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1ATPRDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1913.
Copyright, 1906.
, By The Georgian Co.
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EDITION
MRS. GODBEE, GUILTY, SEEKS NEW TRIAL
LIFE TERM
MAYOR ATTACKS REVISED CHARTER
CONVICTED SLAYER
AND HER DAUGHTER
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YOUNG CANDLER DREW GIN, CONDUCTOR SAYS
MRS. EDNA PERKINS DODBKE
CASE FOR
Son ot Atlanta Capitalist Denies
Charge That He Flourished
Weapon.
Waiter T. Candler, of No. So Hurt
street, a teller in the Central Trust
and Bank Corporation and a son of
Asa G. Candler, will be given a hear
ing in Police Court on September 16.
charged with drawing a revolver and
threatening to shoot a street car oon-
ducto. during an argument at Broad
«nd Marietta streets late Friday aft
ernoon.
Mr. Candler was arrested and given
a copy of charges by Plainclothes Of
ficers Green and MoKibben shortly
after the occurrence, on complaint of
the. street car man. According to the
story the latter told the police, he
started to cross Marietta street at
Broad and narrowly escaped being
run down by ftjf. ^ftdler's automo
bile.
The conductor claims he told Mr.
Candler to look where he was going,
and asserts that Mr, Candler told him
to keep off the stteetff. One word led
to another, the street car man says,
and the quarrel became violent.
Conductor Reports to Police.
After a few mihutes. the srr^et car
man claims that Mr. handler drew a
revolve • from his pocket and leve'ei
it at him. saying:
“Shut your mouth; l haven’t got
time to fool with you!"
The conductor told the police that
he was afraid Mr. Candler would
shoot him, so he returned to the side
walk and Mr. h andler went on up the
street in his car. The street car man
at once called up police headquarters
and entered a case against Mr. Can
dler.
Mr. Candler Saturday morning de
nied having drawn a revolver on the
man.
“I had a revolver in my automo
bile,” he said. “I had between $10,00)
and $15,0u0 in the « a which I wac
taking to the express company from
the bank for shipment, and when I
carry that amount of money through
ihe streets I always have a revolver
in my car. I would be foolish to car
ry a large sum like that without some
means of protection-
Denies Drawing Gun.
•I did not draw the revolver on th«
mum and I did not threaten to snoot
him. I do not remember that 1 cursed .
him. either. He probably saw the {
weapon lying in the automobile, an... j
got the impression that ' had drawn J
it from my pocket during th quarrel.
From where he was standing when
the argument began he cou 3 not see
,he gun, but later he moved up closer
io the automobile, and then Ihe weap
on was in plain view.
“I had some words with the fellow,
but he was never in any danger of be
ing run down by my car. 1 was com
ing up Marietta street from the bank
and was not running at a high rate of
speed. This man got in front of tha
machine, and 1 stopped to let him get
;iut of the wax. He yelled somethin?
about looking where I was going, and
I probably said something along the j
same line to him. We argued only a
few moments and then I drove on to
the express company.”
Government Gives
Farmers Magazine;
Credit More Needed
“The Government will publish a
monthly magazine for farmers.”
—Department of Agriculture.
Excellent,
But when is the Government
going to give our farmers a credit
system enabling them to get money
at somewhat les than double the
rate paid by Wall street specula
tors?
This would be a real step to
ward lowering the cost of life’s
necessaries.
Flagler’s Dream of
Through Car Service
To Havana Realized
ST. AUGUSTINE, Sept. 13.—Con
tracts will be let within a few days
by the Florida Bast Coast Railway,
it was learned here to-day for gi
gantic ferry boats to carry trains
bodily from Key West to Havana,
thus bringing to a culmination the
dream of Henry M. Flagler of fast
service from New York to Havana.
The ferry boats will be of steel
and the largest in the world, each
large enough to carry 36 large pas
senger cars. Passengers from Nev\
York will be enabled to go direct
to Havana without aligluning from
their ears.
Mayor Gives Issue Undivided At
tention Following Collapse of
“Open Town” Ticket.
Welleslev Girls Can
(/
Wear Hobbles Now
WELLESLEY. MASS.. Sept. 13.
Wellesley College girls may return «.o
college thi- fall in tight - i;irts. Right
in front of the Wellesley station more
laborers are grading the Bouton and
Albany Railroad track,, so that the
distance between the oar steps and
the ground will not be three feefi as
heretofore, but only one foot.
