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VOL. XII. NO. 33.
ATLANTA, OA.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1913.
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Southern Express Robber Hunted in North
MRS. GODBEE ON HER WAY
TO COURTROOM AT MILLEN
•Johnson, county
Millen Divorcee Who Killed For
mer Husband and Bride Bitterly |
Attacked by Prosecutor.
SADDLE
vlii.I.KN, GA., Sept. 12.—The de-
i*enee in the trial of Mrs. Edna God
bee for killing the wife of her former
husband, took the position here to
day that the defendant must either
be convicted of murder or acquitted.
“There are no grades.“ said Judge
Saffold, leading counsel for the de
fendant
The defense contends that the kill
ing of Judge Godbee was justifiable
In that It was done in self-defense,
and that the killing of his wife was
en accident.
W. H, Davis, who made the second
address for the State, urged a con-
rlction saying that the good name
of Jenkins County is at stake; that
respect for the courthouses of Geor
gia is at stake; justice and truth are
at stake.
The defendant watched keenly the
efforts of the attorneys in her defense
and those for the State. However,
her expression did not vary.
Defense Hopes for Acquittal.
The defense expects nettling worse
than a mistrial and hopes strongly for
an acquittal, while the State's attor
neys have contended that it will be
folly to try cases in the future if a
conviction is not secured. The State,
however, intimated that it would be
content with a verdict of guilty and
life imprisonment as the punishment
Colonel Anderson spoke for an hour
He was followed by Attorney Dixon, j
for the defense, and the case was ex- I
nerted to go to the Jury some time in j
peetea m * j WA s H j N - OTON -, Sept _ 12 , _ m i S5
the afternoon. Jessie Wilson, second daughter of the
Anderson declared that the State p res!l jent, w hose marriage to Francis
contended that the act of the defend- jj, Sayre, of New York, In the White
ant was plain, unmitigated murder, House on November 25 will be the
* ‘ ,, social event of the season, has de-
and he said that the case was so one for an all-Amer-
alded he hardly knew how to argue it. j cafi trousseau made of American
The speaker said the defendant’s ! goods by American women,
statement did not seem to come from j Part of the trousseau will he spun
her heart and that much of it was ir-
List of Candidates Also Shows F, V, L. Smith Learns Fifty-Year
Mayor Can’t Win Control.
Registration Light.
Old German Government
Ticket Drew Prize.
FT V. Is. Smith, a member of the
city primary at noon Friday decided i jury which convicted Leo M. Frank of
three important political issues as the murder of Mary Bi.ugsn, again
decisively as though it had been an came into the limelight Friday when
a 60-year-old German Government
lottery ticket bought for $20 and held
by him was found to have won a prise
of $16,000 cash.
News of the windfall fame from
A. .1. Mueck, No. 3H Murray street.
New York, who has been investigat
ing the matter for Mr. Smith. Ac
cording to Mr. Mueck, a drawing on
the lottery was made on August 1 and
the ticket held by the former Frank
the Council that chucked the charter juror , he w1nner
of the “committee of 26” into the The number of the ticnet is ‘Braun-
waste basket. schweig—20 Thaler lots—S-2490 No.
9.” and is one of a series sold by the
German (government a half century
ago for the purpose of raising funds.
Bought by Grandmother.
The ticket was originally
The closing of the entry list tor the
election.
It made it perfectly clear that there
will be no better chance of getting an
‘open town” police policy under the
new Council than under the present
one.
It definitely decided that the new
body would give rio more considera
tion to genuine charter reforms than :
It shoved unmistakably that Mayor
James G. Woodward will have no
more control over the new Council
than he has over the organisation
that has overriden his veto some 3£
times.
Majority Still ja Assured.
All these thing? were made clear by
the fact that If every candidate who
has even shown a disposition to be
pur
chased by Mr. Smith’s grandmother,
Mrs. Sarah E. Wilson. At her death
the ticket passed into the hands of
Mr. Smith’s mother, Mrs. Ada L.
