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RICH MEXICAN BLAMES NEW YORK
BANKERS FOR HUERTA'S TROUBLES
P.AiriOl.O l?Ol)RJ< < EEX AM) IMS SONS. BARTOEO. .JK.. RAFAEL. .1 \ M ES
Declares She Shot Husband Be
cause She Thought That He
Was Reaching for Gun.
Continued from Page ».
i..e pitilessly bared the intimate de-
ails oi her life, telling of her unhap-
• news at* her trump card in her battle
or Treed om.
Mrc. Godbee told the Jury that nft-
•r her marriage to Judge Godbee in
.887 she has known but few days of
happiness. She charged that her for
mer husbend had robbed her and her
brothers and aietera of their father’s
• .state; had killed her younger broth
er, Jake Perkins, and em-aped without
punishment; had choked and slapped
.er, and struck her with hia flt.t, and
hreatened her wltii a revolver; that
sue had diecovered him in thefts of
etters from the pootofflee at Perkins.
• ie., where he was postmaster for a
•me. and finally, she aaid. he brought
to Atlanta and installed her in h
ouse that had -once been an immoral
lesoit. Later, she claims, he circu
ited reports that she was an Immoral
woman and keeper of h reeari
Tells of Marriage.
When my father died in 1886,"
v/ra. Godbee iwid, "he left aw execu-
lors of his state my uncle and cousin.
Air. Godbee came to look over my fa
ther’s mercantile business and bought
He met me and called on me con
stantly. In July of 1887 we were
married.
‘ A few months later he began try
ing to get hold of my father’s estate,
and succeeded in griming control "f
the plantations. My younger brother,
fake, 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 Ueuth our married life grew
more unhappy. He Insisted upon bo
ng made the administrator of iny
mother's property, and finally gained
ontrol of it. My brother Jake was
ordered not to put his foot on ths
place. Judge God bee’s treatment b«-
• amc.* almost unbearable. He threat
ened the life of Jake. One day Jake,
who was coming to the postoffice, wa»
ehot and killed by* Judge Godbee. In
telling of the killing. Judge Godbee
said he had done it for my sake. He
would not let me go to the funeral or
ae the body. I rnanuged to obtai.i |
*1,600 and gave it to him for hia de- |
Tense in his trial for Jake’s muTder.”
Airs. Godbee. told the Jury that!
-Portly after the killing of her young-
-r brother Judge G-odbee took $2,000 I
.>r her money’ and bought a hotel in j
Milieu, where they lived a y ear, Sh- ,
-aid they separated during t*liat tlmu j
because Judge Godbee started a scan- \
dal to obtain possession of the hotel
property. It was settled by’ Mrs. <K>d- I
i»ec signing a deed of the properiv
mining it over to her husband.
Worked as Housekeeper
She told of their reconciliation |
:ew months later, ui the request of
her husband’s relatives, and declared ;
that she was forced to work In the j
mtel at housekeeper’s wages of $10 a 1
month.
One morning, Mrs. Godbee said, rue ,
, woke to find her husband bending j
over her with a revolver In his hand. .
Shortly after this they separated and
were estranged for three years. Bo- :
• oming reconciled, she said he
brought het to Atlanta find estno-
ished her in a house at No. 398 Pied- ;
mont avenue, which si” said had \
bad reputation. She charged that ;
while in Atlanta he failed to properly I
provide for her, forcing lied to run I
the household on less than $4.30 0 ,
week.
Svme time later they returned ;o
Millen, where, she says Judge God-
i>ee became addicted to morphine. SIk*
ilien divorced him and asserted that
ite continued to annoy her and circu
late reports about her character. Attc ,’
ludge Godbee and his bride came iu
Milieu Mrs. Godbee saUi she got niut
anonymous letters threatening he*
ife unless she left the town.
Airs. Godbee told the jury that even
after Judge Godbee came to Milieu
with hia new wife he annoyed her and
persecuted her Slie said she shot he.'
former h us stand because he called her
a vile name as she came out of tho
postoffice only a day after he had told
his daughter. Sarah Godbee, that hef
mother was only a common woman of
he streets
The trial of >'i>. Godbee aroused
the public to a higher pitch of ex
citement than any other case In
years. The courtroom was crowded
to its capacity as she was making
her impressive statement, and when
court reconvened in the evening the
s . fine was duplicated.
