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OVER 100,000
The Atlanta Georgian.
Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
South Georg!-®
VOL. XII. NO. :
13.
ATLANTA, (IA.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1
Copyright, 1906.
By The Georgian Co.
2 CENTS. r MOKK°
MRS. GODBEE ON T
DOUBLE SLAYING
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SLEW 10
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[motional Insanity Likely To Be
Plea of Defense in Miilen
Tragedy—Prisoner Calm.
SII1XEN, GA.. Sept. 10.—Showing
no more remorse over the double kill
ing, for which she was responsible
August 18 than she did the day after,
when she chatted and laughed with
the wife of the Jenkins County Sher
iff, Mrs. Kdna Perkins Godbee un-
| concernedly is awaiting her trial,
which begins to-day, on the charge
of murdering her former husband,
Judge Walter S. Godbee, and his
Godbee.
She insists—and her-lawyers echo
her claims—that she was entirely
justified In the shooting. She main
tains that she was wronged in her
property rights by Judge Godbee and
that he treated her unfairly not only
during their married life, but after
she obtained her divorce. There was
no recourse, she says, except in the
bullets she sent into his body.
It is expected that her attorneys
Will exhibit scores of letters which
passed between Judge Godbee and
his divorced wife to substantiate her
claims of unfair treatment.
To Plead Insanity.
They will contend, according to the
reported plans of the defense, that
she was w-rought into a state of emo
tional insanity by the injustices that
were done her for which she had been
unable to obtain any redress and that
the shooting was the natural culmi
nation.
It is not unlikely that they will
represent that her desperation was
aggravated by seeing another woman
enjoying the affections and the lavish
attentions of the man who had heel)
her husband, while she was practi
cally penniless and without property.
She has engaged skilled lawyers
to conduct the fight for her life. They
are F. H. Saffold, James A. Dixon and
G. C. Dekle. The case will be heard
before Judge Henry O. Hammond.
Whether the defense will be the
same in respect to the killing of the
young wife of Judge Godbee is a mat
ter of conjecture. It has been ru
mored that the unusual contention
will be set up that the slaying of the
woman was incidental to the killing
of Judge Godbee—that it was almost
accidental, and that the ex-Mrs. God
bee had no definite purpose In her
mind of killing the woman who had
usurped her place in the affections of
, Judge Godbee.
Her Stories Conflict.
Her main thought was to right her
wrongs through the killing of her
Tormer husband, the contention will
be. She encountered him in the post-
office here. That Ills young wife was
with him made no difference one
wav or the other. She opened fire
wildly. Her husband fell dead at her
feet. That three bullets took effect in
the body of hts companion was not
intentional.
This contention, however, does not
accord with the reported remark of
the slayer after she had done the kill
ing. She was quoted as saying that
she wanted to kill both of them, but
that she wanted to kill Mrs. Godbee
first.
CIRCULATION
Growth of The Georgian
and Hearst’s Sunday
American.
OF KISSING
Below is given the daily circulation
of The Georgian for the post three
months, so that readers may obtain
some idea of how rapidly their fa
vorite evening newspaper is growing:
CIRCULATION OF THE GEORGIAN
FOR JUNE
June 2 49,725
June 3 52,609
June 4 53,494
5 52,692
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
.T une
June
51,
49,
48.
48,
49,
49,
49,
49,
55,
50,
49,
48.
48.
47,
50,
51,
50,
50,
51,
50,
53,
311
114
862
007
640
,228
691
536
119
141
,083
860
934
490
127
085
,774
,877
,487
349
,806
Spooners See Ray of Hope in
Police Commission’s Action
Ordering Inquiry.
MATTEAWAN FUGITIVE
AND BITTER HEMESIS
CIRCULATION OF THE GE.RGIAH
FOR JULY
July
Tuly
Suly
July
July
July
July
July
July 10 .,.
July 11
July 12 ...
July 14 . .
July 15 ...
July 16 ...
July 17 ...
July IS ...
July 19 ...
July 21 ...
July 22 ...
July 23 . . .
July 24 . . .
July 25 ...
July 26 ...
July 2S . ..
July 29 ...
July 80 . ..
