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VOL. XII. NO. 35.
ATLANTA, GA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1913.
Copyright. 1906,
By The Oeorgl*n Co.
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MRS. GODBEE ON HER WAY
TO COURTROOM AT MILLEN
EXPRESS ROBBER FOUND, SAYS OFFICIAL
Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee, double slayer, now
on trial, and M. G. Johnson, county sheriff.
NS72.0D0
‘Wolf of Wall St/
Will Not Be Tried
In Federal Court
Detectives Follow Clew to Place
in Carolina Where the Safe
Was Transferred.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.—The case
against David Tamar, "the wolf ot
Wall street," arrested last night at
the Instance of Attorney General Mc-
Reynolds, will be left in the hands of
the local courts, according to state
ments made by Department of Jus
tice officials to-day.
Lamar boasted before the Senate
Lobby Committee that he posed as
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer, of
Pennsylvania. The charge against
him is impersonating a Congressman.
Ijamar furnished $3,000 bail.
Arrests are expected in the mys
terious $72,000 Southern Express
Company robbery at any moment, ac
cording to word received in Atlanta
from General Manager Hockaday,
who Friday sent Harry Scott, of the
Pinkertons, and special agents off on
the first train that could get them .is
far as Florence. S. C.
"We know the man who got the
money,” he said in Savannah, “ana
we are going to get him. I have just
had a report from Special Agent
Thomas J. Watts that says he has to
an absolute certainty placed his fin
gers on the guilty person.
"He assures mar that there is no
mistake, and he is only seeking some |
more evidence against the man before
he finally arrests him."
Just where the lightning would
strike Hockadav would not state, but
he admitted having men at every
point between this city and Jers'v
City working on the case, and that
he was only using Savannah as a base
for operations. He added:
Expect Arrest in Twelve Hours.
‘ The fact that the trunk's seals were
unbroken and intact put the detec
tives on the right trail. They knew
almost immediately w r here, when and
by whom flie money was taken. Fol
lowing up this theory, they were re
warded with success.
"The investigation at this end of
the line is virtually comp’ete. This
morning the detectives were given
assignments and dispatched to the
points they are to cover. We confi
dently expect to have the case wound
up before morning. Developments will
be made known here first.”
Scott earlier in the day announced
he had become convinced that the
money was not taken while in transit
on the trains from New York to Sa
vannah.
"The robbery was committed either
at one end of the line or the other."
he declared. “The money either was
stolen soon after it left The Chase Na
tional Bank In New York or else after
it had reached Savannah. It seems
most unlikely that the theft took
place in any other manner.
“This is not the work of an ama
teur. nor does it seem possible to me
for any of the messengers to have got
into the safe and the seals not be
broken. I know we are going to have
our hands full before the mystery is
solved."
The report that the robbery of the
Southern Express Company between
Savannah and New A ork was not
committed at the southern end of the
line was further substantiated Fri
day when Scott and other agents left
the city on a northbound train. Their
destination is understood to be Flor
ence, S. C.. where Schindell, the mes
senger who brought the trunk out of
Jersey City, turned it over to the mes
senger who brought it into Savannah.
General Manager Hockaday, of the
express company, was the only offi
cer who remained in Savannah.
W. L. Schindell, express messenger
on the Coast Line’s train No. 89, that
left New York late Monday night and
brought the trunk supposed to con
tain the money, did not leave the ear
until it reached Florence, S. C., his
point of relief and home.
Messenger Called Into Probe.
He did not know there was money
In the trunk, he claims, and he had
no way bill for any. He merely had
a way bill for the steel 1‘through
trunk” that is often brought down on
this train. He was brought to Sa
vannah from Florence by a telegram
from General Manager Hockaday and
Harry Scott and was closeted with
them the greater part of Thursday
evening. He was subjected to a rigid
third degree examination, but came
forth unscathed, according to Scott.
Dixie Women to Spin
Miss Wilson's Linen
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. — Miss
Jessie Wilson, second daughter of the
President, whose marriage to Francis
B. Sayre, of New York, in the White
House on November 25 will be the
social event of the season, has de
clared emphatically for an all-Amer
ican trousseau made of American
goods by American women.