Slain Girl’s Mother Weeps,
v pathetic figure at the trial was
uat of the slain girl's mother, Mrs.
M. B. Boyer, of Williamsport, Pa. She
burst into tear* during one part of
Mrs. God bee's recital, ana could not
be comforted. Many women were in
he courtroom throughout the day. In
act, they exceeded the men in num
ber
*
# v as told L> Mis* Maude Barnwell.
;c young assistant at the postofllce.
who 'va.fe present ana r witness of Lh#
r.Mgedy She lest idea that Mrs. God
bee fireu the last shot into the body
f j£ige Godbee’s bride,
ka c2: ~ ay mad*' tc» ehske lid
to day s market opening Wool Trade Discounts
Effect of Tariff Bill
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Stock flotations to 10 a.
ciflo..
and I.
Kidnaping by Friends, Enemies
and Canada Feared—Contin
uation of Case Expected
COLKBHUuK. X. H., Sept. 12.——
: Thirty guards, all hetivily armed,
guarded Harry K. Thaw, the human
■ shuttlecock, when he was taken from
I the Munadnock House to-day' for :ir-
• ralgnment before Justice of the Peace
I Carr on the charge of being a fugitive
from justice. Bei’oie Justice Carr
called the case attorneys representing I
Thaw and Coos County said that an J
agreement had been reached by which ;
the case would be continued.
On account of the threats made by i
Thaw’s friends to kidnap him and ;
carry him out of this State and on |
account of Thaw’s own fears that lie ;
would be seized by Captain John
Lanyon, a deputy keeper at Mat- ,
tea wan, and hurried back to Dutchess !
I County, New York, Sheriff H >lman
i Drew and Chief of Police Charles
; Kelly each contributed to the guard, j
STOCK-
Atrial. Copper.
Am. Beet Sug.
American Can
Am. T.-T
B. H. T
Can. I
Colo, i
Interboro ...
do. pref. ..
Mo. Pacific...
N. Y. Central.
North. Pacific
Pennsylvania.
Peo. Gas Co..
Reading
Rock Island..
So. Pacific....
So. Railway..
Union Pacific.
U. S. Steel....
Utah Copepr..
V. -Car. Cham.
High. Lo
10 Prev
A.M. Close
Bt )STO;
trade aho
Sept.
35
180 v*
32%
02%
30%
96%
. 112%
112%
1241
16 J *
130 T £
891 „
•
32%
16
0-%
30%
96 V*
11.2 VJ
112%
12*4%
1«1%
17%
24 V*
lo 4 %
68%
56%
34
154 %
68%
29%
35
130%
89 %
224%
32%
16
62%
30%
96%
112%
112%
124%
161%
24%
J 64%
68%
56
34
34%
130%
88%
224
32%
16%
62%
111%
124%
161 %
24%
154
63 Va
55%
31%
12.—Tiie local wool
*nly mild interest In the
j passage of the new tariff bill by' the
! Senate. It is felt that most of the pos
sible effect of the bill has already
I been dis oiinted, though It is admitted
I that u failure finally t" tix the date
i for Schedule. K in accordance with -the
Senate provisions would work some
I hardship Total sales of wool the pas’
i week are estimated at somewhat mor*
than 3,000,000 pounds. Prices are not
materially changed. Territory wools
I have been fairly active, but fleeces am
I foreign wools are Quiet.
Receipts'll! pounds for the week end
ed and Including Wednesday were as
| follows:
n 13. 1912.
Domestic 5.602 350 .3.437.97;
Foreign 2,012.516 2,11.7,05 1
! Totals 7.614.866 10,665.O'..
Total receipts < f 7.6! 4.866 poumi'S
[compared with 7,115.454 the preceding
i week, of which 6,933,808 were domestic.
Receipts in pounds from and including
‘ January 1, 1913, as compared with the
| corresponding period in 1912. were a>
follows:
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Domestic
Foreign .
1912.
. .129.127 779
. . 48.170,068
1912.