July 31
51,671 |
51,4011
51,063 |
49,988 i
51,308 j
19,956 1
51,326 :
30,823
52,761 |
50,778
30.948
51,867
54,077
51,980
62,077
51.419
50,997
52,750
63,748
52,828
51,608
54,596
54,378
64,567
63,113
64,340
68,864
CIRCULAT ON Of THE GEORGIA.!
FOR AUGUST
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August 9
August 1J
August 12
August 13
August 14
August 15
August 16
August 18
August 19
August 20
August 21
August 22
August 23
August 25
Augui* 26
August 27
August 28
August 29
August 80
64,397
G5,453
74,244
74.857
76.297
75.002
77,387
73,523
73.742
72.743
73.455
70.709
72.139
71,534
76.623
74.669
76.403
76.208
77,306
79 37°
13L20S
98.959
82.602
77.831
76.681
74,761
Circulation of
The Sunday
American
The circulation of The Sunday
American follows, from the date of
first publication, April 6. to the last
Sunday in August:
April 6 87.828
April 13 80,612
April 20 79.300
April 27 77,305
May 4 77.729
May 11 78.061
May 18 78.379
May 25 76,914
June 1 74.353
June 8 76,107
June 15 80.682
June 22 85,309
June 29 82.478
July 6 87,593
July 13 85.851
July 20 86.175
July 27 86,804
August 3 88,830
August 10 95,827
August 17 . • • • 95,841
August 24 101,259
August 31 102,487
Friends of Cupid’s victims saw a
ray of hope for freedom from police
interference Wednesday in the action
of the Police Commission in ordering
a thorough investigation of the whole
kissing problem that recently has be-*
come so pressing.
Since Mayor James G. Woodward
assumed the role of chief defender of
the spooners at the meeting of the
Police Commission Tuesday night, it
Is expected that he will-continue to
be the leader of the fight for liberal
ity at the special meeting of the
Commission next Wednesday night
when the investigation will be made.
Trial Postponed.
A large crowd that gathered at the
t>olice station Tuesday night to hear
the trial of former Captain J. W. Nor
man, charged with kissing yours?
woman while on duty in Grant Park,
and a discussion of kissing in gen
eral, were much disappointed when
the whole matter was jiostponed for
a week. But there was some zest in
the discussions necessary to bring
about a postponement. •
The charges of “neglect of duty,
-hugging and kissing a woman i
Grant Park while on duty” were
read.
“To some of these charges I plead
guilty and to others not guilty,” said
Policeman Norman.
With that Lewis Thomas, attorney
for Policeman Norman, jumped up.
Demands Name.
‘'Gentlemen,” he began, "the charges
are indefinite. No woman is named.
I demand that Policeman Norman
be informed whom ho is charged
with kissing."
Mayor Woodward showed his colors
when he remarked;
“There might be liability lor dam
ages if the c harges wtjre not upheld.
But if the Chief knows It he should
name the woman.”
Chief Beavers admitted he could
not swear to the name of the wo
man. but he said he could prove
her identity by witnesses.
Although Commissioner McEachvrp
insisted that it made no difference
who the woman was, the investigation
was postponed on the motion of Com-
missioner Vernoy that the name
might be included in the charge.
The investigation was given the
broader scope of investigating kiss
ing and spooning In general by the
appearance of W. C. Williams, a well-
dressed young man, who was given an
opportunity to protest againet his
recent arrest for spooning on the
Capitol steps.
Hadn't Even Embraced.
Williams stated that he did not
even have his arm around the girl,
and that he did not kiss her, but that
he was arrested by two plainclothes
officers and taken to police headquar
ters, where both of them had to spend
the night. The next day, he said, they
were released by putting up $31.75.
When he explained that this money
had been forfeited to save the girl
from the notoriety of appearing in
court, Mnyoj Woodward spoke again:
“Is that money in the city treas
ury? Tf it is, I move it be returned to
the young man. We don’t want that
kind of money. It’s poisoned.”
