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VOL. XII. NO. 13.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 18,1913.
Copyright. 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
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FROM U.S. IN YACHT
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—The long, tireless arm of the wireless
stretched out over the Atlantic to-day in the search for Harry Ken
dall Thaw, the Pittsburg millionaire who escaped from Matteawan
State Asylum for the Insane, in which he had been confined for
five years after his acquittal for the murder of Stanford White.
Following his escape from Matteawan at 7:45 o’clock yester
day morning, Thaw was traced to South Norwalk, Conn., and he
is believed now to be speeding toward South America.
Search is going on by land and sea. On the land detectives are
tracing five men who helped Thaw to get away in automobiles after
he left the asylum’s gates.
Papers 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 aud
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
savr the yacht in the South Norwalk
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.
Flight Plot Well Laid.
In this connection, belief prevails
that the yacht was changed in appear
ance after she put to sea. A for
ward mast could have been rmoved,
her funnel repainted and she could
otherwise have been changed to elude
detection.
Thaw’s escape by plot after five
years of futile fighting in the New
York courts combine 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 tw’o 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
men left a dust-covered motor car
about 10 o’clock and immediately
went on board the yacht. The yacht
at once put to sea under a full head
of steam ndd soon was 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 w’hose 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 grilled so un
mercifully that he nearly broke down.
Time after time he declared that he
used every means in his power to keep
the prisoners safely. It was said that
application would be 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 tw;o automobiles.
Something is known of these men.
Ten days ago tw’o men calling them
selves Richard J. Butler and Michael
O’Keefe, appeared at the Holland Ho
tel In Beacon, of Flshkill Landing as
it w r as formerly known. They spent
money freely and devoted considera
ble time to scouting about the coun
try.
In answer to queries they said they
were preparing to locate for the sum
mer and wanted to find a quiet, rest
ful spot. Friday evening they re
turned in an eighty-horsepower auto
mobile. The size and strength of the
car also caused much curiosity. They
had wMth them men who registered
as Roger Thompron and Eugene Duf
fy. A little later the party was joined
by a fifth man. who registered as
Thomas Flood. It was he who took
the launch to Beacon. Flood was af
terward identified as the reckless
driver of the touring car who took
Thaw across the Connecticut State
line at 70 miles an hour. He was the
most reckless of the party.
Saturday morning the men left the
Holland early and were not seen
about the hotel again. From the talk
of the men an impression arose that
they were professional gun-fighter.*
recruited from gangs in this city and
were paid liberallv to risk getting
Thaw to safety. One of them, after
drinking considerably in the barroom
at the Holland Hotel, said: “It was
his business to help good fellows.”
Reward of $500 Offered.
Following the e-scape. Superintend
ent Raymond F. C. K**b. of Mattea
wan Asylum, offered a reward of $500
for Thaw’s arrest as a “dangerous
fugivtlve.”
Dr. Kieb’s belief is that Thaw made
his way around Long Island and is
now bound for Europe. Dr. Kieb
feels that his personal reputation and
integrity as a public official are at
stake, and has personally hired a
private detective agency to trail
Thaw.
So closely has Roger O’Mara, the
Pittsburg private detective, been con
nected with Thaw since the shoot
ing of White that some persons
jumped to th conclusion that O’Mara
was concrnd in some way with
Thaw's escape. This was heightened
by the fact that one of the men at
the Holland Hotel slightly resem
bled him. Another posed as “Roger”
Thompson. A Pittsburg telegram
states, however, that O’Mara was in
Pittsburg yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Thaw, mother of Harry
K. Thaw, who has spent nearly a
mill! ncdollars in trying to restore
his liberty, was surprised to learn of
her son’s escape. She said she had
come here in response to a requst
from Harry that she pay him a visit.
The New York police department is
keenly interested in the search for
Thaw and have sento ut a general
alarm with a description of the fugi
tive. The detective bureau will flood
HARRY THAW AS HE APPEARED AT
HIS LAST LEGAL FIGHT FOR LIBERTY
1
HARRY THAW, HIS SISTER,MRS. GEORGE CARNEGIE, AND HIS MOTHER, MRS. M ARY THAW.
