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OVER 100,000 Circulation The Sunday American Leads All Competitors The Atlanta Georgian > Read for Profit‘--GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Usc for Results VOL. XII. NO. 35. ATLANTA, GA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1913. Copyright. 1906, By The Oeorgl*n Co. 9 rpvn\ pay no - J MORB - ARGUMENT CLOSING IN GODBEE CASE v • v n**r *1* • v *.*•**• Y*V Political Entries Show ‘Lid’ Stays On V • *1* V#Y *S* • V 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.