demonstration.
Q. Could it have been paint on this
shirt?—A. No.
Mr. Rosser again took up the ques
tioning.
Q. Doctor, if I had had blood on the
front of this shirt and had taken the
shirt off and doubled it up, couldn't
you have got the blood on the inside
at the back?
Mr. Rosser had the shirt in both
hands. He walked toward the Jury-
"You have been given some learned
opinions. Now 1 want you to give
me some. I will be Mogged If it
couldn’t have been ”—A. Let me ex
plain.
Dr. Smith got down out of the wit
ness chair and walked toward Mr.
Rosser.
“I don’t want you to explain—1
want you to answer my question,”
returned Rosser.
A. The way the shirt came to me.
the blood was mottled on in such a
way that that could not have been
done.
Q. Couldn't It have been folded like
this and blood got on the inside?—A
I am not an expert on folding, but 1
don’t think It could.
Rosser Is Sarcastic.
“You are not an expert,” said Ros
ser “The way you were advanc a
theory about this folding, I thought
you were posing as an expert. It
was my opinion that you did not
know* any more about it than some
of these Jurors.”
A. No, perhaps I don't know as
Copper Strikers Ask
‘Mother’ Jones’ Help
much about it as some lawyers.
Mr. Rosser sat down quickly.
Dr. Smith left the stand and E. F.
Holloway, day watchman at the Na
tional Pencil Factory, was called to
the w ltnes8 stand.
Dorsey took the witness.
The witness stated that he was at
the National Pencil Factory Satur- I
day morning, April 26, from 6:30 un
til 11: 45 a. m.
Q. What did you do to the ele
vator when you left the building?—A
I ran it up to the fourth floor.
Q. Did you lock the switch box?—
A. No.
Dorsey Again Entrapped.
Q. You mean that you didn’t tell
me that? Your honor, I want to state
that I have been entrapped outright !
by this witness.
Q. Didn't you state in the presence j
of myself, Detective Starnes and De
tective Campbell that the elevator
was locked and kept locked all the 1
time?—A. I said I locked It Friday |
night.
Q. Didn’t you say to me tbfi-t if!
Superintendent T arley stated to tl-e
Coroner that if the elevator was kept |
unlocked at the requent of the in
surance company, you had never
heard of it and that your instructions
were to keep it locked?—A. I don’t
remember.
Q. Didn't you tell me that it was
locked when you left there at 11:45
o’clock?—A. I forgot.
Q. Look at this affidavit and ex
plain to the Jury why you signed this
statement.—A. I forgot.
Stairs Were Nailed Up.
Q. What did Frank say to you that
Saturday morning?—A. He told me I
cold go when I got ready—that he
would close up.
Q. What time did he leave?—A. At
about 9:45.
Q. What condition were those stairs
in the rear of the building to the
basement?—A. They have been nailed
up all the year.
Reuben Arnold here took the wit-
news on croMs-examinatlon.
Q. Denham and White were there
when you left Saturday?—A. Yes.
Q. When they asked you to saw
that lumber, you went and got the
key and unlocked the box?—A. Yes.
Q. You didn’t lock it again?—A.
No.
Floor Was Dirty.
Q. That is a pretty dirty floor in
the metal department, isn’t It?—A.
It hag not been washed for five years.
Q. Is there anything remarkable
to see spots on that floor?—A. There
are fresh ones there every day.
Q. Have you ever seen spots around
the* ladies’ dressing room that looked
like blood?—A. Yes, all the time.
Q. This man Barrett found every
thing that was found in the building,
didn’t he?—A. Yes.
Q. Didn’t you see Newt Lee Sat
urday morning?—A. He came out as
I went In.
Q. Who arrived next?—A. White
and Denham.
Q How long did they say It would
take them to do their work?—A.
Until about 3 o’clock.
Tells Who Came in.
Q. Who came next?—A. Alonzo
Mann, the office boy.
Q. Who next?—A. Mr. Darley.
Q. Who next?—A. Mr. Frank.
Q. Who next? A. Mattie Smith.
Q. Do you remember a man named
Graham coming in?—A. He came in
while I was up stairs.
Q. Do you remember the doors to
the metal department 9 And whether
they were kept locked?—A. Only
one of the doors could be kept closed.
The other one was open.
Q. Did you turn over the building
to Newt Lee Friday?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you ever hear of a young
man named Stanford sweeping up all
the metal department?—A. Yes, he
did it nearly all this year.
Frank Seldom Paid Off.
Q. Did Frank always pay off?—A.
Very seldom. He was usually In his
office, but some one else paid off.