J 97,987.87
100,761,46
Futures opened quiet and steady.
September
Sept.-Oct.
< )ct.-Nov.
Nov.-Dec. ,
Deo.-Jan.
Jan .-Feb.
Feb.-Mar.
Mar.-April
A pril-Ma; .
May-June.
June-July .
July-Ajag.
Opening
Range 2
7.05%-1.05
6.92 -6.92%
6.87 -6.86%
6.82 -6.8<.’%
6.81%-6.80%
6.82 -6.80%
6.82
6.83 -G.82%
6.83 % -6.84 %
6.81 -6 80
P. M.
7.04
6.91 %
6.85%
6.79
6.79
6.79%
6.80
6.80
6.82%
6.81
6.80
6.79
Prev.
Close
7.13%
7.02
6.96
6.89 V* 1
6.89%
6.90
6.90%
6.91%
6.91 V£
6.91 1 »
6.89%
6.87*'•
Totals 177,297,847 298,749.334
iMEW YORK COTTON.
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS
| I | |First! Prev.
i Open (High! Low ICall I Close
Sept. . . . 12.89 12.89 1 12.89 ! 12.89 12.96-97
Oct. . . . 12.85'12.85112.83il2.85112.97-9k
Nov. . . . ' 12.88-90
Dec. ■ 10 i- 80 12.75 '.2.77 12.89-90
Jar. . . . 12.67 12.67|l2.65 12.66 12.79-80
Feb 12.80-80
Mar. . . . 12.74)12.77112.74 12.77112.89-90
Mav . . . 12.81 12.83 i2.8t 12.83 12.95-96
Tune 12.97-99
July . . . 12.84 12.84112.84}12.84112.98-90
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
LIVERPOOL Sept. 12.—Due 3% to !
4% points lower, this market opened :
] steady 8 to 9 points lower. At 12:15 j
p. m., the market was quiet 7 to 9%
j points low'er. Later the market declined '
1% points from 12:15 j*. m.
Spot cotton 12 points lower; middling j
7.69d: sales 8.000 bales, including 7,200 ;
American.
B. F. Hutton & Co.: Further reces
sions are not unlikely, but we would
not follow the decline; in fact, would
rather prefer purchases on good breaks.
Logan & Bryan: Whiie prices may
react further, we do not feci disposed to
encourage sales at these prices. I Sept.
Sternberger, Sinn & Co.: On good de- : P ct
dines we favor the long side
the
Miller & Co.: At the moment .... ,
market contends with the elimination of . G G
the short interest and the lack of spec- Fy-”.-
ulative buying. We. however, consider , *'{*“■
the market a bull proposition.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
I 1 .Firstl Prev.
•Open KighlLow Call.I Close
1 12.6 4112.6 5! 12.6 4 1 12.65 i 12.7 8 - 7 9
| 12.84-86
1 12.78|12.78|l2.77ll2.78; 12.87-88
12.80 12.82112.80! 12.82! 12.90-9 J
| 12.87-89
12 9lil2.9lil2.91il2.91 13.00-01
13.00 72.00 12.99 12.99 13.09-10
Nov.
Dec. .
testimony to bear «»ut the statement
of the defendant that the killing of
the young woman was accidental and
occurred merely because she got in
the range of the bullets that were in
tended l’oi her former husband.
Mir Barnwell insisted, howevei.
that the infuriated woman not only
fired the first shot into the body of
the young Mrs. Godbee. hut that,
after both her victims imd fallen to
tiie iloov. she had reached over the
body of Judge Godbee and sent an
other bullet into the body of her
yonnger riv.l.
Mrs. Warren Daniel, whose resi
dence is directly across the street
from the * sene of the shooting, sup
ported the testimony of Miss Barn
well. It was impossible for the at
torneys l’or the defense to shake her
testimony in the least.
Bank Clerk Tells of Tragedy.
T. W. Anderson, clerk in the Jen-
Jins County Bank, testified to the
same effect, declaring that he saw
the bodies of the young Mrs. Godbeo
and her husband fall out of the post-
office door as he was standing 111 the
doorway of the bank. He said that
he saw Mrs. Florence Godbee, tiie
young wife, trying to i ise, and then
I saw the divorced woman loan over
her ami fire another bullet into her
! body’.
