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\ 1 .r 10 ai ir C b. nr r< w R u ti S' <1 a t) it x A t L IS GUILTY; SEEKS Jury Convicts MiIlen Divorcee, but Brings in Recommenda tion for Mercy. Continued from Page 1. 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 Wats. Tueeday. Thursday. Saturday The Season's Greatest Play THE CALL OF He HEART A Great Stage Production. 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 ETROIT 2 TRAINS DAILY Lm;12AM,5:10PM. O © Over Circulation! 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