S URGED81
BIG SEND0FF IS GIVEN
PATHFINDER TOURISTS
Continued on Pago 2, Column
Cheered by hundreds of lu^ty-
volced 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.
Ferguton, 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 party 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 tiie order
named. Mayor 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 crowd caught the “drift” of
the affair. This was no mere parade
Here was a man. without a peer in
the art of "trail b’azing,’’ 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 u send-olf
vtfilch will be heralded all the way
to ’FriFieo, through the medium of a
s»core 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
State Highway Commissioner Keller,
who 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 1
Birmingham.
Birmingham Plans Greeting.
In line with tentative plans, 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 ne
reached in the order named: Wed
nesday night will b~ massed en route,
and Birmingham, the end of the first
Ian of % the lon«r Journey, will be
reached shortly before noon Thurs
day.
If reports are accurate, the Magi-*
City goou roads boosters will give the
transcontinental tourists a reception
and send-off never before equaled in
the Alabama metropolis. Prominent
officials of the Alabama Good Roads
Association, city and county officials,
representatives of The Birmingham
News and others, headed by Nappi's
Band, will meet the party severil
miles outside of the city and escort
It downtown, where a monster dem
onstration has been planned.
From Birmingham the tourists will
go direct to Montgomery, where Gov
ernor O’Neal, a good roads enthusi
ast, will receive them officially.
That Leo Frank, accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, will
take the stand in his own defense Monday morning was the an
nouncement made by Attorney Reuben Arnold just before the
trial was resumed at the opening of the fourth week.
A large crowd was attracted to the courtroom by the prob-
abilitythat the prisoner would tell his story Monday and the keen
est expectancy prevailed. It was problematical whether there
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.
'Battle' Still Delayed
By Strike of ‘Heroes’
I CHICAGO, Aug. 18— No naval bat
tle was fought on Lake Michigan
, commemorating the fight that made
1 | Commodore Oliver H. Perry a hero,
j because several hundred ‘‘heroes”
*1 were on strike to-day.
Miss Catherine K. Brown, of New
York, who attempted to obtain
“strike-breakers” to act as “heroes
and patriots” in the big spectacle, was
guarded constantly by detectives. She
received threats from the strikers,
who were acting under instructions
from Industrial Workers of the World
leaders.
WILL TESTIFY
Women To Be Asked to Tell of
Their Knowledge of Hus
bands’ Elopement
Organist Would Bar
’ Babies at Recitals
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 walls of prospective Carusos.
Gardens and an occasional Scotti
Professor Wyatt is the first of a unm-
ber of organists to be presented by
the Music Festival Association be
fore an official city organist is se
lected. He u tde aflne ipipression on
a large audience.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18— In
terest in the trial of Maury I. Diggs
on the charge of violating the white
siave law will be given fresh Impetus
to-morrow, when Mrs. Diggs and the
wife of F. Drew Camlnetti will take
the stand as witnesses for the de
fense.
Mrs. Diggs, who 1« a handsome,
dark-eyed woman, was expected to
be called as the first witness. Last
P'riday she appeared in court with
her young daughter, Evelyn, and was
one of the most observed persons
that sat facing the bench presided
over by Federal Judge Van Fleet.
Mrs. Diggs and Mrs. Caminetti will
be asked by the defense to tell of
their knowledge of the relations be
tween their husbands and Marsha
Warrington and Lola Norris.
It is the contention of the attor
neys for the defense that one of the
reasons for the flight of Diggs and
Camlnetti to Reno with the two girls
was that they believed their wives
were about to h^ve them prosecuted
by the officials of the Juvenile court
of Sacramento. It is maintained by
the defense that Mrs. Camlnetti told
her husband that she had complained
to Judge Hughes, of the juvenile
court of Sacramento, about Diggs
and Caminetti in an effort to induce
them to sever their relations with
Miss Warrington and Miss Norris.