Smith, and from her It finally fell into
his hands.
“One of the most disagreeable task3
that I had when a boy 30 years ago
opposed to those now In authority is an( j living with my parents in Brook-
elected, t'ne old crowd would still
have a comfortable majority.
Rumors and political activities had
indicated strongly that there would
be a full opposition ticket out. a so-
called Woodward or. “open town”
ticket. The general impression was
that Atlanta was to see a real tight
against the supremacy of Police Chief J
J. L. Beavers.
iyn,” said Mr. Smith Friday morning,
"was- to chase over to New York
every day to the office of The Staats
Zeltung, the German newspaper, to
make inquiry for my folks as to
whetehr a drawing hard been made on
the lottery. I used to wish that there
never was »uch a thing as a lottery.
Forgot About Ticket.
“When the ticket finally came Into
An analysis of the entrants for the my possession. I forgot about It. Then
ten Cotjncilmanic and five Alderman- i about ft"e years ago attorneys m set-
ic seats shows all sqch hopes to beitllng my mother’s estate found the
vain. There ip opposition to the pow- pasteboard among her papers and
ere that be here and ftiere. but If all ■ they advised me to have it looked
of them are elected they would stand ; up. Mr. Mueck cabled the authorities
as a hopeless minority in Council, in Germany and found that the lot-
And there Is about as much chance tery had not been drawn, and so he
Dixie Women to Spin Freight Detoured to
Miss Wilson’s Linen Avoid Low Tunnels
relevant.
Anderson asserted that the defend-
ant could well accuse Judge Godbee
with terrible deeds, for he is dead. He
ridiculed the idea that Mrs. Godbee'*
life was in danger on the morning
■when she killed Mrs. Godbee and her
husband. Mr. Anderson said there
was no evidence except the defend
ant's unsupported statement that
Godbee had threatened her; that Mrs.
Godbee could have got protection;
that she never told her sons, her
brothers, or the Sheriff.
Attacks insanity Plea.
The speaker declared the defend
ant's memory conveniently went
blank at the time of the shooting, but
she never missed a single shot.
“She fired five bullets into the bod
ies of Judge and Mrs. Godbeel"
ehouted Anderson, “and, not satisfied,
•he shot Mrs. Godbee again after she
had fAllen.”
Anderson said the defendant went I
to the poetofllce that morning and
took a commanding position. The
undisputed evidence of Miss Barnwell j
wat to the effect that the defendant
fired the first shot into Mrs. Florence
Oodbee's back.
“The evidence of Miss Barnweil,"
-aid Anderson, “was in direct contra-
Centinuod 9,1 Pa 9® & Column 1.
of linen by the mountain women of
the South, in whose uplift all the
Wilson ladies have shown much in
terest.
GADSDEN, Sept. 12.-Becau.ee 24
tunnels on the Queen and Crescent
Route between Gadsden . .Hi Cincin
nati are too low, trolley cars loaded
on freight cars and consigned to the
Gadsden, Bellevue and Lookout Moun
tain Railroad, which was to hove
gone in operation Sunday, have been
delayed in shipment.
The cars will have to be detoured
several hundred miles to avoid the
tunnels.
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Negro Jumps From
Pawns Shoes to Eat; ] Train Going 40 Miles
Gets Nail in Foot
B. L. Brantley, who says he is a
traveling barber, Succumbed to the
pangs of hunger, bought a 20-cent
lunch and pawned his shoes to pay
for it. Then he went into Decatur
street in his stocking feet and stepped
on a nail.
The Greek restaurant keeper had
him arrested because he came back
I and threatened to cut the proprie
tor’s throat unless given 20 cents so
he could get back his shoes. Judge
Broyles fined him $5 and costs for
disorderly conduct.
Coming of Panama
Car Stirs Columbus
COLUMBUS. Sept. 12.—The citi
zens of Columbus are deeply interest
ed in the coming of the Panama ex
hibit car, which is to be in this city
September 13 and 14.
