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ed a laat ki»s* upon her lips and rose
to her feet, gazing calmly at the Jury.
‘T am ready," she said.
Still Expects Liberty.
Silence fell over the crowded court
room as the convicted woman was
led to the doors. The crowd outside,
wenslng the dramatic touch given to
the trial was as allent as the grave
while Mrs. God bee entered an auto
mobile that was waiting. She was
followed to the Jail by a number of
her frienda, many of them prominent
in Millen society. As the gates
clanged 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
the 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, drawn by a rumor
that the Jury had reached a verdict
during the night. It was dtaclosed,
however, that the verdict was not ar
rived at until the twelve men re
turned to the courthouse, one man
having held out all night for a lesser
penalty.
The Jury entered the courtroom at
9:15 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 roae 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 was hung and 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. Godbee, 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 speak to her.
'I shall be acquitted," she said con
fidently. "I shall be free before Sat
urday night, and I shall be in church
Sunday. The members of the Jury
must see that 1 was justified in kill
ing Judge Godbee. He had perse
cuted me and threatened me. I 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
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
realise that 1 had hit her until after
the 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
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 al
leged conduct of Judge Godbee to
ward his former wife. He related in
stances of persecution, of threats and
of vilification. He asked if there
were any woman who would not have
been goaded to desperation by such
perpistent 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.
Saffold 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
ing 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
back to him time after time after her
husband had driven her from home
by his ill-treatment, and that, finally,
when he had obtained all her money,
he cast her off and married a young
er woman.
"Godbea aspired to *reed and
BILL if PROVE
CLEW TO SOLVE j
BIG THEFT
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way bill, the company from its
agency in Savannah sent a long dis
patch to the officers at New York. I
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
Postoffice 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 J rather think that such is
not the case. The yeggs who 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
was opened by the parties to whom
it was consigned. They flgnred 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
the man or men have not made a
clean get-away I am more than con
fident that they will be apprehended
in a comparatively short time."
370,000 Rail Men to
Seek Wage Increase
MILWAUKEE Sept. 13—Officers
of four labor unions, representing
870,000 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 of
Railway Conductors,
The meeting here will be prelimi
nary to independent action by 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 ljnters.
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. Oreeb against the Wautauga
and Yadkin River Railroad, tried at
Boone this week. A verdict for $10,-
000 was given Green.
Negro Saved From
Kentucky Lynchers
LEXINGTON, Sept. 13.—A mob
formed to-day at Nioholasvllle. Ky..
to lynch Joseph I^ewls, the alleged
assailant of a prominent white wom
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
ple* were liberated from matrimonial
bondage.
money: Mrs. Godbee to love and hap
piness. The two ambitions were dis
astrously incompatible,” he said.
Bullst Holes Tell Tale.
"It was Just a question of the two
inimical natures that caused that af
fair at the postoffice. 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 cases
where a woman Is the defendant. He
demande.! that Mrs. Godbee be made
to pay the penalty as though she were
a man. He said that the law made no
distinction and that none should ex
ist. Ho described the killing as a
brutal and cold-blooded murder, and
said that the punishment should be
the same for a woman as for a man.
Bakeshop Spooners'
Paradise, Employee
Tells Police Judge
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 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.
‘Wriggles' Imperil
U. S., Says Princess
NEW YORK. Sept. 13—"The tur
key trot, the tango and the bunny
hug constitute a great national men
ace in the United States,” de-
clured Princess Lowenstein-Worthein,
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 princess.
The princess predicted that Con
gress would soon turn from such tri
vial things a9 the tariff to American
“wriggles.”
Carolina Convict
Scandal Unearthed
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.
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.
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 his laboratory two weeks
to recuperate from his lecent 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 bis holidays than he ever
was from working twenty hours a
day.
‘Toximeter’ Gauges
Stage of Intoxication
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" can be found in Dr. Schwei-
shelmeTs well-known work entitled
"Der Alkeholgehalt des Blutes Unter
Verschledenen Bedtngungen."
Vesper Services to
Be Held atY.W.C. A.
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 will be held at the
headquarters every Sunday afternoon.
Hill Will Be Host to
360 on 75th Birthday
8T 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 16.
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.
SHELL “LORGNONS” j
PARI SSTYLES DECREE
A short-handled Lorgnette or i
"Lorrnon," the latest thing for j
shopping tours In gold, silver i
and shell, at John L. Moore & j
Sons. 4.' North Broad street.
‘Don't Gamble/ Says
King of Monte Carlo
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—Prince Albert
I, ruler of the principality of Mon
aco, the actual "King of Monte Car
lo,” was in Chicago to-day. The
prince of the tiny “Kingdom of
Chance" is on his way to Cody, Wyo.,
where he will meet Colonel William
F. Cody for a month’s hunting in the
Big Horn Basin and the American
Rockies.
"Americans had better keep their
money in their pockets and not risk
It on games of chance,” he said.
Mule, Like Railway,
Is Common Carrier
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 13.—That a
mule Is a "common carrier” in the
same sense as the greatest railroad
was the decision of the Franklin Cir
cuit Court in the suit of A. C. Byars
against a casualty company.
Byars held an accident policy in
suring him while riding on a "com
mon carrier." He was riding a mule
over a Kentucky mountain road
where mules are the regular medium
of transportation, when he was
thrown off and injured. He sued for
$153.
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