Q. Did ycu post signs that em
ployees would be paid off on Friday?
—A. Yes.
Q. Any one could raise those slid
ing doors to the elevator shaft on
any floor?—A. Yes.
Q. On the first floor, too?—A.
Yes.
Q. Do you remember seeing Mrs.
Arthur White there that Saturday?—
A. No, she must have come in after
I left.
Q. Newt Lee punched that clock
every half hour, didn’t he?—A. Yes.
Q. Do you remember Irby, the
shipping clerk, coming in that morn
ing?—A. He came in and stayed
about two hours.
Q Do you remember the stenog
rapher coming-in?—A. 'Yes.
Q. What time did Frank come back
from Montags office?—A. At about
II o’clock.
Q. What did he have?—A. A folder
which he always carried with him.
Q Was he alone?—A. Yes.
Q. He went right to his office, didn’t
he?—A. Yes.
Q. Now. there are some cords here.
Mr. Holloway. You use these cords
in every part of the building, don’t
you?—A. Yes.
Didn't See Phagan Girl.
Q. Are they in the basement?—A.
Yes.
Q. They get in the trash and are
swept all over the building, don't
they?—A. Yes, we can’t keep them
out.
Q Did you see May Barrett?—A.
Yes.
Q. You didn't see the little Phagan
girl?—A. No.
Q. The Stover girl?—A. No.
Q. Did you see the girl after the
crime?—A. Yes.
Q. Was Conley familiar with the
CALUMET. MICH., July 31.—A tel
egram w'hs sent to the headquarters
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica asking that “Mother” Jones, the
“angel” of a dozen mine strikes, be
sent to the Calumet copper region,
where 18,000 union miners are Idle.
She is working among the miners
of the West Virginia coal fields, who
waged the fiercest strike In history In
the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek dis
tricts.
STUCK TO LAST 'TIL LAST.
YORK. PA , July 31—Cornelius
Baer. 88, who had vowed in his youth
to follow the maxium, “Cobbler, stick
to thy last,” died to-day at his bench.
From th* timi he started to do cob
bler work he was never know to leave
his bench except for meals, for church
and for sleep.
metal room?—A. He surely^as. He
was familiar with every p™t of the
building.
Dorsey here began the re-direct
examination.
Q. How far from the elevator did
Denham and White work?—A. About
thirty feet.
Q. Didn’t I ask you if you locked
the elevator Saturday?—A. I don’t
know.
Q. How Is It that the stenographer
got It down that you said you did and
you signed it?—A. I didn’t remember
then that I did any sawing" for White
and Denham.
Says He Had Forgotten.
Q. Didn’t you sav you put the key
in the office?—A. If I told you I done
any sawing I don’t remember any
thing about it.
Q. I haven’t asked you anything
about the sawing. I asked you why
you swore before me on May 12 that
you put the key in the office in its
regular place? Why didn’t you leave
the key in the elevator so It could be
locked?—A. I had forgot about the
sawing.
Q. You say these cords w r ere all
about over the building?—A. Yes.
Q. What use was there for them
in the basement?—A. None except
to be thrown in the wastepile.
Here Attorney Arnold took the wit
ness.
Q. Was the lock on the elevator a
spring lock or one that had to be
locked with a key?—A. A spring
lock.
Ruling on Affidavit.
Solicitor Dorsey said he wanted to
tender, in the records the signed
statements of Holloway. Attorney
Arnold objected, claiming the state
ment had been admitted by Holloway
but revised in hi? testimony on the
stand.
“It looks like star chamber pro
ceedings." said Mr. Rosser
Judge Roan ruled that if Holloway
admitted signing the affidavit it was
not admissable.
Holloway then left the stand but
was recalled.
Dorsey asked him if that was hi?
signature to the affidavit.
Admits H© Signed It.
“That’s my signature,” answered
Holloway.
“You said you locked the elevator?”
asked Dorsey.
“Tnere ain’t nothing about no saw
ing in there,” Hollow-ay replied
Deputy Plennie Miner was forced
to rap loudly to stop the laughter.
Q. Did you tell me you locked it?
A. I guess I did.
Judge Roan ruled that this single
portion of the affidavit could be ad
mitted. Attorneys for the defense ob
jected. Dorsey waived the privilege.
Just before adjournment, Judge
roan asked the Jury if they were be
ing cared for in a reasonable way.
“Have you any complaint to make,”
he asked.
Juror Winburn replied that they
had a slight complaint to make about
their rooms but that the sheriff had
adjusted it.