Part of the trousseau will be spun
of linen by the mountain women of
the South, in whose uplift all the
Wilson ladies have shown much in^
terest.
Pawns Shoes to Eat;
Gets Nail in Foot
B. L. Brantley, who says he is a
traveling barber, succumbed to the
pangs of hunger, bought a 20-cent
lunch and pawned his shoes to pay
for it. Then he went into Decatur
street in his stocking feet and stepped
on a nail.
Tlie Greek restaurant keeper had
him arrested because he came back
and threatened to cut the proprie
tor’s throat unless given 20 cents so
he could get back his shoes. Judge
Broyles fined him $5 and costs for
disorderly conduct.
Shaved Her Husband
But Fondled Her Dad
CLEVELAND, Sept. 12. — Even
though Ernest A. Wallman made his
wife shave him every Sunday morn
ing. and even though Mrs. Louise A.
Wallman kiswed and caressed her
father, John Mahoney, instead of her
husband, there was no divorce grant
ed on the petition and cross-petition
in the case of Wallman vs*. Wallman.
On the stand. Wallman admitted
that he didn’t like to have his wife
make more fuss over her father than
she did over him.
Society at Capital
Drinks in Baltimore
BALTIMORE. MIL. Sept. 12.—For
some time scores o* Washington so
ciety women have been motoring to
Baltimore luncheons. The reason has
leaked out.
"President Wilson has placed a bar
on women drinking in Washington,”
said one of the fair visitors, "and the
new laws prohibit women from drink-
j ing in public.”
The drinks served the women are
I disguised. Cocktails are served in
coffee cups.
Slayer Fined Penny
And Costs by Jury
MUNFORDVILLE, KY., Sept. 12 —
Walter * Galloway, having faced an
indeterminate sentence of from two
to twenty-one years, was found guil
ty for the second time of killing Blise
Richardson, and w r a.s fined one cent
and costs by a jury here.
Hobart Stanton, Once
Of Atlanta, Drowned
ASHEVILLE, N. C„ Sept. 12.—
Stricken while bathing in the lake at
Christ School. Hobart Stanton, 16
years old, son of Mrs. E. S. Stanton,
prominent in the South, drowned.
The family originally came from
Atlanta.
F. V. L. Smith Learns Fifty-Year-
Old German Government
Ticket Drew Prize.
F. V. L. Smith, a member of the
jury which convicted Leo M. Frank of
the murder of Mary Phagan, again
came into the limelight Friday when
a 50-year-old German Government
lottery ticket bought for $20 and heid
by him was found to have won a prise |
of $15,000 cash.
News of the windfall came from
A. J. Mueck, No. 38 Murray street.
New' York, who has been investigat
ing the matter for Mr. Smith. Ac
cording to Mr. Mueck. a drawing on
the lottery w’as made on August 1 and
the ticket held by tbe former Frank
juror was the winner.
The number of the ticket is "Braun- i
schweig—20 Thaler lots—S-2490 No. I
I 9." and is one. of a series sold by tbe.
j German Government a half century
i ago for the purpose of raising funds.
Bought by Grandmother.
The ticket was originally pur
chased by Mr. Smith’s grandmother,
Mrs. Sarah E. Wilson. At her death
the ticket passed into the hands of
Mr. Smith’s mother, Mrs. Ada L.
Smith, and from her it finally fell into
his hands.
"One of the most disagreeable tasks
that I ha<i when a boy *0 years ago
and living with my parents in Brook
lyn." said Mr. Smith Friday morning,
"was to chase over to New York
every day to the office of The Staals
Zeitung. the German newspaper, to
make inquiry for my folks as to
whetehr a drawing had been made on
the lottery. I used to wish that there
never was each a thing as a lottery.
Forgot About Ticket.
"When the ticket finally came into
my possession, I forgot about it. Then
about five years ago attorneys in set
tling my mother’s estate found the
pasteboard among ber papers and
they advised me to have it looked
up. Mr. Mueck cabled the authorities
in Germany and found that the lot
tery had not been dra*wn. and so he
kept a close watch on it. Now the
good news comes that I am a win
ner."