Chief Beavers offered a defense of
the officers, Clack and Welchel, by
reading a report of the arrest of an
other couple for spooning on the Cab-
itol step?. It was shown by this re
port that the couple were kissing and
that Recorder Broyles dismissed the
case with n mere admonition
Commissioner W. P. Fain moved
that as the Norman case had been
postponed that this rnatte; also be
postponed that Officers Clack and
Welchel may be called before the
commisylon to explain their side.
Overcrowding of Schools Even
Forces Students at Girls’ High
to Sit in Windows.
i Deplorable over-crowding in the
Atlanta public schools was disclosed
in report*? of the opening day’s at
tendance filed Wednesday witn Su
perintendent W. M. Slaton.
Descriptions submitted by several
of the* teachers and principals of the I
difficulties which they were forced to j
meet showed that in some of the I
schools children are being housed in j
the basements of the buildings and !
j that classes are being held there. I
Because the schools near their |
j homes are so badly congested as to j
j forbid the acceptance of any more
I pupils, other children are compelled I
I to walk a mile or a mile and a hall j
in order to be able to attend school (
at all.
The negro schools are so much
time, one-half of*the pupils attending
from 8:30 t<> 12:30 and the other
half from 1:30 to 4:30.
Half of Schools Affected.
The reports pent in the first da$
revealed the startling fact that more
than half of all the schools of the
citj- have more pupils than they can
take cure of properly. This condi
tion wilt he aggravated during the
next few days, as the flm day’s ot-
TO VERMONT IN AUTO
EKING INAPE
ligh Shriners Here
Begin Planning for
Great Atlanta Meet
HARRY K. THAW.
Rockefeller Takes
Cripple Home in Auto
« LEVELAND, Sept. 10.—Mr and
Mr.-. John I). Rockefeller Sunday
heard the Rev. Dr. W. W. Bustard,
0 pastor of tile Eu< lid Avenue Baptist
! Church, preach on the childhood of
Christ, and Mrs. James Adams, who
! is crippled and walks with crutches,
was taken home in the Rockefeller
automobile.
Mr. Rockefeller helped her at the
church to her seat in the car.
Buys Carnegie and
J. P. Morgan Drinks
PITTS BURO, Sept. 10.—Peter Al-
cox. of Akron, here on a pleasure trip,
told of having bought the drinks for
Andrew Carnegie and J. Pierpoont
Morgan. When he woke up he re
ported the loss of $60 to the police.
“1 guess if I thought everybody was
a rogue I could travel more safely,”
said Aloox sadly.
Members of the Imperial Council of
the Mystic Shrine are comfortably quar
tered at the Hotel Ansley Wednesday
following arrival late Tuesday night as
a result of a delay en route from New
Orleans. The chief officers of the Ma
sonic body will meet with a commit
tee of local Shrinery during the after
noon to perfect plans for the grand
■ onelava in Atlanta next May.
The arrival of the Hhriners in Atlanta
follows an extended trip through the
Panama canal zone. The members of
the party spent nearly ten days in the
zone.
Among the members of the imperial
Council are W. W. Irwin, imperial po
tentate. of Wheeling, W. Va.; Frederick
R. Smith, imperial deputy potentate, of
Rochester. William 8. Brown, imperial
treasurer, of Pittsburg; J. M. Keller, of
Rochester; J. W. McWilliams, of Roch
ester; Samuel 8. Brown and Alex Gile-
land, also of Pittsburg.
AVERILL, VT., Sept. 10.—Harry K. Thaw, was brought here
! to-day by E. Blake Robertson, Deputy Superintendent of Immigra
tion for Canada. Immediately after getting upon United States
soli, Mr. Robertson dumped Thaw from the automobile and headed
back for Canada. Thaw immediately was picked up by another
automobile which met the Robertson car and which started South
ward. Persons who were questioned here did not know whether
the second machine was owned by representatives of New York
State of by someone else.
OOATICOOK, QUEBEC. Sept. 10.—Harry K. Thaw was taken
from the immigration station to the Vermont border at 8 o’clock
this morning. As Thaw left the station he yelled that it was kid
naping, and as he was carried over the line he stood up in the car
shouting, “Kidnaped! Kidnaped!"
Thaw was taken from the detention quarters of the immigra
tion building at Coaticook at 8 o’clock by E. Blake Robertson,
Deputy Superintendent of Immigration for Canada. Thaw pro
tested againsrbeing taken into the United States. His shouts at
tracted a number of persons.
