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GUILTY; SEEKS
Jury Convicts MiIlen Divorcee,
but Brings in Recommenda
tion for Mercy.
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a last kiw upon her lip* and rose
To her feet, gazing calmly at the jury.
I am ready," she said.
Still Expect* Liberty.
Silence fell over the crowded court-
oom as the convicted woman was
ed to the doors. The crowd outside,
sensing the dramatic touch given to
he trial was as silent as the grave
while Mrs. Oodbee entered an auto
mobile that was waiting. She was
'ollowed to the Jail by a number of
her friends, many of them prominent
n Mlllen society Aa the gates
langed behind her. her only words
were:
Til be freed in the long run.'
'Phe daughter. Miss Sarah Godbef*.
remained in the courtroom for sev-
-«ral moments before phe recovered
Torn the nervous terror into which
he announcement of the verdict had
thrown her. She wap then taken
from the courthouse by friends and
to her home.
The verdict was the climax of Jen-
Kina county’s most dramatic murder
trial. A crowd of more than 1,000
persons gathered at the courthouse
at 8:30 o’clock, drawn by a rumor
♦hat 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-
umed to the courthouse, one man
having held out all night for a lesser
penalty.
The jury entered the courtroom at
s:15 o’clock. The crowd had been
augmented until nearly 2,000 people
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
last 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
that the Jury wa« hung ajul that there
would be no verdict until later.
Big Crowd Gathers Early.
Disappointed, the hundreds of peo
ple left the courthouse and the
grounds and went to their homes.
This morning the interest and anxiety
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. Oodbee, seeming to feel little
of 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
cheerfully with friends who came to
her side to apeak to her.
I shall be acquitted," she said con
fidently. 'T shall be free before Sat
urday 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
cuted me and threatened me. 1 was
afraid when I saw him August 18
that he was going to carry out his
’hreat to shoot me.
Makes Self-Defense Plea.
He called me a vile name and
started toward me. In my terror and
desperation I simply pulled the re
volver which I carried for my pro
tection and shot at him until the
bullets were exhausted. 1 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 self-
defense and desperation. Surely that
is not a crime.”
An eloquent plea in behalf of the
accused woman was made by Judge
7. 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 caro
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 and
of vilification. He asked if there
\ere any woman who would not hav»-
>een goaded to desperation by such
ersistent humiliation and w ho would
not have been in fear of her life in
.-Jew of the constant threats that
.v'»re made against her.
Brands Judge as Greedy.
Scaffold represented Judge Godbee
is greedy and heartless, as a man
who would stop at nothing for the
■.ake of obtaining money and luxuries
for himself.
He pictured Mrs. Godbee as a lov-
,ng wife who had borne the Judge’s
•ersecutions for years and had given
him possession of piece after piece
tt property in the hopes of keeping
his love and making him independent.
The attorney declared that she went
>ack to him time after time after her
husband had driven her from home
»y his ill-treatment, and that, finally,
vhen he had obtained all her money,
ie cast her off and married a young-
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THE YODELERS
BILL if PROVE
v#pjrt*ht, ].< Int./national New«
OO LE L.A ME YOOOt)
S' OO lC LA Yoyo!
AH LE LA HE HEE
BLEW TO SOUL
BIG THEFT
That they expected to put iheir
hands upon the man responsible for
the big 372,000 robbery from the
Southern and Adams Express Com
panies within a few hours was the
confident statement this morning of
General Manager J. B. Hockaday and
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 372,000 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 sig
nature immediately preceded it must
account for the money, according to
Detective Scott and Manager Hocka-
day. The net is tightening around
the guilty man and the detectives are
i prepared to make an arrest at an3’
moment.
Immediately upon the finding of the
way bill, the company from it3
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
Occurred in Jersey City.
Robert E. Barry, United States
PostofTlce Inspector, one of the best-
known criminologists and efficient
detectives in the Government ser
vice, declared Saturday morning that
it was 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 who pulled
oiT the job without a doubt are pro
fessionals and they evident!;,' planned
the crime some days ahead, waiting
for the safe to be shipped.
"The thieves know 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 15 to plan a 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 ot
Railway Conductors.
The meeting here will be prelimi
nary to Independent action bv each
organization.
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 tfrought 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 ^GJreen.
Bakeshop Spooners’
Paradise, Employee
Tells Police Judge
Carolina Convict
Scandal Unearthed
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. 251 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 Zukus, who berated her hus
band in front of the bakery Friday
night because she thought he w r as
doing some of the kissing. Judge
Broyles fined her $15.75.
‘Wriggles’ Imperil
U. S., Says Princess
Negro Saved Prom
Kentucky Lynchers
LEXINGTON, Sept 13 A mob
formed to-day at Nlcholasville, K>\,
to lynch Joseph Lewis, the alleged
assailant of a prominent white wom
an late yesterday.