Brakemen on the Boston and Al
bany will be deprived of their con
genial occupation of aiding beauty in
distress.
New Alabama Coal
Field Discovered
ANNISTON, Sept. 13.—W. J. Ed
mondson. a substantial citizen of this
county, was in Anniston Friday
showing samples of stone coal which
lie discovered in the northern part
of the county near Aderholds Mill.
This is the result of a 54-yeur search
and is the first coal found in Ala
bama this side of the Coosa River.
The extent of the vein has not
been determined. Black marble and
oil have been found in small de
posits near by.
Perkins Says Bryan’s
. Retirement Ls Due
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—George W.
Perkins, who returned with his fam
ily on the liner Olympic, said Eng
land is amazed at Secretary Bryan’s
absences from duty.
“1 think Mr. Bryan’s performances
will resuit in his retirement, and if
so a. great service will have been
done th eountrv,” said Mr. Perkins.
“There must be a unified movement
to overthrow Tammany this fall.”
Elk Find Pasture in
Uinta National Park
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. — Kit
nave appeared in the Uinta National
,Forest in Utah, according to a re
port received by the Forest Service
This !» the flrrt time in year? that
1 elk nave been seen in this forest, and
Federal officials are gratified at the
increase in the big game as the re-
•ult of protective laws,
5,165 MACON VOTERS QUALIFY.
MACON. Sept. 13.—When the reg
istration books for Ihe mayoralty
election cloned yesterdaj, o.lSo citi
zens had qaalilied. More than 1,900
qualified in five days
Doctor, Engaged to
Two, Kills Himself
TERRE HAUTE, IND., Sept. 13.—
Dr. Van Cleve. who committed t.’ul-
cide here in the houee where he was
to have been married to Lillian Bros-
na, of Marshall, Til., also was en
gaged to marry Miss Steinbaugh, em
ployed in a publishing house in In
dianapolis.
She is said to have furnished $100
to aid in his medical education.
3 Killed, 1 Wounded,
In S. Alabama Feud
MOBILE, Sept. 13.—In a shotgun
duel at Mason, Ala., near here, three
people were killer] and another was
seriously wounded. The dead are.
Josiah i Hamby. James Hamby,
James D. Lindsey and the .vounded
man is William Hamby
Ttmre vas bad feeling between the
Hambys and Lindseys, and when they
met on Lindsey’s field the shooting
followed. The two families had been
neighbors, for years
With the collapse of the “open j
town” ticket for Council, Mayor ,
James G. Woodward turned his un- j
divided attention to the defeat of the J
new charter.
“On account of Council’s refusal j
to grant the people an opportunity
to get any real charter reform 1 was
in hopes that a full ticket would be |
brought out against the old crowd !
and elected,” he said Saturday, “it
is the people’s fault that the old J
crowd is going to remain in the sad
dle. I can stand it if they can.
“I didn’t try to get out any ticket
myself. I have my preferences for
Council, but I am not u£jipiju| any*
body’s campaign. What T am Inter
ested in now is defeating this take
new charter. Its whole object is to *
block genuine charter reforms. I am J
convinced it will be rejected by an j
overwhelming vote.”
Hall Turns on M^yor.
l>espit« .Mayor Woodward’s denial
that he tried to got out, a ticket the
opposition candidates charge that he
exhausted • very resource in such an
effort.
Councilman Orville H. Hall, can
didate for re-election from the Third
Ward, was regarded as u supporter
of the Mstyor, but after the close of
the primary entry list Friday he
openly denounced the activities of
Mayoi Woodward against him.
Councilman Hall told his friends
that Mayor Woodward had tried to
persuade him to enter the race for
Alderman against Alderman James
E. Warren. He refused. The next
thing he knew R. R. Jackson had an
nounced against him for Council.
Councilman Hall explained that Mr.
Jackson had been persuaded to come
out of the race Friday morning, but
that Mayor Woodward called him up
and promised to stump the ward for
him (Jackson) if he would stay in.
Otis Tolls of Ruse.
“1 have done everything 1 consist
ently could to please the Mayor,” he
said. “Claude Mason, from the Tentn
Ward, fought him tooth and nail.
Yet h< got out opposition to me and
left Mason to run unincumbered.
A humorous trick was worked -u
one of the schemers for opposition
b' B. Ti. Otis in the Second Ward.