Mr. Smith Friday sent a power of
attorney to the law firm of Coombs &
Wilson in New York, and prepara
tions to collect the $15,000 prize wll'.
j be made immediately.
Not Counting Chickens.
"I don’t anticipate any trouble n
j drawing the money,” said Mr. Smithy
! “especially as it is a Government lot
tery. still I am not going to count my
chickens before they hatch, and not
until I get the money in my hands
will I feel certain of having it.”
Mr. Smith is an agent for severa’
electrical appliance concerns w-ith of
fices at No. 1206 PImpire Building.
SADDLE
List of Candidates Also Shows
Mayor Can’t Win Control.
Registration Light.
Atlanta Man Killed
By Train in Buffalo
j BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 12.—An
| unidentified man. about 35 years old,
I six feet tall, well dressed in a suit
of dark Kray material and carrying
| an Atlanta newspaper, was killed by
I an Erie train at Elmira last midnight.
Many papers were found on the
body, but none gave a clew to the
identity of the man. The police be
lieve lie lives in Atlanta.
Devil Fashions Slit
Skirt, Says Cardinal
MOUNT CLEMENS, MICH.. Sept,
j j2.—“Degrading creation” and ”gen-
I erally scandalous” are the terms ap-
| plied to the latest fashions in worn-
| en’s dress by Cardinal John W. Far-
i ley, of New York, visiting here.
“The diaphanous gownii and tbe
j slit skirt are products of the devil’s
I inUut:Lr;,” lie taid.
The closing of the entry list for t
city primary at noon Friday decided
three important political issues as
decisively as though it had been an
election.
It made it perfectly clear that there
will be no better chance of getting an ^
“open town” police policy under the
new Council than under the present
one.
Tt definitely decided that the new
body would give no more considera
tion to genuine charter reforms than
the Council that chucked the charter
of the “committee of 25” into the
waste basket.
It shov'ed unmistakably that Mayor
James G. Woodward will have no
more emuroi eve** the new Cormroil
than lie has over the organization
that has overriden his veto some 35
times.
Majority Still is Assured.
All these things were made clear by
the fact that if every candidate who
has even shown a disposition to be
opposed to those now in authority is
elected, the old crowd would still
have a comfortable majority.
Rumors and political activities had
indicated strongly that there would
be a'full opposition ticket out. a so-
called Woodward or “open town”
ticket. The general Impression was
that Atlanta was to see a real fight
against the supremacy of Police Chief
J. L. Reavers.
An analysis of the entrants for the
ten Councilmanic and five Alderman-
ic seats shows all such hopes to be
vain. There is opposition to the pow
ers that be here and there, but if all
of them are elected they would stand
as a hopeless minority in Council.
And there is about as much chance
of all of them being elected as there
is for the next Governor of Georgia
to be a. Republican.
Fight Centers on Aldermen.
The main fight is for the Alder-
manic Board. C. H. Kelley, who is
running for John E. McClelland’s un
expired term from the Second Ward,
is the only candidate for Alderman
who has no opposition.
There was quite a surprise in the
late developments of the Third War!
contest. J. C. Harrison, who had
stated that he would run, failed to
put up his $75 entrance fee Backed
bw-*Mayor Woodward. C. C. McDonald
entered at the last minute in oppo
sition to Alderman James E. Warren,
Mayor Pro Tern.
Amos Braselton and J. A. Curtis
both are looked upon as “open town”
candidates against Councilman Albert
D. Thomson for Alderman from the
Fourth Ward. Mr. Braselton’s en
trance was an eleventh-hour decision
He was urged to enter the race bv
persons close to Mayor Woodward.
Mayor Breaks Up Plans.
The Seventh Ward contest has fur-
tiished the most interesting story of
inside politics that has so far devel
oped. Dan S. Walraven and Jesse
Armistead both entered, but if certain
plans hadn't miscarried both of them
would have been pulled down ;fn 1
Marcellus Anderson would have been
a candidate without opposition.
