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VOL. XII. NO. 34.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1913.
Copyright, 1906.
By The Georgian Co.
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Judge’s Insults Are Cited in Defense of Mrs. Godbee
lSS RESULT
STIRRED
STARTS
Crowds Discuss Stories of Alleged
Slurs on Slayer Just Before
She Shot Couple.
MII.LEN, GA., Sept. 11.—Millen was
wrought into a high pttch of excite
ment to-day when the time arrived
for the trial of Mrs. Edna P. Godbee,
charged with the murder of her for
mer husband. Judge W. S. Godbee,
and his pretty young bride, who was
Min Plorenoa Boyer, of Williamsport,
Pa.
The woman, who has remained si
lent in the county jail since the day
she startled the community by shoot
ing down Judge Godbee and his wife
in the Millen postofflee, has won the
sympathy of many of the townspeo
ple.
That she was the victim of insult
after insult heaped upon her by the
man who once was her husband and
that she was deprived of her inheri
tance by him before their separation
Is the story that is on every lip.
Tell of Slurrinq Remark.
This is the story, the details and
tragic ending -of which will be told
the Jury by the skilled lawyers whom
Mrs. Edna Godbee has engaged to
conduct the fight for her life. That
the Judge accosted her in the post-
office the day of the tragedy or that
he made a slurring remark in refer
ence to her in her hearing is the-sen
sational testimony that is promised
by the defense.
It will be the contention that this
was the final act of persecution by
Judge Godbee that goaded his form
er wife in to a fury and led her to
empty the revolver she was carrying
into his body and that of the pretty
woman at his side who had taken
her place in the judge's affection.
Combatting the claim of the de
fense that the shooting of the young
Mrs. Godbee was not intentional and
was in the nature of an incident to
the main purpose of the distracted
woman—the slaying of Judge Godbee
—the State was prepared to intro
duce evidence when the trial began
to the effect that the divorced Mrs.
Godbee, as a matter of fact, directed
her bullets first at the young woman
and did not attempt to shoot the
judge until she had fired two shots
at her rival and a third one into the
prostrate body as it lay on the post-
office floor.
Then, according to the story of the
tragedy,,as outlined by the prosecu
tion, the infuriated woman turned
the weapon upon her former hus
band and killed him instantly.
"We will be able to establish these
facts by a number of witnesses,” said
Colonel W. H. Davis before the trial
began. Colonel Davis, with A. S. An
derson, Is assisting Solicitor Moore in
the prosecution.
"As the young woman fell to the
floor pierced by the bullet wound,"
Judge Godbee threw his arm about
her shoulder, receiving a bullet wound
in the upper arm that shattered the
bone. As the girl lay writhing in pain
on the floor Mrs. Godbee fired the
third shot into her body. This shot
penetratad the body In the vicinity of
the hip.”
Colonel Davis expressed his opinion
that the trial would not last more
than three days. The State, he said,
proposed only to introduce a few wit
nesses, the most of whom would be
persons who actually had seen the
■hooting.
Joseph M. Shields,
In Fire Department
Since 1887* Is Dead
Lieutenant Joseph Matthew Shields,
a member of the Atlanta Fire De
partment since 1887, died Wednesday
night at his home, 353 Luckie street,
after a brief illness. He was 62 years
old. and the fifth* oldest man In the
department. He had been at No. 4
firehouse 24 years.
Surviving Lieutenant Shields Is his
wife, three daughters and one son.
Lieutenant Shields’ record Is highly
praised by his fellow firemen. He has
saved a number of lives, and won
commendation for rescuplng several
of his men during the Forsyth viaduct
fire, eight years ago. In 1901 he was
injured when a truck* which he was
driving collided with a street car,
these injuries contributing to his
death.
Miss Wilson Demands
American Trousseau
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11.—Miss
Jessie Wilson, second daughter of
the President, whose marriage to
Francis B. Sayre, of New York in the
White House November 25 will be the
social event of the season, has de
clared emphatically for an all-Ameri
can trousseau made of American
goods by American women.
It is rumored that part of the
trousseau will be spun of linen by the
mountain women of the South, in
whose uplift the Wilson ladles have
shown much interest.
NEW YORK MAYOR
DEAD ON OCEAN LINER
Daniels Paints Bright
Future for Jack Tar
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11.—Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels issued a
statement painting a bright future for
"jack tar" during his incumbency of
office. The Secretary says the men
before the ma.*t will be given a chance
to advance through progressive ex
aminations for higher and better paid
positions.
