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-d a last kies upon her lip« and rose
*o her feet, gazing calmly at the Jury.
I am ready,’* »he aald.
Still Expects Liberty.
Silence fell over the crowded oourt-
00m ai the convicted woman was
ed to the doors. The crowd outside,
sensing the dramatic touch given to
the trial was as silent as the grave
while Mrs. Oodbee entered an auto-
noblle that was waiting. She was
followed to the jail by a number of
her friends, many of them prominent
in Millen society. As the gates
langed behind her. her only words
were:
‘Til be freed in the long run.'
The daughter. Miss Sarah God bee,
remained In the courtroom for sev
eral moments before she recovered
from the nervous terror into which
rhe announcement of the verdict had
thrown her. She was then taken
from the courthouse by friends and
to her home.
The verdict was the climax of Jen
kins county's most dramatic murder
trial. A crowd of more than 1,000
persons gathered at the courthouse
at 8:30 o'clock, drawhi by a rumor
that the jury had reached a verdict
during the night. It was disclosed,
however, that the verdict was not ar
rived at until the twelve men re
turned to tho courthouse, one man
naving held out all night Tor 11 lesser
penalty.
The Jury entered the courtroom at
9:15 o’clock. The crowd had been
augmented until nearly 2,000 peoplo
thronged the courthouse and the side
walk outside. Within one minute
after they took their seats, the fore
man of the Jury rose and announced
the verdict. Judge Hammond imme
diately pronounced sentence.
The verdict had been expected late I
Iasi night, but the Jurors failed to
come to an agreement. At 10 o’clock
Judge H. C. Hammond told the ex- ;
pectant crowd that filled every avail
able foot of space in the courthouse
♦hat the Jury was hung and that there |
would be no verdict, until later.
Big Crowd Gathers Early.
Disappointed, the hundreds of peo
pie left the courthouse and the
grounds and went to their homes.
This morning the interest and ajixiety
were exactly as keen. Early in the
morning crowds began to congregate
on the street and near the court
house. At the regular time for con
vening the little room was packed full
again.
Mrs. Godbee, seeming to feel little
•f the weight of the accusation of
killing her divorced husband, Judge
Godbee, and his young wife, was
hopeful through all the time she was
awaiting the verdict. She talked
• •heerfully with friends who came to
her side to speak to her.
“I shall be acquitted," she said con
fidently. "1 shall be free before flat-
irday night, and I shall be in church
Sunday. The members of the Jury
must see that I was justified In kill
ing Judge Godbee. He had perse-
uted me and threatened me. 1 was
afraid when I saw him August 18
That he was going to carry out his
threat to shoot me.
Makes Self-Defense Plea.
He called me a vile name and
atarted toward me. In my terror and
desperation 1 simply pulled the re
volver which 1 carried for my pro
tection and shot at him until the
bullets were exhausted. T did not
shoot at his young wife. I did not
realize that I had hit her until after
he horror of the thing had passed
away a little. I did It all In eelf-
uefenae and desperation. Surely that
is not a crime.”
An eloquent plea in behalf of the
accused woman was made by Judge
F. A. Saffold yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Godbee and scores of other
women about the courtroom broke in
to tears when her attorney dramat
ically implored the jurors not to take
his client away from her daughter,
who would be left with no one to care
for her.
He pictured in bitter words the ai-
eged conduct, of Judge Godbee to
ward his former wife. He related in
stances of persecution, of threats arid
of vilification. He asked if there
were any woman who would not have
been goaded to desperation by such
persistent humiliation and who would
not have been in fear of her life in
view of the constant threats that
were made against her.
Brands Judge as Greedy,
baffold represented Judge Godbee
as greedy and heartless, as a man
who would stop at nothing for the
sake of obtaining money and luxuries
for himself.
He pictured Mrs. Godbee as a lov-
ng wife who had borne the judge’s
persecutions for years and had given
him possession of piece after piece
of property in the hopes of keeping
his love and making him independent
The attorney declared that she went
nack to him time after time after her
.lusband had driven her from home
by his ill-treatment, and that, finally,
when ti had obtained all her money,
ie iher off and married a young
er woman.
Godbee aspired to greed and
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| That they expected to put their |
hands upon the man responsible for j
1 the big $72,000 robbery from the j
Southern and Adams Express Com- j
panies within a few hours was th*» j
I confident statement this morning of
General Manager J. B. Hockaday and
i Harry Scott, of Atlanta.