Lewis was brought to jail here for
sale keeping. He denies his guilt.
NEW YORK. Sept. 13.—"The tur
key trot, the tango and the bunny
hug constitute a great national men-
1 ace in the United States,” de-
| clared Princess Lowenstcin-\V anthem,
daughter of the fourth Earl of Mex-
borough, as* she stalled to-day for
home.
"The so-called dances are de
structive of young girls’ morals," I
RALEIGH, N. C„ Sept. 13.—As the
result of disclosures at a Wake
County convict camp, S. L. Lee, camp
supervisor, was indicted to-day for
failing to provide proper quarters for
his men and for cruelty to animals.
\Y. L, Wiggs, general road supervisor,
was indicted in connection with im
proper quarters.
J. M. Nipper and Jim Jphnson,
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.
‘Toximeter’ Gauges
Stage of Intoxication
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 inan and if
the man or meh have not made a
clean get-away I am more than con
fident that they will be apprehended
In a comparatively short time."
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.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—Now comes
science with the only guaranteed
method of determining whether 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
one is drunk, but the degree of in
toxication. The secret of the "toxi-
meter” cun be found In Dr. Schwel-
sheimer’s well-known work entitled
"Dor Alkeholgehalt des Blutes Untor
Versehiedenen Bedingungen.”
A NERVE TONIC
Sor*t»rd'« Acid Phosphate
Recommended for relief of insomnia, impaired
nerve force and fatigue. Invigorates the entire
system. Adv.
Vesper Services to
Be Held atY.W.C.A.
THE ATLANTA
Matinee To-day 2:30
To-night 8: IS
A Real Winning Show
The MERRY COUNTESS
Matinee 25c to $1. Night 25c to $1.50
27 DIVORCES IN 3 DAYS.
CHARLESTON. MISS.. Sept. 13.—
Chancellor M. IC. Denton granted 27
divorces In three days’ session of
court Six white and 21 negro cou
ples were liberated from matrimonial
bondage.
ie eggt hei
r w'oi.Vn
Godbee aspired
Greed
:'nd
money: Mrs. Godbee to love and hap
piness. The two ambitions were dis
astrously incompatible,’’ lie said.
Bullet Holes Tell Tale.
It was Just a question of the two
| inimical natures that caused that nf-
I fair at the postofflee. The woman
who was persecuted and oppressed
I slew the man who persecuted and
I oppressed her. And the bullet holes
| In his body tell the tale. They show
I he was shot in advancing upon her."
Solicitor General Moore’s closing
address was a bitter attack upon the
j laxity of the courts in homicide cas^s
where a woman is the defendant. H -
: demanded that Mrs. Godbee be mac. j
| to pay the penalty as though she were
a man. He said that the law made no
! distinction and that none should ex-
) ist He described the killing as i
I brutal and cold-blooded murder, md
said tha$- the punishment should by
I the aiik* ’• otnaii ms for a man.
continued the princess'.
The princess predicted that Con
gress would soon turn from such tri
vial things as the tariff to American
"wriggles.”
Edison Told Never to
Take Vacation Again
’ WEST ORANGE, N. J . Sept. 13.—
Thomas A. Edison, who is 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 lib laboratory two weeks
to recuperate from his iecent 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 Ids holidays than lie ever
was from working twenty hours a
Special vesper services will be held
at 5 oTcock 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 will he heid at the
headquarters every Sunday afternoon.
FORSYTH
Night et 8:30
WORLD’S GREATEST TURKEY
TROTTERS.
Frank Inez
HALE and PATTERSON
LYDIA BARRY
Delmore and Lee: Dori* Wilson
and Company, and others.
SHELL ‘‘LORGNONS’’
PARI SSTYLES DECREE
LYRIC
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The Season's Greatest Play
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Matinee Prices, 15c. 35c.
Night Prices, 15c, 50c.
A short-handled Lorgnette or
"Ixmgnofi.” the latest thing for
shopping tours. In gold, silver
and £hell, at John L. Moore &
Rons, 42 North Broad street.
day.
Hill Will Be Host to
360 on 75th Birthday
Burlesque, Columbia
Theater, Monday 7:30 p. m.
E T K lyric
tues..
THURS., SAT.
ARTHUR C. AISTON PRESENTS
ESTHA WILLIAMS
In Owen Davie’ Startling Play
“A MAN’S GAME"
ST PAUL, MINN., Sept 18.—
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 16.
SAVANNAH BANK GETS FUNDS.
SAVANNA1 IS V' ■ N -
tional Bank i»f Savannah to-day re
ceived its first allotment. $150,000. of
the Government crop moving fund
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