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VOL. XII. NO. 13. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 18,1913. By^ri&Viln’c,. 2 CENTS. p m a 0 t rS°
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Prisoner’s Mother Leaves Court When Attack Is Made
HARRYTHAW AND
HIS NOTED WIFE
BIG SEIDOFF
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Wireless was set to work out over
B»»Atlantic to-day in toe search for Harry Kandall Thaw. the*
Pittsburg millionaire who escaped from Mattewan State Asylum for
tS» Insane, in which he had been
confined for five years after his
acquittal for the murder of Stan
ford "White.
Following his escape from
Matteawan at 7:45 o’clock yes
terday morning, Thaw was
traced to South Norwalk, Cann.,
an dhe is believed now to be
speeding toward South America.
Search is going on by land and
sea. On the land detectives are
tracting five men who helped
Thaw to get away in automobiles
after he left the asylum’s gates.
Ppers and books found in
Thaw’s rooms at the asylum in
dicated that the slayer is bound
for Brazil or some other South
American country.
However, the authorities make
room for the theory that Thaw
may have left the maps and
books for a blind and is really on
his way to Erope.
Trans-Atlantic liners have been
asked to watch for a 60-foot ocean
greyhound type of yacht with a yel
low funnel. According to persons who
saw the yacht in the South Norw r alk
Harbor, the craft bore the name
“Katherine.” However, the plans of
escape were so carefully laid that the
detectives believe that they included
efforts to hide the Identity of the ves
sel.
In this connection, belief prevails
that the yacht was changed In appear
ance after she put to sqa. A for
ward mast could have been rmoved,
her funnel repainted and she could
otherwise have been changed to elude
detection.
Thaws escape by plot after five
years of futile fighting in the New
York courts cojnbine all the roman
tic and sensational elements of fiction.
From the moment that he dashed
through the gates, eluding Keeper H.
H. Barnum, while milk was being de
livered at the institution, Thaw dis
appeared as completely as though the
earth had swallowed him up.
Residents of villages near the Con
necticut border and on a line between
Matteawan and South Norwalk saw-
two automobiles, one roadster and the
other a touring car, dashing by at
70 miles an hour and some thought
they recognized Thaw- and two other
men crouching in the touring car.
Then all trace was lost until the
thread is picked up again at South
Norwalk.
There it was learned that threee 1
men left a dust-covered motor car j
about 10 o’clock and immediately |
went on board the yacht. The yac.it J
at once put to sea under a full head
of steam ndd soon tvas lost to sight. /
Can Not Be Extradited.
District Attorney Whitman says
Thaw can not be extradited if lo-
cated.
“There is no indictment pending
against Thaw in New York and he
can not be brought back because he
was legally adjudged insane after be
ing acquitted of murder,” said Mr.
Whitman.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of the
escaped lunatic, for whijse love Thaw
declared he shot and killed Stanford
White, is playing at a theater in this
city and to-day she felt that her life
will be in constant danger until
Thaw again is apprehended.
' “He threatened to kill me and I
know how- remorseless he is,” declar
ed Mrs. Thaw. "I must have protec
tion every minute of my life. Thaw'
is a man with a high dramatic in
stinct and I know if he should come
to take my life the tragedy would be
staged with all the theatrical effect
that accompanied the killing of Mr.
White.” ^
A rigid investigation is going on
at the Matteawan Institution follow
ing ugly hints that Thaw' had collu
sion inside the institition to aid his
escape. Barnum was grijled so un
mercifully that he nearly broke down.
Where Harry Thaw
Has Been Reported
‘Seen’ Since Escape
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 18.—
There is a report here that Harry
K. Thaw, aboard a yacht, passed
seaward from Jamestown early
this morning.
LENOX, MASS., Aug. 18.—
Richard A. Stanley, proprietor of
the Lennox Hotel, announced to
day that a man whom he believed
to be Harry K. Thaw arrived
there late last night and went
away at 6 o’clock this morning.
Three men accompanied him.
Time after time he declared that lie
used every means in his power to keep
the prisoners safely. It was said that
application would he made both to
Governor Sulzer and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Glynn at Albany for a State
investigation.
Seek Men Who Aided.
The only satisfactory method of
finding Thaw, according to the police,
is to fix the identity of the men who
were waiting for him outside the
institution with two automobiles.
Something is known of these men.