The interest is caused by the belief
that Columbus will be benefited by
the opening of the Panama Canal
COLUMBUS, Sept. 12.—Henry Cox,
a negro held for wife beating, leaped
from a passenger train traveling 40
miles an hour, just west of Phenix
City Ala., and escaped.
The negro was handcuffed, but that
did not keep him from landing on his
feet and making a get-away before
the train could be brought to a stop
and the office give chase.
Prisoner on Trial
First as to Sanity
GADSDEN, Kept. 12.—The case of
Dave Tarvin, on trial here for his
sanity before going on trial for at
tacking a seven-year-old girl, prob
ably will go to the jury late this aft
ernoon.
It is believed Tarvin will be found
insane. Physicians testified he is of
unsound mind.
GADSDEN CHAMBER ELECTS.
GADSDEN. Sept. 12.—Dr. C. L.
Ouice was elected president and
Louis Loveman vice president of the
Gadsden Chamber of Commerce
Rides Trolley First
Time; Marvels at City
PENSACOLA, Sept. 12* ^An aged
negro woman, living at V\ r*rrington,
seven miles from Pensacola, on the
line of the Pensacola Electric Com
pany, with cars running each wav
every 45 minutes, visited Pensa *ola
this morning for the first time since
the Civil War.
It took considerable persuasion on
the part of the conductor to get the
woman on board the car when the
stop was made, to the amusement of
passengers. She was astounded when
she saw the city, with skyscrapers on
the corner where she remembered I a?
cabins had been. She seemed to like
It all, and said she thought she would
come back again.
Floridian Who Wed
July 9 Sued by Wife
TAMPA. Sept. 12.—Iola Annie
Holmes' filed suit for divorce to-day
from Edwin P. Holmes, a wealthy
Jacksonville man, whose father Is
said to have been former County
Commissioner of Duval County.
She claims he drinks to excess.
They were married July 9, la at. She
claims he is worth $250,000 and en
joys a $5,000 income.
Pensacola Navy Yard
Will Be Inspected
PENSACOLA, Sept. 13.—Adviees
received here from Washington buy
the House Naval Affairs Committee
will visit the Pensacola Navy Yard,
reaching here about December 10.
Pensacola’s yard is to be the first
of the Southern yards inspected by
this committee
of all of them being elected as there
is for ine next Governor of Georgia
to be a Republican.
Fight Centers on Aldermen.
The main right is for the Alder-
manic Board C. H. Kelley, who is
running for John E. McClelland's un
expired term from the Second Ward,
is the only candidate for Alderman
who has no opposition.
There was quite a surprise In the
late developments of the Third Ward
contest. J. C. Harrleon. who had
stated that he would run, failed to
put up his $75 entiance fee. Backed
by Mayor Woodward, C. C. McDonald
'entered at the last minute in oppo-
; sition to Alderman James E. Warren,
j Mayor Pro Tern.
j Amos BraseRon and J. A. Curtis
I both are looked upon as “open town”
candidates against Councilman Albert
D. Thomson for Alderman from the
Fourth Ward. Mr. Braselton’s en
trance was an eleventh-hour decision
He was urged to enter the race by
persons close to Mayor Woodward.
Mayor Bre ks Up Plans.
The Seventh Ward contest has fur
nished the most interesting story of
ineide politics that has so far devel
oped. Dan S. Walrav^n and Jesse
Armistead both entered, but If certain
plans hadn't miscarried both of them
would have been pulled down 1
Marcellus Anderson would have been
a candidate without opposition.
It seems that Mavor Woodward had
more to do with breaking up this little
game than anyone else.
The details got out of the inner cir
cle in a report that Mr. Walraven
would withdraw and for his courtesy
be given the support of Mr. Andersen
and his friends for Police Commission
from the Seventh Ward to succeed J
N. McEachern. It was not clear ju*t
what the motive was for Mr. Armi
stead to Withdraw, but it was state!
that Alderman F. J. Kpratling had
that In charge
FTlends of Mr. Walraven were try-
Continued on Pago 2, Column 6
kept a close watch on It. Now the
good news comes that I am a win
ner.”