; The finding of the missing way bill,
they said, had given them the clew
that they needed to uncover the dar
ing thief. The way bill covered the
shipment of the $72,000 from the
Chase National Bank in New York
! to Savannah, Valdosta and Bruns
wick banks. It had been myste
riously missing after the disappear
ance of the money was discovered. Its
finding was the last thing to make
the evidence complete.
Net Tightening.
Either the last man whose signa
ture is on it or the one whose slg-
J nature immediately preceded it must
i account for the money, according to
I Detective Scott and Manager Hocka-
1 day. The net is tightening around
I the guilty man and the detectives are
j prepared to make an arrest at any
moment.
Immediately upon the finding of the
way bill, the company from its
agency in Savannah sent a long dis
patch to the officers at New York.
Jersey City and Washington. The
lightning is expected to strike at one
of these three places.
It is believed that the detectives
know' exactly the man who took'the
money, but are waiting for his arrest
before disclosing his identity.
Barry Believes Robbery
I Occurred in Jersey City.
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Robert E. Barrs', United States
Postoffice Inspector, one of the best-
known criminologists and efficient
detectives in the Government ser
vice, declared Saturday morning that
it wa« his opinion that the $72,000
Southern Express robbery occurred in
Jersey City.
“Of course,” said Mr. Barry, "the
money may have been stolen in tran
sit, but I rather think that such is
not the case. The yeggs w'ho pulled
off the job without a doubt are pro
fessionals and they evidently planned
the crime some days ahead, waiting
for the safe to be shipped.
‘ The thieves knew that the money
would not be missed until the safe
370,000 Rail Men to
Seek Wage Increase
MILWAUKEE* Sept. 13.-—Officers
of four labor unions, representing
370,000 railroad employees, will meet
here about October 16 to plan ft gen
eral move for higher wages and im
proved working conditions. The
unions are the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Firemen, Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and the Order of
Railway Conductors.
The meeting here will be prelimi
nary to independent action by each
organization
Bakeshop Spooners’
Paradise, Employee
Tells Police Judge
Carolina Convict
Scandal Unearthed
Big Damage Verdict
Returned in Chester
CHESTER, S. C., Sept. 13.—Papers
have been served on the Lancaster
and Chester Railway in a suit for
damages thought by the Savannah
National Bank for $11,600, growing
out of a shipment of cotton linters.
The biggest award of damages ever
made by a jury in the Lenoir section
of the Carolinas was that in the case
of E. C. Greeb against the Wautauga
and Yadkin River Railroad, tried at
Boone this week. A verdict for $10,-
000 was given Green.
A rendezvous of kissers has been
found that seems to be safe from the
spying eyes of the "vice squad!"
Victor Zakas, a baker of No. 14
Mills street, told Judge Broyles Sat
urday morning that this spooners’
paradise is at No. 261 Peachtree
street, where Andrew Zakas has a
bakeshop. Zakas said the sweet
hearts of the bakers, afraid to speak
to their lovers on the streets, come
to the bakeshop and “do so much
hugging and kissing the bakers
haven’t time to do much work."
The story of the kisses came out
during the trial of Zakas’ wife, Mrs.
Janie Zakas. who berated her hus
band in front of the bakery Friday
night because she thought he was
doing some of the kissing Judge
Broyles fined her $15.75.
RALEIGH, N. C., Sept. 18.—As the
result of disclosures at a Wake
County convict camp, S. L. Lee, camp
supervisor, was indicted to-day for
falling to provide proper quarters for
his men and for cruelty to animals.
W. L, Wiggs, general road supervisor,
was indicted in connection with im
proper quarters.
J. M. Nipper and Jim Johnson,
guards, were placed on trial Thurs
day for assaulting convicts. The
Grand Jury also took cognizance of
the fact that the county allows
prisoners only 20 cents a day in work
ing out costs, and asked the County
Commissioners to make a change.
was opened by the parties to whom
it was consigned. They figured that
Savannah was a considerable dis
tance from New York and that they •
would have plenty of time to make
their get-away.
"Southern Express Company detec
tives are most efficient and know' just
what agents handled the safe, there
fore by a process of elimination and
deduction they can readily place un
der suspicion the guilty man and if 1
the man or men have not made a
clean get-away I am more than con
fident that they vcill be apprehended j
In a comparatively short time.”
Toximeter’ Gauges
Stage of Intoxication
TO MANUFACTURE BENZOL.
BIRMINGHAM. Sept. 13.—Benzol
will be manufactured In the Birming
ham District by the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad Company, subsid
iary organization of the United
States Steel Corporation, according to
a statement made here to-dav
‘Wriggles’ Imperil
U. S,, Says Princess
Negro Saved From
Kentucky Lynchers
LEXINGTON, Sept. 13. A mob
formed to-day at Nicholasville. Kv.,
to lynch Joseph Lewis, the alleged
assailant of a prominent white worn
an late yesterday.
