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Seek 400 Voices for
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the statement that an acquittal was
expected
Court then adjourned until the aft
ernoon
Solicitor Moore will be the first
speaker after dinner, and Judge Saf-
fold will conclude for the defense.
The court then will charge the Jury.
The Jurors should retire to deliberate
by 6 p. m.
There will be six epeeches during
the day, and the defense, by not put
ting up i ny witnesses, will have the
concluding argument Judge Saffold
will make the concluding argument
for the defense.
Two spectacular features marked
the hearing Thursday. One was the
impassioned statement of Mrs. God-
bee in her own defense and the other
the testimony brought forward by the
State.
Mrs God bee, her voice trembling
with emotion, told the Jurors that she
had slain Judge Godbee In the Millen
postoffice solely In self-defense, and
that she had feared fie was about to
carry out his throats to shoot her.
She said that she did not fire until he
stepped toward her, reaching toward
his hip pocket and calling her an ob
scene name.
Woman Tells of Alleged Plot.
Strongly discrediting this .statement
of the accused woman was the testi
mony of Mrs. Arthur Spader, a tele
phone operator, who swore to having
overhead Mrs. Godbee confess to the
hiring of a thug to assassinate Judge
Godbee and his wife three months be
fore she did the killing herself.
Mrs. Godbee took the stand again
to deny the sensational story of the
telephone operator. She said that
Mrs. Spader’s testimony evidently was
Inspired by a spirit of revenge. The
defendant declared that Mrs. Spader
LEADING WITNESSES,
JURY IN GODBEE CASE
Four hundred voices are needed for
the chorus which will be one of the
features of the convention of the
Southern Christian Citizenship Con
gress, to be held in the Auditorium-
Armory September 19, 20 and 21. A
call for volunteer choristers was sent
out again Friday by Professor Albert
Girard Thiers, chairman of the. music
committee.
EfTorts to get singers for this event
have not met with success, according
to Dr. Thiers. A rehearsal will he
held Frldav night at No. 80 North
Associated Charities Fund Nearly
Exhausted, but Many Pupils
Still Lack Texts.
With the school season in Atlanta
fairly well inaugurated and thousands
of youngsters daily falling in line at
the sound of the bell, the demand for
schoolbooks is still coming into the
office of the Associated Charities,
and the campaign for funds to supply
It still is in progress.
J. C. Logan, general secretary of
the Charities, stated that the de
mand probably would continue
throughout September and that the
fund to meet it is nearly exhausted.
Several hundred children have been
enabled to enter this fall through
the good work though, and If the
generosity of Atlantans keeps up to
its present mark, every future citi
zen in the city will be given his
chance for an education.
The Georgian acknowledges the
subscription of C. E. Pritchett. Lee
street and Avon avenue, of $6, and
will gladly receive any further sub
scriptions to the schoolbook fund that
may be sent in, and turn them over
to the proper authorities.
Damage Suit Follows
Flood in Warehouse
id that the last shot was fired
Godbee after she was shot and
he vas struggling to get up.
hen shot the last time, she
self-defense and hud no Intention of
harming his wife, why didn’t she say
so? She never until yesterday ex
pressed any regret for the deed."
Anderson concluded for the State
with a strong plea for conviction.
Dixon was th^ first speaker for the
defense He recited the sufferings
which Mrs. Godbeo hud endured,
spoke of the threat against her life
made by Judge Godbee and told the
jury that the defendant had told a
plain, straightforward story to the
jury and deserved an acquittal
Defense Ridicules Plot Story.
Dixon ridiculed the idea of Mrs.
Godbee, the defendant, telling Mrs.
Spader that she had hired a negro to
kill Judge Godbee and his wife; that
she would have to have been a fool
nr a crazy woman to have done such
a thing.
He said that the defendant had no
intention of killing either Judge God
bee or his wife when she went to the
postoffice that morning; that Judge
Godbee called her a vile name there
and had sent her word beforehand
that he would kill her unless she left
Millen.
The attorney said that Judge God
bee was anxious to alienate his chil
dren from their mother, but they
stuck loyally to her. The defendant
was warned by her daughter "to
watch out for papa as he may kill
you." and that was the reason why
she was always prepared to protect
herself. On the morning of the shoot
ing. Judge Godbee, addicted to the
use of morphine, had a desperate
look. Dixon said, and made a motion
with his hand as if to draw a pistol
after he had Insulted the stayer. The
shooting of Mrs. Florence Godbee
was purely accidental, contended
Dixon, and anyone in the vicinity was
Just as likely to have been shot at
that time as the bride.