Ten days ago two men calling them
selves Richard J. Butler and Michael
O’Keefe, appeared at the Holland Ho
tel in Beacon, or Fishkill Landing aa
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Organist Would Bar
Babies at Recitals
W. S. Goodbee Shot to Death by;
Divorce in the Streets of
Millen. Ga.
Eugene Wyatt, famous English or
ganist, was of the opinion Monday
that if he performed a second time
at the Auditorium-Armory he would
of a necessity exclude infants in arms
from his audience.
His recital Sunday afternoon was
frequently Interrupted by the ambi
tious wails of prospective Carusos,
Gardens and an occasional Scottl.
Professor Wyatt is the first of a num
ber of organists to be presented by
the Music Festival Association be
fore an official city organist is se
lected. He made a fine impression on
J a large audience.
MILLEN, GA.. Aug. 18.—Judge W.
S. Godbee is dead and his wife fa
tally wounded from shots fired by
Mrs. Edna Godbee, the divorced wife
of Judge Godbee.
Five years ago Mrs. Edna Godbee
sued for and obtained a divorce. Less I
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than a year ago Judge Godbee mar- j
rled Miss Florence Boyer, of Wil
liamsport, Pa. They lived at the Es
telle Hotel here.
This morning about 9 o’clock Mrs.
Edna Godbee walked in the postoffice
just as Judge. Godbee and his wife
were leaving. She immediately
gan shooting them in the back.
•The judge was killed outright and
hisbride has only a slight chance to
live.
Mrs. Edna Godbee w alked to her |
home and has not been arested yet.
Judge Godbee was a member of
the Board of County Commissioners
and a large landowner. Mrs. Edna
Godbee comes from one of the oldest
and most respected families in this
section. She was a Miss Perkins,
daughter of Mills Perkins.
The shooting created intense ex
citement. many persons being on the
■ street at the time.
City Officials and Motorists Speed
Sunday American All-Southern
Route Pathfinder on Way.
Cheered by hundreds of lus*ty
voiced good roads rooters and with
the martial strains of the Fifth Reg
iment band and the hearty good
wishes and godspeeds of scores of
Atlanta’s most prominent citizens and
officials ringing in his ears. E. L.
Fergm«on, official “pathfinder” for
the all-Southern open-the-year-round
transcontinental highway. Monday
morning glided up Alabama street to
Peachtree for the start of the long
auto-hike to San Francisco.
Mr. Ferguson’s “official” family
consisted of Mrs. Ferguson, two little
Fergusons and Hugh Grant, repre
senting The Sunday American, in-
augurator of the monster campaign,
who will accompany the party as far
as Birmingham.
There seldom has been a warmer
“sendoff” than that prepared for
“Pathfinder” Ferguson and parfy on
Monday morning. All were In readi
ness—those entered in the last week,
including the Mayor, the chief of po
lice and the fire chief—and scores of
other prominent citizens and autoists
besides.
Makeup of the Parade.
First comes the Fifth Regiment
band, to be followed by the trans
continental car occupied by Mr. Fer
guson and party and In the order
named, Mayor v Woodward, In his pri
vate car; Chief Beavers. Fire Chief
Cummings and other city officials, in
addition to scores of cars piloted by
the drivers who compete from time
to time at the ’Drome. A number of
motorcyclists were also in the line of
march.
Stretched out on long, snaky Peach
tree. after the departure from The
Georgian-American office on East
Alabama street, the parade assumed
an imposing appearance, much to the
delight and admiration of enthusias
tic citizens.
The crow’d caught the “drift” of
the affair. This was no mere parade
Here was a man, without a peer in
the art of “trail blazing,” starting out
for far-away San Francisco, from At
lanta—obviously a monster project
In which Atlantans should take par
ticular pride and one filled with all
sorts of possibilities, not only for the
Gate City of the South, but the entire
Southland. Including the great South
west, and the Pacific Coast country.
Big Papers Behind Project.
With these things in mind they
gave this man Ferguson a send-off
which will be heralded all the way
to ’FTInco. through the medium of a
ncore of leading Southern newspa
pers, Including The Georgian and
American, The Birmingham News,
The Montgomery Advertiser. The
New Orleans Item. The Dallas Times-
Herald and The Houston Dally Post.