Lewis was brought to jail here for
safe keeping. He denies his guilt.
27 DIVORCES IN 3 DAYS.
CHARLESTON. MISS.. Sept. 13.—
Chancellor M. E. Denton granted 27
divorces in three days’ session of
court Six white and 21 negro cou
ples were liberated from matrimonial
bondage.
money, Mrs. Godbee to love and hap
piness. The two ambitions were dis
astrously incompatible,” he said.
Bullet Holes Tell Tale.
"It was Just a question of the tw’o
inimical natures that caused that af
fair at the postofllce. The woman
who was persecuted and oppressed
slew the man who persecuted and
oppressed her. And the bullet holes
in his body tell the tale. They show’
he was shot In advancing upon her."
Solicitor General Moore s closing
address was a bitter attack upon the
laxity of the courts in homicide cas^s
where a woman is the defendant. H;
demanded that Mrs Godbee be made
to pay the penalty as though she were
a man. He said that the law made no j
distinction and that none should ex
ist He described the killing as a
brutal **id cold-blooded murder, and
said that the punishment should be
the same tor a woman as fur a man. 1
NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—“The tur
key trot, the tango and the bunny
hug constitute a great national men
ace in the United States,” de
clared Princess Lowenstein-YVorthein,
daughter of the fourth Earl of Mex-
borough, as she sailed to-day for
home.
“The so-called dances are de
structive of young girls’ morals,”
continued the prlncest*.
The princess predicted that Con
gress would soon turn from such tri
vial things ;ws th'e tariff to American
"wriggles.’’
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—Now comes
science with the only guaranteed
method of determining w hether a man
Is drunk. It is the ‘‘toximeter.’’
It is an invention of a German, Dr.
Schweisheimer. With the new motor
a scientist can tell not only whether
on.- is drunk, but the degree of in
toxication. The secret of the "toxi-
meter" can be found in Dr. Schwei-
iihelmer’s well-known work entitled
“Her Alkeholgehalt des Blutes Unter
Verschiedenen Bedingungen.
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system. Adv.
Vesper Services to
Be Held atY.W.C. A,
THE ATLANTA
Matinee To-day 2:30
To-night 8:15
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Edison Told Never to
Take Vacation Again
WEST ORANGE, N. J . Sept. 13 —
Thomas A. Edison, who i» ill at his
home here, has been ordered by his
physician never to take another vaca
tion. He has been ordered to remain
away from his laboratory two weeks
to recuperate from his recent fort
night in New England.
it was Mr. Edison's first vacation in
eight years, and according to the doc
tor. the aged* inventor is more fa
tigued from Ms holidays than he ever
was from working twenty hours a
day.
Special vesper services will be held
at 5 o’lcock Sunday afternoon at the
new headquarters of the Atlanta
Young Women’s Christian Associa
tion, No. 16 East Ellis street. The
Rev. A. M. Hughlett will make a short
talk, and Miss Furlow Anderson, a
graduate of the New York Conserva
tory of Music, will sing
Vesper services w r ill be held at the
headquarters every Sunday afternoon.
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WORLD'S GREATEST TURKEY
TROTTERS.
Frank Ine*
HALE and PATTERSON
LYDIA BARRY
Delmore and Lee; Doris Wilson
and Company, and others.
SHELL “LORGNONS”
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A short-handled Lorgnette or
“Ixtrgnon," the latest thing for
shopping tours. In gold, silver
and shell, at John L. Moore &
Pons, 42 North Broad street.
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Matinee Prices, 16c, 35c.
Night Prices, 15c, 50c.
Hill Will Be Host to
360 on 75th Birthday
ST PAUL. MINN. Sept. 13 —
James J. Hill will entertain 360 mem
bers of the Veterans' Association of
the Great Northern Railway at Gla
cier Park. Mont., on his 75th birthday,
September Ik
Burlesque, Columbia
Theater, Monday 7:30 p. m. j
NEXT I VOIP MATINEES—TUES.,
WEEK Lll,,u THURS., SAT
ARTHUR C. AISTON PRESENTS
ESTHA WILLIAMS
In Owen Davis' Startling Play
“A MAN’S GAME
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SAVANNAH BANK GETS FUNDS.
SAVANNAH. Sept. 13. The Na
tional Bank of Savannah to-day re
ceived its first allotment. $150,000. of
the Government crop moving fund.
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