It seems that Mayor Woodward hau
more to do with breaking up this little
game than anyone else.
The details got out of the inner cir
cle in a, report that Mr. Walraven
would withdraw and for his courtesy
be given the support of Mr. Anderson
and his friends for Police Commission
from the Seventh Ward to succeed J.
N. McEachern. It was not clear just
what the motive was for Mr. Armi
stead to withdraw, but it was state!
that Alderman F. J. Spratling had
that in charge.
Friends of Mr. Walraven were try-
Continued on Page 2, Column G.
Revenue Guide Who
Slew Man Granted
Trial in U. S. Court
United States Judge Newman Friday
granted an order presented by Assistant
District Attorney Henley removing the
case of John Bell, indicted in Fannin
County for shooting Burt Arf, to uu-
United State's Court of the Northern
District in Atlanta.
It was alleged by Henley that John
Bell was acting in the capacity of guide
for revenue officers hunting illegal whis
ky distilleries in Fannin County w f hen
he was approached by Arp, who warned
Bell that he had best desst from acting
as guide for the revenue officer “if he
knew what was best for him." Beli
drew his pistol and shot Arp in th#
breast.
Henley said feeling in Fannin County
is against Bell and on this ground asked
that he be brought into the United
States Court for trial.
Rep. Watson Denies
Mulhall’s Charges
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Vigor
ous denial of Colonel Mulhall’s
charges was made before the House
Lobby Investigating Committee to
day by former Representatives James
E. Watoon. of Indiana, whose name
appears hundreds of times ip Mul-
liall’s correspondence.
"At no time while I was in Con
gress,” lie said, "or after I left Con
gress, was I ever in the employ of
the National Association of Manu
facturers, nor was I the lobbyist or
law'yer for it.”
General Buckner, Ill
At 91, Out of Danger
LOUISVILLE, KY., Sept. 12 —Gen
eral Simon Boliver Buckner, w ho has
been ill several days. wa5< entirely re
covered to-day.
Tim veteran is the highest surviv
ing officer of the war between the
States. He is 91 years old.
It was at first feared his Illness
might prove fatal.
Run Down by Auto
As He Views ‘X-Ray'
So absorbed In watching a girl In a
silhouette skirt cross Whitehall near
Mitchell street that he did not hear
an automobile’s approach, Alex Wat
ters. who claims Griffin, Ga., as his
home, was knocked down by the ma
chine Friday and painfully, but not
seriously bruised. He was taken into
a drug store and his bruises band
aged.
The driver of the automobile was
not arrested. Watters now is an ear
nest advocate of dress reform for
women.
Model Convicts to
Don Gray or Brown
Georgia convicts of the first and
second grade will don suits of gray
and brown within the next three
weeks. The goods were selected by
the Georgia Prison Commission Fri
day. The contract for the cloth was
awarded to the Atlanta Woolen Mills.
The suits will be made by the con
victs.
Under the new rules, convicts who
make good records will be placed in
the first and second grades. The con
victs of the third grade will wear
stripes.
Judge Newman to
Sit in Speer's Place
The United States District Court
will adjourn for one week, as Judge
William T. Newman leaves Sunday
for Savannah, where he will preside
in a number of bankrupt cases.
Judge Emory Speer has been dis
qualified on account of relationship
to his son-in-law, who is Interested.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Friday and Sat
urday; warmer.
Charity Worker Is
Indicted on Charge
Of Girl in His Office
An indictment for assault was re
turned against Craw'ford Jackson,
w'ell-known charity worker, by the
Grand Jury Friday. The alleged at
tack was made upon a young woman
employed in Jackson’s office in the
Third National Bank building.
Mr, Jackson vigorously denied the
charges and In a statement insisted
that the public withhold its Judgment
until the trial.
"At the preliminary hearing I w r as
at a great disadvantage,” he said. “I
was so conscious of my innocence
that I went down there without a
lawyer. The charges shocked and
upset me. I am now in possession of
evidence to prove my innocence."