Mr. Otis was approached by a man
who said he represented a committee
of 25. The man. wanted him to op
pose C. D. Knight* for Council.
“Mr. Knight is one of my best
friends,” •''aid Mr. Otis, “but I told
this man I would take his proposition
under serious advisement. He came
to me day after day and each time I
put him off without a definite answer.
Yesterday I told him I had decided I
could not possibly run."
The result of the trick is that Mr.
Knight has no opposition.
Club Owner Is Active.
There has been no more active fig
ure in politics during the past few
weeks than T. M. Webb, owner of the
Theatrical Club. It was he who spread
the report that both Dan S. Walraven
and Jesso Annlstead would withdraw'
from the Seventh Ward aldermanic
race and that Marcel 1 us Anderson
would run unopposed. Mr. Walrav^n
was to be Police Commissioner.
Mr. Armislead’s absolute refusal to
enter in any such plans destroyed the
plans. Mr. Webb is now an active
supporter of Mr. Watraven for Aide. - j
man.
DECLINES CHATTANOOGA CALL
CHATTANOOGA. Sept. IS.—Word
was received from the Rev. L. ft.
Christie, of Columbus, Ga., to-day
that he had concluded to decline the
call to become pastor of the First
Baptif.'church of Chattanooga
Black Frost Ruins
President's Garden
CORNISH, N. H.. Sept. 13.—There
wus consternation in the culinary de
partment of President Wilson's Hum
mer home when it was discovered
black fro*t had ruined thn truck gar
den at Harlakenden House.
Late corn and other vegetable.- in
this vicinity were badly damaged.
The temperature went below freez
ing
Macun Man Given 24
Hours to Pay Alimony
MACON Sept. 13.— D. F. Arnold, i
contractor, has been given 21 hours in
which to pay his wife $300 alimony.
He has already been adjudged in con
tempt.
Arnold claims he is without ready
money and is unable to convert his
real estate into cash. At a hearing
yesterday Mrs. Arnold insisted that
he go to jail if he failed to pay.
MISS SARAH OODRKK AND DR. M. K. PERKINS
Back Broken, Woman
Yet May Walk Again
ST. LOUIS. MO., Sept. l.'L -After
lying nearly six weeks encased In a
plaster cast, Mrs. J. H. Gilbert, wife
of a Greeley manufacturer, loft St.
Luke’s Hospital Risi \ve?U and re
turned home, hopeful that she ulti
mately will be cured of a broken
back.
The injury way received in a run
away about three months ago.
Anti-G. 0. P. White
House Caller Jailed
WASHINGTON. Sept. J3.—Charles
W. Sm’th, of Terraco View, W VL.
was arrested at the White House fol
lowing an attempt io gain an audi
ence with President Wilaon to urge
the elimination of Republican office
holders.
He waa held subject :o ■ exami
nation of Li- panfi'
General Manager J. B. Hockaday and
Harry Scott, of Atlanta.
Th* 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-
j riously missing after the dinappear-
ance of the money was discovered. Its
j finding was the last tiling to make
I 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
j account for the money, according to
Detectivp Scott and Manager Hocka
day. The net is lightening around
the guilty man and the detectives are
prepared to make an arrest at any
moment.
Immediately upon the finding of the*
Continued on 2, Column 5.
BIG TIM’ KILLED BY
TRAIN TEN DAYS AGO
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—“Big Tim”
Sullivan, former powerful East Side
politician, who haw been ailing men
tally for a year and who disappeared
ten days ago from the home of his
brother. Patrick H. Sullivan, was
killed by a train on the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
Larry’ Mulligan, step-brother of the
missing politician, to-day Identified
the body of a man killed by a New
Haven train at Pelham Parkway on
August 31 its that of the missing
East Side leader.
When Sullivan disappeared he was
said to have gone West or to Canada
to visit some of the agencies of the
Bakeshop Spooners'
Paradise, Employee
Tells Police Judge
A rendexvous of kissers has been
found that sterns 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 spoonera’
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 Hhe thought he was
doing some of the kissing
Took Drug; Called
Dr„ Who Gave More
GADSDEN, Sept. 13.—Robert Reed,
aged 45. died at Huntersville yester
day after taking a large dose of mor
phine. He took a dose himself and
then went to the office of a physician
complaining of pains In his head.
The physicians, not knowing Reed
already had taken the drug, admin
istered another dose and Reed died
within an hour.