Mr. Ferguson left Atlanta with vir
tually every detail of the first lap to
Birmingham complete. Traveling al
most due west from Atlanta, the par
ty will reach the Georgia-Alabama
line at Tallapoosa late Monday after
noon. Here the party will spend the
night, resuming the Journey early
Tuesday morning in company with
President John Craft, of the Ala
bama Good Roads Association, and
Slate Highway Commissioner Keller,
w ho will make the entire trip through
Alabama.
Arriving at Anniston early Tues
day afternoon, Mr. Ferguson and
party will be received officially ny
the Mayor, the president of the
Chamber of Commerce and other
prominent citizens and officials. The
Alabama city, it is understood, has
planned a big reception for the tour
ists following a lively campaign con
ducted recently in the interest of
good roads between Anniston an i
Birmingham.
Birmingham Plans Greeting.
In line with tentative nlans. as
a result of a choice of two routes be
tween Anniston and Birmingham. Mr.
Ferguson probably will decide *o
spend Tuesday night In Anniston,
leaving there Wednesday morning.
Pell City and Riverside will oe
reached in the order named; Wed
nesday night will b<> nassed en route,
and Birmingham, the end of the first
Ian of the lonv journey, will be
reached shortly before noon Thurs
day,
Sunday American
Lauded for Project
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 18.—To
the Editor Hearst’s Sunday Amer
ican:
Hearty congratulations to you
for enterprise and constructive ef
fort shown by your Interest In
Southern transcontinental high
way project and good roads move
ment. Glad to be associated with
you in this work.
We believe this aids the devel
opment of automobile industry,
increases communication between
the rural districts and cities and
insures consequent increases in
realty values and prosperity in
general.
THE NEW ORLEANS ITEM.
A. G. Newmeyer, Manager.
Burglars Get $600
Worth of Jewelry
In Home; Rob Store
ES BEING
ESCAPADE IF
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Burglars broke into the home of
J. W. Russell, No. 3 Lafayette Drive,
Ansley Park, Saturday night and stole
$600 w'orth of jewelry. The depart
ment store of Morris Brothers. No.
137 Decatur street. was entered
through the skylight and a large
amount of clothing was stolen.
The robbery at the Russell home
was discovered about 11 o’clock, when
the family returned. The rooms on
the upper floor had been ransacked.
Entrance had been gained through a
window. Among the stolen articles
was Mrs. Russell's wedding ring and
two fine watches.
In breaking into the Morris store
the burglars were compelled to cross
the roofs of seven buildings. They
gained access to the roof of the first
one from the Washington street via
duct.
Diver Hits Bottom
At Lakewood and
Is Seriously Hurt
For the second time in five weeks,
a bather at Lakewood Sunday dived
from the bathhouse into three fe*»t of
water and was rendered unconscious
by striking his head on th© bottom
of the lake.
Five weeks ago Martin Comellison,
of the Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany, remained under water fifteen
minutes. R. Ii. Smith. 32 years old,
of No. 184 South Forsyth street, yes
terday was at the bottom of the lake
ten minutes before his plight was
discovered.
Captain B. H. Schlomberg rescued
both bathers. He pulled Smith out
after the young man failed to come
to the surgaee, and worked over him
for twenty minutes, assisted by Life-
Savers George L. Dantzler and Fred
Norris. Later Smith was taken to
the Tabernacle Hospital. It is not
thought that any serious results will
follow.
Rains Lift Water
Famine in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 18.—More
than half of Kansas was covered by
rains to-day and it is believed the
heat and drouth has been effective
ly routed. Little benefit to corn was
contain-ed In the belated rains, but
forage and alfalfa were helped.
Pools that had dried were refilled
and live stock was relieved. The
highest mark reached by the ther
mometer In Kansas C’lty yesterday
was 92.
Flyer Falls Into Sea
In English Air Contest
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
YARMOUTH, ENGLAND, Aug. 18.
The around Great Britain flight begun
by H. D. Hawker at Southampton
Sunday and continued by Aviator
Sydney Pickles, was again up in the
air to-day when the aeroplane fell
into the sea. Pickles took Hawker’s
place because of serious illness w hich
beset the latter and planned to finish
the 2,000-mile journey from Yar
mouth.
Pickles arose at 5 o’clock and soar
ed out over the sea, but his motor
stopped and the aeroplane dropped.
Neither Pickles nor the car was hurt
and another effort will be made to
resume the flight Wednesday.