Court then adjourned.
L
Fifty-eight Injured When Two
Cars Go Through Trestle
Near Chester.
CHESTER, S. C.. July 31.—The
list of dead as the result of the bad
wreck of the westbound Lancaster
and Chester Railroad mixed passen
ger train yesterday at 5 o’clock,
seven miles from here, is as follows:
V. H. Craft, Anderson, traveling
salesman, who died en route to a
hospital; Elijah Heath, Bascomville,
negro brakeman, killed in wreck; Roy
Clifton, son of J. G. Clifton, of F'ort
Lawn, aged 15, who died this morn
ing from severe contusions and cuts
on head.
Everything possible is being done
for the 58 injured. Some are only
slightly hurt, while others will be
crippled for life. At least six are not
expected to live. More than that
number may die.
Coroner J. Henry Gladden is to-day
holding three inqu- nts. It is neces
sary to have different juries for each
death. The inquests are being held
at the scene of the wreck, where the
two passenger ears fell through a tres
tle 50 feet to the stream below.
Memphis Center of
Heat Wave; 1 Dead
IS BOUGHT BY CITY
Pryor Citizens Meet |
To Act on Regrading 1 S
First of Two Extra Cars Author
ized Will Be Put in Use
September 1.
September offenders against Atlan
ta’s ordinances will have the pleasure
of journeying to the station house in
a new automobile, the sub-committee
of the Police Commission having pur
chased one Thursday morning. One
of the auto patrols now in use, plus
$2,200, was traded in for the new ma
chine. The new machine is a White
gasoline car and the local agency has
30 days in which to deliver It.
Commissioners King, Garner, Me-
Eaehern and Colcord, with Chief
Beavers, made the selection of the
new wagon Thursday morning. Inas
much as the new car will be put into
service the first day of September, one
of the Commissioners facetiously sug
gested that it might be appropriate to
give “September Morn” the first ride,
but he was Immediately overruled.
The purchase of two auto patrols
ha? been authorized by the City Coun
cil. but owing to the lack of funds the
second one will not be purchased at
once. The next one will be a cheaper
and smaller car.
MEMPHIS, TENN., July 31.—Mem
phis appeared the center of a South
ern heat wave to-day that threaten
ed to reach the highest record for
1913. At 8 o’clock street theremome-
ters registered 102.
The police found one unidentified
white man suffering from heat pros
tration early in the day. He was sent
to City Hospital and died later. It
was the first prostration from heat
since 1903.
5 Cars Overturned;
No Passengers Hurt
VALDOSTA, July 31.—A south-
boundtrain on the Georgia, Southern
and Florida railroad w'as overturned
last night, two miles north of Fargo
The tender and five cars rolled over
on their sides blit beyond a severe
shaking none of the passengers
was hurt.
The negro mail clerk sustained se
vere injuries and other trainmen were
slightly hurt.
JUDGE HOLDER IN CITY.
Judge John N. Holder. former
Speaker of the Georgia House, from
Lawrencevllle, Ga., is here, registered
at the Hotel Ansley. Judge Holder
recently was a candidate for Congress
from the Ninth District.
sms woim
WILL OUST JAPS
Definite action on the projected Im
provement of South Pryor street from
Georgia avenue to Ridge avenue will
be taacn Wednesday night at a meet
ing of the committee at McCord
Brothers’ grocery, corner of South
Pryor street and Georgia avenue.
A profile of the needed improve
ments hae been prepared. It If
planned to widen, regrade and repave
the street, and interested citizens will
co-operate in raising the necessary
funds.
NAVAL DESERTER CAUGHT
COLUMBUS.—Marsh Weinburg, an
alleged deserter from the United
States Navy, is held at police head
quarters In Columbus, awaiting or
ders from the Navy Department in
Washington. He is alleged to have
deserted July 1, in Savannah.
ECZEMA ON BABY'S
BEAD AltD FACE
In Pimples Like Blisters. Head
Perfectly Raw. Hair All Gone.
Burned and Itched. Cuticura
Soap and Ointment Cured.
People Will Use Force If Legis
lature Is of No Avail, Declares
Ex-Congressman Bell.
BALTIMORE, MD., July 81.—“Cali-
fornians will see that the Japanese
ar e excluded whether Congress pass
es resolutions of exclusion or not. If
the Japanese are not legislated out,
we will drive them out. If it is a
question of taking the law into our
own hands we can do it, and will
do it, if the Government does not
grant us what we want.”