No Clews in $15,000
Hold-up in Chicago
CHICAGO, Sept. 12.—The police
were without a clew to-day in the
search for the four young men w f ho
slugged Warrington McEvoy, 18, bank
messenger for the Garfield Park State
Savings Bank, and stole more than
$15,000 from him in broad daylight
yesterday.
The satchel containing $10,800 in
checks was found flvi hours after the
robbery two miles from where the
messenger was held up.
Millen Divorcee Who Killed For
mer Husband and Bride Bitterly
Attacked by Prosecutor.
England Beats U, S.
For Motor Boat Cup
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
COWES. ENGLAND, Sept. 12.—
Great Britain retained the Harms-
worth motorboat cup to-day. when
the Maple Leaf won the deciding
| race.
J Ankle Deep, the American contend*
er, was second.
MILLEN. GA.. Sept. 12.—The de
fense in the trial of Mrs. Edna God
bee for killing the wife of her former
husband, took the position here to
day that the defendant must either
be convicted of murder or acquitted.
"There are no grades," said Judge
Saffold, leading counsel for the de
fendant.
The defense contends that the kill
ing of Judge Godbee was justifiable
in that it was done in self-defense,
and that the killing of his wife was
an accident.
W. H Davis, who made the second
address for the State, urged a con
viction saying that the good name
of Jenkins County is at stake; that
respect for the courthouses of Geor
gia is at stake; justice and truth are
at stake.
The defendant watched keenly the
efforts of the attorneys in her defense
and those for the State. However,
her expression did not vary-
The jury will get the case by 6 p.
m. to-day, it was declared in court.
Defense Hopes for Acquittal.
The defense expects nothing worse
than a mistrial and hopes strongly for
an acquittal, while the State’s attor^
neys have contended that It will be
folly to try cases in the future if a
conviction is not secured. The State,,
how'ever. Intimated that It would be
content wdtli a verdict of guilty and
life imprisonment as the punishment.
Colonel Anderson spoke for an hour.
He was followed by Attorney Dixon,
for the defense, and the case was ex
pected to go to the jury some time in
the afternoon.
Anderson declared that the State
contended that the act of the defend
ant was plain, unmitigated murder,
and he said that the case was so one
sided he hardly knew how to argue it.
The speaker said the defendant’s
statement did not seem to come from
her heart and that much of it was ir
relevant.
Anderson asserted that the defend
ant could well accuse Judge Godbee
with terrible deeds, for he is dead. He
ridiculed the idea that Mrs. Godbee a
Bfe was in danger on the morning
when she killed Mrs. Godbee and her
husband. V. r. Anderson said there
was no evidence except the defend
ant’s unsupported statement that
Godbee had threatened her; that Mrs.
Godbee could have got protection;
that she never told her sons, her
brothers, or the Sheriff.
Attacks Insanity Pie*.
The speaker declared the defend
ant’s memory conveniently went
blank at the time of the shooting, but
she never missed a single shot.
“She fired five bullets into the bod
ies of Judge and Mrs. Godbee!"
shouted Anderson, "and. not satisfied,
she shot Mrs. Godbee again after she
had fallen.”
Anderson said the defendant went
to the postoffice that morning and
took a commanding position. The
undisputed evidence of Miss Barnwell
was to the effect that the defendant
fired the first shot into Mrs. Florence
Godbee’s back.
“The evidence of Miss Barnwell,”
said Anderson, “was in direct contra-
dition to the statement of the defend
ant, who said that Judge Godbee
threatened her, called her a vile
name, and she shot him first.”
"Gentlemen of the jury,’’ he said,
“none of you can doubt the truth of
Mrs. Spader’s testimony, and the de
fendant told this little woman she had
hired a negro to kill Judge Godbee
and his wife and that if he (the ne-
gro( did not do it, she would. She
also told Mrs. Spader that she did
not want her grandchild to ride
with Judge and Mrs. Godbee, as it.
too, must suffer when the Judge and
his w ife were killed.
“The defendant expressed no regret
after the shooting for killing Mrs.