Mr. Smith Friday sent a power of
attorney to the law firm of Coombs A.
Wilson In New York, and prepara
tions to collect the $15,080 prize wll’.
be made immediately.
Not Counting Chickens.
“I don’t anticipate any trouble n
drawing the money,” said Mr. Smith
“especially as It is a Government lot
tery. still I am not going to count mi
chickens before they hatch, and mt
until I get the money In my hands
will l feel certain of having it.”
Mr. Kmith is an agent for sever*’
electrical appliance concerns with of
fices at No. 1206 Empire Building.
Wholesale District
Rising in Greenville
GREENVILLE, S. C.. Sept. 12.—On
Monday the construction of five mod
ern brick buildings for warehouse
purposes on the property of the In-
terurban between Washington street
and McBee avenue will be com
menced. and It la believed this will
be the opening wedge to the building
up of this part of Greenville Into one
of the leading wholesale districts of
the city.
The contract calls for completion
of the work within four months.
M’Reynolds Cousin
Slated For U. S. Job
PENSACOLA, Sept. 12.- A special
from Washington says that J. D. Par
kins. of Pensacola, in «ure to be
United Staten Marshal for the North,
ern District of Florida.
Perkins is a prominent and popular
business man. Opposed to him were
four or five strong candidates, one
other from Pensacola. He is a first
cousin of Attorney General MoHty-
notcb
Charity Worker Is
Indicted on Charge
Of Girl in His Office
An indictment l'or assault was re
turned against Crawford Jackson,
well-known charity worker, by the
Grand Jury Friday. The alleged at
tack was mude upon a young woman
employed In Jackson’s office in the
Third National Bank building.
Mr. Jackson vigorously denied the
charges and in a statement insisted
that the public withhold Its Judgment
until the trial.
“At the preliminary hearing l was
at a great disadvantage,” he said. “I
was so conscious of my Innocence
that I went down there without a
lawyer. The charges shocked and
upset me. 1 am now in possession of
evidence to prove my innocence.”
Report Lacy Is in
Honduras Confirmed
Detectives Follow Clew to Place
in Carolina Where the Safe
Was Transferred.
Arrests are expected In the myt.
terious $72,000 Southern Express
Company robbery at any moment, ac
cording to word rt*celved in Atlanta
from General Manager Hockaday,
who Friday sent Harr- Scott, of th>i
Pinkertons, and gpeclal agents off on
MOBILE. Kept. 12.—The. report)
from Selma that Theodore Lacy, the |
defaulting chief clerk of the Alabama ; first train that could get them as
Convict Department, who is charged j ^ ar as Florence, S. C.
with having - stolen $90,000. is living " e ^now the man who got the
in British Honduras, is confirmed by
a private detective of Birmingham
who is in Mobile. Lacy Is at Belize,
and not Puerto Cortez, as reported.
far as Floreuc
“We know
money,” he said in Savannah, ‘ana
We are going to get him. I have Just
had a report from Special Agent
Thomas J. Watte that says he has rc
The detective said he was corre- j * n absolute certainty placed his fin
sponding with Governor O’Neal with
a view of arranging for the return of
the fugitive.
1 gers on the guilty person.
“He assure* me that there is no
mistake, and he is only seeking somu
more evidence against the m&u before
he finally arrests him.”
Just where the lightning would
Will Vntp in 10 VparQ &tr,ke Hock *day would not state, but
Tf ill YUlU HI ID lDftlO he admitted having men at every
I point between this city and Jersey
i HARLBSTON, Kept. 12.- Mrs. J-i City working on the case, and that
Otho Ktevenson, suffragist, formerly he waa on j y using Savannah a* a bas<
of Washington, D. C., now of St. Au- j f or operations. He added;
Says Dixie Women
gustine, Fla., to-day declared that
women will vote In the South within
ten years. She predicted Florida
would be the first Southern State to
espouse the movement.