That Leo M. Frank rode on a street car to Hapeville
with a girl the Saturday previous to the murder of Mary
Phagan and repeatedly sought to persuade her to leave
the car with him was the sensational testimony Soli
citor Dorsey endeavored to ge from Mrs. J. G. Warldaw
Monday.
Anticipating the nature of the questions the Solicitor was
about to ask, Mrs. Rae Frank, mother of the defendant, stopped
her ears with her fingers and then rushed from the room. Attor
neys for Frank at first objected to the questions and the jury was
excused. It was at this moment that Mrs. Frank made her dra
matic exit. She was evidently fearful of repeating her outburst
of a few days ago.
Mrs. Wardlaw denied that she ever knew of such a circum
stance. . She denier as well that she had been told of it by Harmea
Stanton or H. G. Baker, street car men.
Denies Frank Looked Into Dressing Room.
Another sensation was created when the defense called to thd
stand Miss Emmeline Mayfield, the young wman whom the state
maintains was in the dressing room when Frank looked in at one
time. Miss Mayfield denied this was true.
Paving the way for the eagerly awaited statement of Franks
the lawyers for the defendant devoted Monday morning to th«
gathering up of the story ends of their case, most of the time be
ing occupied with the testimony of character witnesses.
More than a score of women and girls employed in the Na
tional Pencil Company were called to tell what they knew of
Frank’s character and what they had observed of his conducf
about the factory. All asserted that they never had known per
sonally of any misconduct on the part of the superintendent and
never had heard o fany.
Explains Looking Into Dressing Room.
Mrs. Mattie Thompson proved one of the most important of
the character witnesses. After testifying to Frank’s good charac
ter, Mrs. Thompson declared that the girls on the fourth floof
were in the habit at one time of flirting from the windows of the
dressing room. She said that the practice became a matter of
comment among the elder women on the fourth floor and that she
finally took it upon herself to report it. Whereupon orders werfl
issued against it.
The testimony of Mrs. Thompson was produced to provide 3
basis for the contention of the defense that Frank had openet^the
dressing room door on several occasions solely for the purpose of
determining if his orders were being carried out.
Miss M. E. Fleming, a stenographer, said that she worked in
Frank’s office from April to December, 1912, and that she nevetj
had observed any misconduct on the superintendent’s part novtf
had seen women visiting his office.
Never Saw Women Saturday Afternoons.
Godfrey Winecoff, superintendent of the lead plant of thflf
National Pencil Company, testified that it was his custom to visit
the pencil factory office every other Saturday afternoon about 3
o’clock. He said he always found Frank or Schiff, Frank’s as
sistant—frequently both—working in the office. He asserted ha
never saw any women there.
A large crowd was attracted to the courtroom by the prob
ability that the prisoner would tell his story Monday, and the keen
est expectancy prevailed. It was problematical whether thera
would be any cross-examination. Ordinarily, of course, the ac
cused in a murder case merely makes his statement and the jury
can believe it or discard it entirely as it chooses. It is said, how*
ever, that Frank has earnestly urged his lawyers to allow the
Solicitor to cross-examine him.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Generally fair Mon
day and Tuesday. /
When court reopened Mon
day Solicitor Dorsey took up the
cross-examination of Ilarlee
Branch, a reporter for The At
lanta Journal.
Branch was a*sked:
“Can you give any estimate of the
time taken In conversation in Conley’s
re-enactment oi the crime?” He re
plied that it took about fifteen min
utes.
Q. You never said it was about half
the total time, did you?—A. I don’t
recall.
Attorney Arnold took the witness.
Q. You said It took about fifteen
minutes to cover the time lost in con
versation?—A. Yes.
Q. He began at 12:18 and you left
at 1;08? That would be about 5G
minutes that you were there?—A. Yesw
Q. .flow long was he writing th#
notes?—A. Two minutes at the most.
He did not write fast or slow?
Q. How long did he stay in th#
wardrobe?—A. About one minute.
Q. Did you see Conley in the news-*
papermen’s room here in this court*
house reading a newspaper since thi*
trial began?—A. I saw him looking
at one as though he was reading It.
Mr. Branch was excused and LotX
Castro, former ball player and all
present fight promoter, was called a#
a witness by the defense to testify
to time it took to walk certain dis*
tances.
Q. Did you walk from Marietta anti
Forsyth streets to the second floor o|
the pencil factory?—A. Yes.
Q. How long did it take you?—A*
Four and one-half minutes
Did you walk from the Nation^
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