In conclusion, Dixon said that he
confidently expected a verdict of not
guilty.
Defense Shows Hand.
W H. Davis, the second speaker for
the State, stated at the outset that
he wanted to know the position of
the defense as to the law in the case
ing to gain for him the support of
Councilman A. R. Colcord. The ruo
came when it was found that Mr. Col
cord was pledged to Fred Lester. A
further complication set in with the
intimation from Alderman Spratling
that he was seeking the place.
Woodward Out for Lester.
Mayor Woodward w f as bitterly op
posed to Mr. Anderson being Aider-
man without opposition. He tipped
off Mr. Armistead and Mr. Armistead
paid his fee and announced he was in
the race to stay. In addition, Mayor
Woodward let it be known that he
was supporting Fred Lester for Po
lice Commission. The natural assump
tion is that Mr. Armistead also ’s
back of him, w'hich gives Mr. Lester
two of his three ward representatives.
According to Couneilmanlc prece
dent this should insure his election.
The Great Northern Paper Compa
ny brought suit in the Federal t ourt
Friday against the Morrow Transfer
Company for $.1,659.26 damages.
The suit is based on an allegation
of negligence in permitting a ware
house to be flooded in which the
plaintiff had $10,000 worth of paper
stored last January.
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i ne story or Mrs. Spader came near
the close of the night session. Judge
Hammond deciding on holding court
late In order to get the trial through
by Friday night. The witness was
nervous and trembling when she took
the stand. She had been asked only
i few questions before she was weep
ing unrestrainedly. When it came to
the cross-examination, the attorneys
for the defense found it a difficult
task to get a word from her between
her hysterical fobs. She collapsed
entirely as she whs led from the wit
ness stand and out of the courtroom.
Says Thug Was Hired.
She managed to say during the time
»he was on the stand that she had
boarded at the Godbee home for oome
time and that she was the chief oper-
| ator at the Millen telephone exchange
She testified that Mrs. Godbee, goad,
ed into a desperation by the taunts of
her former husband, had confided in
her that she had hired a negro thug
to kill both him and his new wife.
"She told me that she had endured
his persecutions to the point of mad
ness” said the witness, "and that she
was desperate. 1 did not give much
thought to the story at the time, as 1
did not think it peculiar that she
should talk in this wild way under the
circumstances "
Mrs. Godbee was on the witness
stand two hours. Her statement was
earnestly delivered and created un
I impression on the crowds attending
the trial. Many of the marital diffi
culties of Mrs. Godbee and her former
husband were well known here, but
she pitilessly bared the intimate de
tails of her life, telling of her unhap
piness as her trump card in her buttle
for freedom.
Mrs. Godbee told the jury that aft
er her marriage to Judge Godbee in
1887 she has known but few days of
happiness. She charged that her for
mer husband had robbed her and her
J brothers and sisters of their father’s
j estate; had killed her younger broth-
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threatened her with a revolver; that
she had discovered him in thefts of
letters from the post office at Perkins,
Gn . where he was postmaster for i
time, and finally, she said, he brought
to Atlanta and installed her in a
house that had once been an Immoral
resort. Later, she claims, he circu
lated reports that she was an immoral
woman and keeper of a resort.
Tells of Marriage.
"When my father died in 1886."
Mrs. Godbee said, "he left as execu
tors of his jotute my uncle and cousin.
Mr. Godbee came to look over my fa
ther's mercantile business and bought
it. He met me and called on me con
stantly. In July of 18S7 we were
married.
and succeeded in gaining control of
the plantations. My younger brother,
Jake, had trouble with Judge Godbee
over the property, and there was con
stant friction between the two.
“My mother died in 1889. Follow
ing her death our married life grew
more unhappy. He insisted upon be
ing made the administrator of my
mother’s property, and finally gained
control of it. My brother Jake was
ordered not to put his foot on tin
place. Judge Godbee’s treatment be
came almost unbearable. He threat
ened the life of Jake. One day Jake,
who was coming to the postoffice, was
ahot and killed by Judce Godbee. I»i
telling of the killing. Judge Godbee
said he had done it for my sake. He
would not let me go to the funeral or
see the body. 1 managed to obtain
$1,500 and gave it to him for his de
fense in his trial for Jake's murder."
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