“This is entirely regular,”
was Robertson's response to the
fugitive's protestations.
Robertson produced a warrant sign
ed by Minister of Justice. Doherty
who also is Acting Minister of the
Interior, ordering the ejection of
Thaw.
These proceedings were taken in
direct defiance of court proceedings
instituted in this city by Thaw’s law •
yen. and In the face of an injunc
tion holding up the order of deporta
tion handed down by the Immigra
tion Hoard of Inquiry last week.
When word was received In Mon
treal from Coaticook that Thaw had
been deported, It created cons terns
tion among Thaw’s lawyers. The.v
had expected to hold up deportation
for six months, at least, possibly a
year, and, perhaps. If an appeal was
taken to the Privy Council, for two
years.
Thaw Shouts and Raves.
Thaw lost complete control of him
self as he waa whirled through the
streets of Coaticook from the Immi
gration Building He shouted and
waved hts arms until he was ex
hausted. The authorities had pur
posely- choaen an early- hour when
few persona were about.
Robertson had to hold Thaw in the
automobile, as the fugitive struggled
with all his might to leap to the
ground. Thaw Implored the hand
ful of persons who were attracted by
his screama to help him, but they did
not attempt to interfere.
By the forcible ejection of Thaw
from Canada to-day the fight shifts
to the United States, unless, by a pre
arranged plan, Thaw is seized in Ver
mont by- private detectives employ-ed
by former District Attorney- William
Graft in New Haven
Bond Issue Charged
BOHTQN, Sept. 10.—Morgan <».
Bulkely. ex-Governor of Connecticut,
ex-Senator and leading opponent of
the underwriting of the New Haven's
proponed $67,000,000 bond issue, at the
hearing on that issue to-day made
the charge that the stockholder*’ pro
tective committee has been “pla
cated” by an offer of one-third of the
underwriting of the issue
“The stockholders’ protective com
mittee is a sheer humbug.” he said.
WILLIAM TRAVERS JEROME.
tendanc will In increased consider-| Slaton to alleviate the congested equ
ably by late arrivals. Uitb-n* so Jar as possible, but the
An effort will be mad.- A ednesday | superintendent said Tuesday that the
afternoon at a meeting of the prin* j
cipalji in the office of {Superintendent 1 Continued on Page 2, Column 7.
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Stray Lightning Bolt
Hits Sweetgum Tree
DALTON, Sept. 10.—For the first time
in the knowledge of this section light
ning struck a sweetgum tree south of
here during an electrical storm.
The top of the tree was cut oft and
the bolt went downward on the inside,
coming out at a knothole and ripping
up the bottom of the trunk.
SlcitjOn to Attend T. Jerome, of New York, and t/tkei
State Fair Oct. 23 bath t0 Maueawan
MACON, Sept. 10.—"Governor'll
Day” at the Georgia State Fair will
bo October 23. Governor Slaton and
his staff will uttend.
An Invitation, supported by Sena-
tora Haeon and Smith, haH also been
extended President Wilson.
INSTALL CITY OFFICIALS.
BAKNKSVILL.K, Sept. 10.—Mayor J.
M. Coe (I ran and the new Aldermen.
T. J Berry, J. B. Bush and W. J Sum
mers. have been Installed.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Thunderstorms Wed
nesday and Thursday.
Kidnaping a Dramatic Climax.
That was evidently what That,
leared as he was be ng taken away
from Coaticook. He did not have a
chance to warn his lawyers to mer.
him at the United States line am
fight against Ills seizure there by rep
resentatives of New York. He also
thought that Jerome had gone to Ver
mont on Monday night.
The virtual kidnaping of Thaw,
upon orders of the Dominion Gov
ernment and in actual defiance of
orders from the high courts of thi
land, was a dramatic climax to the
fight that Thaw has made against
ejection. No moving picture drams
could have been staged with such
I spectacular details.
When N. K. LaFlamme and Barrie
j tor Greenshield, who were lnstrumen
| tal in holding up the Board of Tn-
| nuiry's order of deportation in tlssl