The Government contends that
Diggs and Caminetti were reckless
debauchers who had decided to go
to Reno to desert their wives and
induce the girls to lead immoral lives,
n violation of the Mann act.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Generally fair Mon
day and Tuesday.
Patient Dies After
300 Neck Operations
BALTIMORE. Aug. 18.—After un
dergoing more than 300 operations
during three years for the removal of
a growth in his throat, George Mc
Dowell. 31 years old, formerly of
Spartanburg, S. C.. died in a hospital
here while surgeons were making a
last attempt to save his life.
For the last eighteen months. Mc
Dowell breathed through a silver tube
Inserted in his throat. He had been
under so many operations that he be
came immune to the effects of co
caine.
Broker Tries Suicide;
Saved by Pulmotor
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Harry Lat-
timer Bloodgood, broker and society
man, attempted suicide by gas, but
was saved from death by the use of
a pulmotor.
Bloodgood was found In his home
w ith his face covered by a large tin
funnel attached to the end of a tube
through which gas was flowing. He
was seemingly lifeless. The pulmo
tor soon revived him.
Bloodgood Is a brother-in-law of
Clara Bloodgood, the actress who
killed herself In Baltimore a few
years ago.
Wilson's Appointee
Attacked in Senate Defense’s Witnesses.
When court reopened Mon
day Solicitor Dorsey took up the
cross-examination of Harlee
Branch, a reporter for the At
lanta Journal.
Branch was asked:
“Can you give any estimate of the
time taken in conversation in Conley's
re-eriaCtment of 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.
Took Two Minutes
To Write Notes.
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 50
minutes that you were there?—A. Yes.
Q. How long was he writing the
notec?—A. Two minutes at th« most.
He did not write fast or slow?
Q. How long did he stay in the
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 this
trial began?—A. I saw him looking
at one as though he was reading it.
Mr. Branch was excused and Lou
Castro, former ball player and at
present fight promoter, was called as
a witness by the defense to testify
to time It took to walk certain dis
tances.
Q. Did you walk from Marietta arid
Forsyth streets to the second floor of
the pencil factory?—A. Yes.
Walk Required Castro
Four and Half Minutes.
Q. How long did It tRke you?—A.
Four and one-half minutes.
Q. Did you walk from the National
Pencil Company to the corner of
Whitehall and Alabama streets?—A. 1
did.
Q. How long did It take you?—A.
Three minutes and twenty seconds.
Q. Did you walk from Broad and
Hunter streets to the Pencil Factory?
—A. Yes.
Q. How long did it take you?—A.
One and one-half minutes.
The witness was excused.
Dorsey Plans To Use
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—It Is un-
detstood the nomination of Preston j
McGoodwin, of Kentucky, to be Min
ister to Venezuela will be rejected
by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
Democrats oppose him on the
ground that he Is not a Democrat
Republican members say they care
nothing about his politics, but the
nominee is not fitted for the post.
U. S. Gunboat Nearly
Wrecked by Typhoon
SHANGHAI, Aug. 18.—The United
States gunboat Wilmington had a
narrow escape from destruction in
the harbor here to-day during a tv*
phoon. Her anchor began to drag
and was going toward shore when
rescued by a powerful tug.
The storm did great ^damage to
shipping.
Solicitor Dorsey, successful Satur
day In Introducing testimony as to
the actual time it required for Jim
Conley to enact his story of the dis
posal of Mary Phagan's body at the
National Pencil Factory, prepared
Monday to continue his examination
of the defense’s own witnesses along
this line and later to put on witnesses
for the State further to discredit the
reliability of the test made by Dr.
William D. Owens and three other
men.
The Solicitor made a hard fight t *
get the evidence in. He made as hard
a fight to keep out the testimony of
Dr. Owens, but failed. When Harllee
Branch, one of the newspaper men
who made the trip through the fac
tory with Conley, was called to the
stand by the defense to testify in re
gard to an interview with the negro,
Dorsey, as soon as the direct exami
nation was concluded, started t«*
question the witness as his esti
mate of the time it, required Coalejf