Eat 150 Chickens
Fried by Lightning
PITTSBURG, PA., Sept. 13. When
lightning struck a barn owned by
James Gill, near Sherpeville, 150
chickens were shocked and fried to
death. The barn was destroyed.
The victim of the fire took his lose
philosophically and issued invitations
to his neighbors to attend a chicken
dinner p
vaudeville circuit owned by the firm
of Consldine & Sullivan. Later “Big
Tim” was reported to have been
found at a hotel on Long Island.
Both these reports proved unfound
ed and increased the fears for Sulli
van’s safety as he had been suffering
from suicidal mania for several weeks
before he disappeared.
The death of “Big Tim” brings to
a close one of the most picturesque
political careers in the history of New
York. Born in this city in 1863. Sul
livan rose from poverty and obscurity
to wealth and power. He was re
elected to Congress last November,
but his illness prevented him from
taking his seat.
Daughter Collapses When Jury,
Deadlocked Overnight, Returns
Verdict, Asking Mercy.
MILLEN. Sept. 13.—With tne
doomed woman sitting stolidly in her
chair in the Jenkins County court
house, staring blankly and unbeliev
ingly at tlie twelve jurors who haci
just pronounced her guilty. Judge F.
A. Saffold, chief of counsel for Mrs.
Edna Godbee, sentenced to Imprison
ment for life for the killing of Mrs.
Florence Godbee, the bride of her di
vorced husband, on August 18, an
nounced immediately after the pass
ing of sentence that he will ask for a
new trial. Judge Hammond proba
bly will name the date for arguments
some time later in the day.
Miss Sarah Godbee, the beautiful
daughter of Mrs. Godbee, collapsed as
the foreman of the jury announced
the verdict. She has been a constant
companlbo of hev toot ft* r during the
trial, and her own cheerfulness hae
had much to do with the cheerfulnete
of her mother.
She held her mother’s hand in hers
as the jury filed slowly into the court
room. Eagerly she scanned the faces
of each man, hoping for a sign that
they would declare Airs Godbee not
guilty. Each man’s face was grave.
Her hand tightened over that of her
mother, and tears rolled down her
cheeks. As the foreman rose to an
nounce the verdict she leaned for
ward. the moat intensely eager person
in the room.
Mrs. Godbee Not Moved.
As the dreaded word “guilty" fall
from the lips of the juryman Miss
Godbee shrieked and collapsed. In a
hush broken only by the sobs of the
daughter. Judge Hamomnd ordered
Mrs. Godbee to stand and receive the
sentence of the court. Gently disen
gaging the clinging hands of her
daughter, Mrs. Godbee rose and stooD
without a tremor while the court or
dered that she be confined in the pen
itentiary the remainder of her natu
ral life. Without a change of coun
tenance, with no trace of the emo
tions that were sweeping through h-sr
heart, she bowel calmly as the Judge,
concluded and resumed her seat.
Mrs. God bee's daughter, young and
beautiful, presented a pitiful specta
cle that brought tears to the eyes of
every person In the courtroom. She
clung to Mrs. Godbee’& neck, while
the mother gently patted her head
and whispered words of encourage
ment As the Sheriff stepped forward
and placed his hand on Mrs. God
bee’s shoulder to lead her away to
prison the young daughter broke
down completely. She pillowed her
head on her mother’s breast, Leare
streaming down her face, her sobr
audible in every part of tfte court
room.
As the hand of the Sheriff fell upon
her fhoulder, opening wide the gates
of the prison, Mrs. Godbee disen
gaged her daughter’s hand, imprint
ed a last kiss upon her lips and rose
to her feet, gazing calmly at the jurj.
“I am ready,” she said.
Still Expect* Liberty.
Silence fell over the crowded court
room a* the convicted woman was
led to the doors. The crowd outside,
sensing the dramatic touch given to
the trial, was as trial as the grave
while Mrs. Godbee entered an auto
mobile that was waiting. She wae
followed to the Jail by a number of
her friends, many of them prominent
iii Millen society. As the gatet
clanged behind her, her only words
were
“I’ll be freed in the long run.”
The daughter, Miss Sarah Godbet,
remained in the courtroom for sev
eral moments before she recovered
from, the nervous terror Into which
the announcement of the verdict hac,
thrown her. She was then taker
from the courthouse by friends and
to her home.
The verdict was the climax of Jen
kins county’s most dramatic murder
♦rial A crowd of more than fcflOV