The State tailed Rosa Bartley, «
: negro servant girl, to establish the di-
i vorced Mrs. Godbee's feeling toward
1 the young Woman who iiad supplant-
I ed her. The negiess said that she
had heard Mrs.* Godbee remark that
some day’ when she met Mis. Flor
ence Godbee on the treet she would
slap her lace and show her who sh*»
I was.
[ The Stale and t lie* Prosecution
! tested their cases at 9:80 in theeven-
i ing. Judge Hammond was desirous
’that tiio lawyers make their argu-
| ments and send the case to the Jury
[before court adjourned, but several*of
; the attorney s declared they were too
i fatigued
Mississippi’s Richest
Planter Weds Nurse
MEMPHIS. Sept. 12.—Love at first
i sight three weeks ago led to the mar-
• riage here Friday’ in the Peabody
| Hotel of M. C. Gatlin, of Walls. Miss.,
, reputed to be the wealthiest planter
| in that State, and Miss Bettic Verger.
| a trained nurse of Greenville. Miss.
They met in August through letters
t written by Mrs. John Stansell, cousin
j of the bride and a friend of Gatlin.
Sanitary Troughs
For Horses Urged
I • LEVF.LA ND. Pept. 1—Ullrich
Richter, a contractor, has asked that
sanitary drinking caps be provided
for horses to prevent poisoning by
,drinklng from stag nan: water
, troughs
The new drinking cups will be ar
ranged so that the water will run
through them with such force ae to
■ keep thopn elggr
Says 11 is (’ountrymen (Yuisider Wilson Crazv-
11 ore to Put Sons in Military College.
Ciuti’grng Uml the bankers of New
York City are behind Yhe present
trouble in Mexico, and that the Mex
ican people consider President Wood-
row Wilson of the United States
crazy a man as Francisco I. Madero,”
and a tool in the hands of the great
American financial interests, Bartolo
l>o.lriguez. a wealthy landowner and
ranchman of Tampico. Vera Cruz,
Mexico, who is in Atlanta io put his
three sons in the Georgia Military
Academy, told an interesting story
Friday morning of conditions in the
southern republic.
Mr. Rodriguez declared emphati
cally that reports emanating from
Mexico are garbled and distorted. He
declares that, with the exception of
roving bands of Constitutionalists and
followers of Zapata. Mexico is quiet.
"If it had not been for the bankers
and financial interests of New York
City," Mr. Rodriguez said, "the trou
ble in Mexico would have been over
long age*.
* lt is these same big bankers, de
sirous of controlling the country and
grabbing all the vast resources of the
republic* who have caused the trou
ble.
"It was they who caused the send
ing of the special envoy, John Lind,
to Mexico City t«» bulldoze President
j H uerto; it was they who caused the
garbled and distorted reports of con
ditions in my country to b€
I throughout the United States: it was
they who tried to induce your Presi
dent to send the American army into
j my country; and they' were behind
j the proclamation issued by’ President
Wilson asking Americans to leave the
countr
as Francisco Madero ever was. They
regard him as a tool—an unwilling
tool, perhaps, and an unknowing tool,
but a tool, nevertheless—in the hands
of the New York banking interests.
"There is not now and there never
has been, any necessity for American
interference in Mexico. There is ont
a 'situation' to cope with. Mexico
is as orderly o« the United States.
"It is true ther was rebellion when
Purfiro Diaz was ejected from the
country, and when the insane Madero
was dethroned by General Huerta.
"But now the Huerta government
is established; it has control of the
great public utilities; the railroads
are running all. over the republic and
all of the States are under the con
trol of the Government.
"It is true that there are roving
bands of highwaymen and robbers,
called Constitutionalists and Zapa
tista. But does not your United States
have robbers and highwaymen? Tho
Constitutionalists and the Zapatists,
for all their high-sounding names, oc
cupy the same plane in Mexico that
your bands of burglars and thieves
occupy in the United States.