Examinations will be held next
month for twelve assistant paymas
ters. positions hitherto only open to
civilians.
First Englishman to
Own an Auto Dead
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Sept. 11.—Evelyn Ellis
the first Englishwoman who owned
an automobile, is dead at the age
of 71.
Ellis bought a five-horsepower Pan-
hard machine in* 1895 and drove it at
ten miles an hour in defiance of the
law, hoping to be prosecuted and
thus draw attention to the car..
King Edward had hie first motor
ride in Ellis's car.
Bride Made Insane
By ‘Voodoo’ Charm
TRENTON. X. J.. Sept. 11.—Mrs.
Marie Zielska, a young Slav bride,
became insane to-day after trying a
“voodoo” charm, said to have been
suggested by Mrs. Richard Washing
ton, a negro woman.
Two weeks ago Mrs. Zielska became
slightly 111. A neighbor recommended
the witch doctor. Mrs. Zielska was
sent to the State Hospital for the
Insane.
Democrats Meet to
Finance Campaign
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—Mem
bers of the executive committee of
the finance committee appointed by
the National Democratic Committee
to devise plans for continuing the
Democratic campaign will meet here
to-day.
The purpose of the meeting Is to
raise funds for the distribution of
Democratic literature and to plan
State organization.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia — Fair Thursday;
wanner; Friday, unsettled.
Fugitive Tries to Hire Dozen At
torneys to Fight Extradition to
New York State.
COLEBROOK, N. H., Sept. 11.—
Harry K. Thaw to-day began his fight
on United States soil against extradi
tion back to New’ York and conse
quent incarceration in the Matteawan
Asylum for the Criminal Insane.
With pompous alacrity, which had
been somewhat subdued by the un
expected, strenuous and turbulent
events of the past 24 hours. Thaw be.
gan his preparation.*' for battle with
the declaration that his lawyers
would not let William T. Jerome
“railroad” him back to the asylum
without a hard fight.
Jerome, former District Attorney of
New York, who is here as a special
general of the State of New York,
said that the extradition proceedings
would be rushed with the utmost dis
patch.
Jerome Confident.
“We will try to imitate Canadian
celerity.” said .T^romee. “We shall
not allow quibblinsr to interfere with
the transfer of Thaw back to the
lunatic a'ylum whe»*«* he belongs.”
In fact. Mr. Jerome indicated
strongly that he had assurances from
Governor Samuel Felker. of New
Hampshire and Attornev General
James H. Tuttle, of this State, that
there would be no delay In giving the
fugitive a hearing in the extradition
proceedings.
Thaw alreadv has four lawyers re
tained and said that within 24 more
hours he hoped to have a dozen able
counsellors on the scene fighting ex
tradition.
Thaw was still disgruntled over the
action of the Dominion Government
in going over the head of the courts to
deport him.
Thaw Hopes for U. S. Justice.
*‘T hope to get a better variety of
justice under the Stars and Stripes.”
said he. He also hoped that his law
yers in Montreal, headed by Judge
Greenshield and N. K. LaFlamme,
would be able to secure his legal re
turn to Canada.
Deputy General Franklin Kennedy,
of New York State. Jerome and other
lawyers representing the Empire
State and Duchess County (in which
Matteawan Is located), base their
fight for extradition upon the war
rant charging Thaw with conspiring
to escape from the asylum.
The Thaw lawyers in considering
every angle of defense offered, decid
ed to make one branch of their de
fense upon the contention that Thaw,
being insane in the eyes of New York
authority, could not conspire.
Pathfinder Greeted
In Watermelon Belt
HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS, Sept. 11.—
Pathfinder Ferguson and his party
completed another lap of the All-
Southern Transcontinental Highway
when they reached Hempstead short
ly before 6 o’clock Wednesday even
ing. The noted good roads expert
was warmly welcomed to the water
melon center of the United States.
Mr. Ferguson made an Informal
talk of his tour and good roads, assur
ing the people of Waller County they
already had some splendid roads be
tween Hempstead and Houston.
Grant’s Telegraph
Operator Is Dead
JERSEY CITY. N. J., Sept. 11.—
George E. Baker who. as a boy in the
Civil War acted as chief telegraph
operator for General U. S. Grant, is
dead at Havre de Grace, Md.
He was 65 years old and had been
with the Western Ufflon 50 years.