That Is how Theodore A. Bell, of
California, former Congressman and
floor leader of the Champ Clark
forces at the Democratic National
Convention in Baltimore last year,
summed up the situation in his State.
Mr. Bell is here attending the con
vention of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, which opens Monday.
Mr. Bell accused Governor John
son of double dealing, declaring the
Executive will be instrumental in
having a bill passed which will give
the Japanese a right to lease farm
lands for an indefinite term.
Reedy, W. Va. — "My baby boy when
three weeks old took the eczema on the
head and face. It broke out in pimples and
first they looked like
blisters and a yellow
water would run from
them His head wa>
perfectly raw and his
hair was all gono
Everybody said he
would never have any
more hair. As the
sores spread his hair
came out. The break
ing out itched so badly
hat we had to keep
gloves on his hands tc
keep him from scratching his head and face
!t caused disfigurement. Re couldn't rest
at night it burned and itched so badly.
” He was treated for eight months and lie
got worse all the time. Bo I decided to try
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. We first
washed the sores with the Cuticura Soap
and covered them with the Cuticura Oint
ment mornings and at bedtime. We kept a
thin cloth and cap en his head In two
months he was completely cured after using
the Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura
Ointment." (Signed) O. A. Dye. Jan. 7,
1912.
Cuticura Soap (25c.) and Cuticura Oint
ment (50c.) are sold everywhere. A single
set is often sufficient. Liberal sample of
each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad
dress post-card “Cuticura. Dept. T. Boston."
*9~Men who shave and shampoo with Cu
ticura Soap will find it best for skin and scalp.
Funeral Designs and Flowers
FOR ALL OCCASIONS,
Atlanta Floral Company,
455 EAST FAIR STREET.
Guaranteed Mesh Bags
In German Silver
A new lot of indestructible
Mesh Bags in German Silver
has just been put in stock.
The. links are soldered and
the factory guarantee speci-
-fles that no charge will be
made for repairs.
The frames are the pop
ular narrow kind, plain and
etched. The mesh is the fin
est ’ reversed.” and altogether
the bags look like sterling.
Prices range from $8.00 to
$16.50.
See the display In our win
dow.
Write for 160-page Illustrat
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Beginning to-morrow, August 1st, the follow
ing reductions will prevail in our ladies’ shoe de
partment:
Women's White Low Shoes
$6.00 Buckskin Pumps and tf A A C
Colonials v ** ' J
$5.00 Buckskin Pumps and English ff T AC
Oxfords
$3.50 and $4.00 Canvas Pumps, Ties and ff ^ AC
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WARM SPRINGS, GA.,
MORE POPULAR
THAN EVER.
Mr. Slade, the new proprietor of
Warm Springs, Is adding dally to
the popularity of this well-known
bathing resort He has this week
added a new orchestra of brass In
struments and drums, and the
dancing is one of the popular
amusements The ballroom can
not be excelled by any in the State,
and with Lilly’s Band from Colum
bus the dancing is all that can be
wished.
The Warm Springs is the pleas
antest place in the State, and the
swimming pool the finest bathing
in the country. The mountain
breezes and healthy clime, free
from gnats and mosquitoes, make
it an Ideal spot for a summer out
ing. The Warm Springs wants to
see it* old friends again.
IF YOU’RE OUT FOR
A GOOD TIME-
No need for us to tell you about the pleasures of Kodaking: every
body knows—because it is the one universal form of enjoyment.
Almost everybody owns a Kodak. What you ought to do is to get
yours right now and get busy the?e beautiful summer days. In
the fewest possible words —you can have twice as good a time if
you lake a Kodak along. $1 up to ?65. We will take pleasure in
showing them to you. If yo u already have one. send ue your films
for developing.
A. K. HAWKES CO.
KODAK DEPARTMENT 14 WHITEHALL
(
Women’s Black and Tan Low Shoes
With the exception of a few numbers $5.00 and $6.00 tf 7 AC
black and tan Pumps, Ties and Colonials i J
$3.50 and $4.00 Black and Tan Pumps, Ties and
Colonials
$1.55
Evening Slippers
1
$4.00 and $5.00 black, white, pink and blue evening
slippers
$2.45
Girls' $3.00 Ankle Strap Pumps, all leathers and
white canvas
$2.15
) Misses’ $3.00 Ankle Strap Pumps, all
. leathers
$1.55
Children’s $2.00 Ankle Strap Pumps,
all leathers
•
$1.45
Infants’ Ankle Strap Pumps, all
leathers
55c
SPECIAL—One lot women’s White Canvas Ties,
small sizes
45c
Our usual August reductions
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