"President Iluerta is one of the
most maligned men in the world. He
has been lied about In America be
cause he will not bow down to the
New York bankers and let them con
trol our country,
pread | "The Mexican people consider Pres
ident Huerta somewhat in the light
that Americans consider George
Washington. He rescued the republic
from almost certain ruin. He has
been handicapped by' your President
Wilson and your Mr. Lind but even
with their interference he has done
Their reasons for trying to stir up j wonders for Mexico,
a war between the United States and
Mexico can be plainly seen by any
one who will take the trouble to look.
Mexico is one of the richest countries
on earth in natural resources that
need only development. Thousands
o fAmericans have invested their cap
ital in my country, and are making
fortunes.
"The control of many of the great
industries slipped from the hands of
"American newspapers have print
ed much about the demands of your
President Wilson and your Mr. Lind
that President Huerta shall not be a
candidate in the coming elections. The
Mexican people know, and have al
ways known, that he has never in
tended to be a candidate
"There is only one man in Mexico
who has the approval of all faction 0
and who can bo elected President.
the financial interests of New York, j That man is Felix Diaz
and they started the trouble. To
frighten Americans into selling out
their holdings and leaving Mexican
industries in their control; and to
prevent any more Americans from
going into the country.
“You ask me what the people of
Mexico think of your President,
Woodrow Wilson. If 1 am placed in
jail for uttering it 1 must speak the
truth. Francisco I. Madero was de
throned president of Mexico be
cause the people of Mexico did not
want him They regarded him as an
irresponsible man. crazy man in
the control of the America
interests.
"Americans who live in Mexico did
not approve of the orders of President
Wilson that they leave the republic.
They laughed at him. There was
never any reason . why they should
leave Mexico, Americans are in no
more danger in my country than ther
would be in their own, and in most
cases are in less danger.
"It is perhaps true that Americans
have been killed in Mexico. Does
anyone expect thousands of them to
live in a country and never get oi
trouble, when they are of alt classes 7
Are not Mexicans Killed In tee Unite .
, i _ *
mancial j States . ^
"In my own cit> of Tampico, a c&y
tentative members of the American
colony went to the United States Con
sul and told him they did not. ap
prove of President Wilson’s action In
attempting to interfere with Mexi
can affairs.
"Not an American of the better
class left Tampico during the trouble,
and but very few Americans left the
entire republic. The only Americans
who left Mexico and who took ad
vantage of the American offer of free
transportation were the bums and the
loafers, who seized the chance to get
back home for nothing.
"To start a war with Mexico would
be the worst thing the United States
could do. It would embarrass thou
sands of Americans who are living
happily and making money in my
country.
‘No nation is more friendly toward
the United States than is Mexico, and
I do not think there will ever be any
necessity for America to send an
army across the border."
Besides his three sons, Bartoio. Jr.,
Rafael apd James, Mr. Rodriguez
was accompanied to Atlanta by An
tonio Ohlrlnos and his two sons, Se-
varo and Porfirio, also of Tampico,
who will also enter the Georgia Mil
itary Academy.
Ills own action in sending his boys
to America to be educated and tho
fact that the majority of the wealthy
citizens of Mexico send their sons to
this country' instead of to Europe, Mr.
Rodriguez declares, is proof that the
better class of Mexicans entertain
nothing but friendly feeling for Amer
ica.
Tampico, where Mr. Rodriguez has
extensive business interests, and near
which is located his large cattle ranch,
is one of tiie largest cities in Mex
ico. It is located on the Gulf, in the
•State of Vera Cruz, and is one of the
greatest oil-producing points in the
world.
Mr. Rodriguez says $30U,OOU,OOU is
invested by 62 companies in oil w’ells
and equipment, most of which is con
trolled by Americans. The wells yield
on an average 110,000 barrels of
crude petroleum a day.
The great Comic Section 'of
The Sunday American will keep
you in yood humor all week. All
your favorites, all doing funny
stunts. Order your paper now.
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Saturday and Monday
The supreme value-giving' effort of our ca
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Most remarkable bargains in high-grade wa
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Saturday and Monday at this wtoi\
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$8.00 Slip-Ons at
Styles for men and women in excel
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$25 Gabardines
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$12.99
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