2 Killed, 3 Injured, by
Boiler Explosion on
Torpedo Boat Cravon
SAVANNAH. Sept. 11.—Chief Wa
ter Tenders McCaffray and Milton
were killed and Machinists Swinn,
Daughton and Gabbitt badly scalded
when the* Craven torpedo destroyer
was badly damaged by a boiler ex
plosion off Tybee coast last night.
The injured are being cared for at
Fort Screven Hospital, one of them,
Daughton. being reported to be in a
critical condition.
The Craven was towed to port by
the destroyer Yamacraw.
Greek King Chided
For Indiscreet Talk
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Sept. 11.—Representatives here
of the Greek Government, alarmed at
the storm raised by King Constantine’s
indiscreet speech in Berlin, to-day in
formed the French Government that the
words of the Greek monach had been
misinterpreted and that no reflections
were intended toward the French.
An Athens dispatch says that Mr.
Coromllas. the Grek Foreign Minister
and one of the most astute diplomats
in Europe, has chided Constantine for
his lack of Judgment.
FIRED HEARS AGO
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—The following radiogram
j was received to-day at Crookhaven from the steamship
Baltic:
To Robert Adamson, Secretary to Mayor Gay-
nor, City Hall, New York City. Father died Wed
nesday at 1 o’clock. Death due to heart failure.
Notify mother.
R. W. GAYNOR.
R. W. Gaynor is Rufus Gaynor, son of Mayor Gay-
nor, who accompanied his father abroad.
Mayor Gaynor and his son sailed for Liverpool from
this city on board the White Star Liner Baltic on Thurs
day, September 4.
Don't Lie to Your
Wife! You’ll Stutter.
In Your Next Life
ICON SLEUTHS
CHICAGO. Sept. 11.—“Don't lie to
your wife. Don’t break any v^>ws. ’
If you do you will suffer as one your.g
man suffered, in the opinion of a
young woman who attended the
“question and answer” meeting of the
Theosophical Society here. She (her
identity was not disclosed) sent the
following question to the platform:
“A bright young man friend of
mine has a habit of stuttering.
Naturally this is a great detriment
to his business career. What was
the Karma (cause)?”
“Well,” said Mrs. Marie Russak,
an expert in the occult, “he must have
lied to his wife. J know of one case
in Madras where a man is mute be
cause he lied to hi* wife.”
Must Wear ‘Soul’
Color to Play Piano
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11—Miss
Margaret McChord, of Kentucky
daughter of Interstate Commerce
Commissioner McChord. the richest
belle of the new' Democracy, owns to
a pet superstition—namely, that un
less she wears a certain bluish green
chiffon gown she can not play the
piano.
Miss McChord claims ^er fingers
are tied into knot* if she does not
have on her favorite b.ue green hue.
c*tlL» it her aoul color.
This Is Charge of Candidate for
Mayor—Denied by Chapman,
Chief of Police.
MACON, Sept. 11.—Arthur L. Dash-
ier, candidate for Mayor, w ho charged
recently in a circular that the lead-
ers of the administration had poltted
to kill him, to-day accused Chief of
Police Chapman of having him shad
owed by plainclothesmen. The Chief
denied it.
“Why. then, were three of them
sitting directlv behind me at Council
meeting?” asked Wr. Dasher.
The Chief replied that he had sent
them to the Len G. Broughton revival,
| and that the officers had strolled inn
| the council chamber, which is in the
same building, because they would
rather hear politics than sermons.
Mr. Dasher said he w r as not satis
fied with the explanation.
ARMY AIRSHIP RUNS WILD.
LEIPZIG, GERMANY Sept. 11. -
Two soldiers were killed when Mi •
m'litarv airship Z-2 was wrench- d
free from 150 nun and carried aloft
J b»y a ?,iisi of wind. The balloon is sti*.
in me air.
McAdoo Foils Plot
Of New Orleans to
Get Shriners’ Goat
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—Shall a
goat, American bom and a Mystic
Shrlner, be allowed to re-enter th-e
country of its birth at the expiration
of its travels?
This question was put up to the
Government to-day in a telegram
from a party of St. Paul Shriners re
turning from a visit to Panama with
the goat in tow.
“Our goat is excluded from entry
to his native heath by the health au
thorities at New Orleans,” wired the
Shriners to Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo.
“This is not an alien goat nor a
goat without a country. It’s an Amer
ican goat. Admit him,” ordered Sec
retary McAdoo.
Deny Imperator Will
Cross Seas No More
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
HAMBURG. Sept. 11.—The Hamburg-
Amerlcan steamship line to-day issued
a statement denying that the Irnperator,
the world’s biggest steamship, is going
out of commission.
It was said that the Imperator would
sail from Southampton. England for
New Yqrk to-da.\ and also would sail
on October 2 and October 23.
At that time Mayor Gaynor
was so weak that he could hard
ly walk up the gangplank of the
ship. Once on board he sank
down upon a couch and could
not speak. He attributed his
trouble to a recurrence of a I
throat ailment induced by the j
bullet of an assassin at Hoboken
three years ago.
Mayor Gaynor planned to sail for
home immediately upon his arrival at
Liverpool, thinking that the voyage
would restore him sufficiently to take
part in the fall campaign
Mayor Gaynor, who Immediately
previous to his departure was nomi*
nated for re-election upon an inde
pendent ticket, had planned to make
a strenuous campaign this fall.
His death will have considerable
effect upon the political situation in
this city.
At the White Star Line office it
was said that the Baltin should be
between 300 and 400 miles off the
coast of Ireland to-day.
At 10 o’clock offeials of the line
said they had received no report of
Mayor Gaynor's death.
Crookhaven is on the coast of Ire
land There is an important wireless
station there. From Crookhaven the
death message was relayed to New
York.
Bryan Is Shocked
By Gaynor’s Death.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11.—“I am
shocked to learn of Mayor Gaynor's
death." said Secretary of State Bryan
to-day. “The news Is so sudden that
I can not even believe it to be true.
He was a strong man In many re
spects and I know that New York will
feel his loss.”
Gaynor’s Life
A Long Struggle.
Mr. Gaynor’s boyhood was spent in
Whitestown, N. Y., w'here he was born
In 1851. He attended the public
schools, graduating from the Whites
town Seminary with honor; then went
to Boston, where he continued to
learn from books, supporting himself
by teaching and occasionally writing
for the press. When 22 years of age.
he moved to Brooklyn, settling in
Flatbush, then a small suburb.
In those days Flatbush was gov
erned by a ring of corrupt politicians.
For two years Gaynor. as a reporter
on The Brooklyn Argus, studied the
political situation of the little village,
gaining a clear insight into the cor
rupt conditions.
The municipal studies of the young
reporter and law student bore fruit In
the fall of 1875, shortly after he had
been admitted to the bar, and he went
before the voters of that towT. on a
platform of better government. Th:3
attack upon the ring of corrupt poli
ticians leci to a tight against the Com-
Eventful Life of
William J. Gaynor,
Born Whitestown, Oneida
County, New York, 1851.
Early education received at
Whitestown Seminary.
Moved to Brooklyn in 1873.
Was a reporter on The
Brooklyn Argus, studying law
at night.
Admitted to bar 1875, and
commenced a campaign for
political purity which gained
him a natinal reputation as a,
foe of corruption.
In 1893 he was elected a
Justice of the Supreme Court
for a term expiring December
21, 1907.
Re-elected in 1907 to a term
expiring December 31, 1912,
but resigned in 1909 to accept
the Democratic nomination for
Mayor of New York City.
Elected Mayor of New York,
in November 1909
Shot by James J. Gallagher,
a discharged dock department
watchman, on August 9, 1910.
Spent nearly three months in
St. Mary's Hospital, Hoboken,
N. J., before he recovered
from the wound.
Renominated for Mayor as
he sailed for Europe in search
of health September 4.
bined forces of both machines at the
town election, and, to the w’onder of
those who helped him. a victory for
the tlckte he favored.
Wins Fame in Courts,
time. «
This was the first flash of Gay
nor’s meteoric career. His defeat of
the ring politicians in Flatbush not
only brought him public recognition,
but clients to swell his budding prac
tice. His success was so great In civil
law that he was drawn into the crimi
nal courts much against his inclina
tion. Here he made a notable record
for himself, securing the acquittal of
a young man, who on his first trial,
when defended by the most celebrate!
criminal advocate at the New York
bar, had been found guilty.
Gaynor became known as a elea*
and extrmeiy forceful speaker. wh«
possessed moderate extemporaneous
eloquence and a power to hold the at
tention of his audience. His chief
characteristic was earnestness with
out much demonstrativeness. Every
thing he did or said seemed to tell.
CHATTANOOGA TAX RATE
CHATTANOOGA. Sept. 11.—Chat
tanooga's tax will remain this year at
$1.65 per thousand.