She is confident the United States
Constitution will be amended In the
next five years to allow women to
vote, ami says real suffragists deplore
the militant methods of the English
women.
Huntsville Is Host
To Alabama K. of P,
HUNTSVILLE, Sept. 13.—The Sec
ond District Convention of Alabama
Knights of Pythias was held yester
day and last night In this city. The
convention was opened by H. C. Pol
lard.
Dr. J. D. Humphrey delivered the
address of welcome on behalf of thr
city and Monte Sano Lodge No. 1,
hosts of the occasion, and the re
sponse was made by A. G. Patterson,
Graiyd Chancellor of the State.
Greenville-Geer
Line Opens Monday
GREENVILLE, S. C., Sept. 12.—
The lnterurban electric line between
Greenville and Geer, on the route to
Spartanburg, probably will be com
pleted. all except some portions of
the overhead work, by Monday, and
It is expected that freight service *0
Greer will be inaugurated immediate
ly-
When passenger service will be in
augurated has not been determined.
Work is progressing steadily on the
line to Spartanburg.
Columbus to Ask
President to Call
COLUMBUS. Sept. 12.—A move
ment has been launched in Columbus
to have this city included in the itin
erary of President Wilson, as ha
comes South to attend the Southern
Commercial Congress, which meets in
Mobile. October 27.
It Is the intention of the people of
Columbus to have the President stop
over in this city Sunday, October 26.
Anniston Minister
Plans Parish School
ANNISTON. Sept. 12—A parish
school which will be opened next
Monday wll! be the next departure
to be Inaugurated at the Church ot
St. Michael and AH Angels, where
the rector. Dr. Charles K. Weller, Is
laying the foundations for an Insti
tutional church.
The rector’s daughter, Miss Emma
Weller, will be in charge oi the school.
Expect Arr*»t in Twalva H*ur*.
“The fact that the trunk’s seals were
unbroken and intact put the detec
tives on the right trail. They kn*w
almost Immediately where, when and
by whom the money was taken. Fol
lowing up this theory, they were re
warded with success.
“The investigation at this end oJ
the line is virtually camp’ete. Thin
morning the detectives were given
assignments and dispatched to the
points they are to cover. We confl
dently expect to have the case woupi
up before morning Developments will
be made known here first.’’
.Scott earlier in the day announced
he had become convinced that the
money was not taken while in transie
on the trains from New York to Sa
vannah.
“The robbery was com nitted either
at ont end of the line or the other.”
he de< lared. “The money either was
stolen soon after It left the Chase Na
tional Bank In New York or else after
It had reached Savannah. It seeme
most unlikely that the theft took
place In any other manner.
“This Is not the work of an amt*
teur. nor does It seem ponrtble to me
for any of the messenger* to have gorr
into the safe and the seals not be
broken. I know we are going to have
our hand* full before the mystery is»
solved.”
The report that the robbery of the
Southern Express Company between
Savannah and New York was not
committed at the southern end of the
line was further substantiated Fri
day when Scott and other agents left
the city on a northbound train. Their
destination Is understood to be Flor
ence, S. C., where Schindell, the mes
senger who brought the trunk out of
Jersey City, turned it over to the mes
senger who brought it into Savannah.
General Manager Hockaday, of the
express company, was the only offi
cer who remained in Savannah.
W. L. Schindeli, express messenger
on the Coast Line's train No. 89, that
left New York late Monday night and
brought the trunk supposed to con
tain the money, did not leave the car
until it reached Florence, S. C., hit
point of relief and home.
Messenger Called Into Probe.
He did not know' there was money
in the trunk, be claims, and he had
no way bill lor any. He merely had
a way bj.il for the steel “through
trunk” that Is often brought down on
this train. He was brought to Sa
vannah from Florence by a telegram
from General Manager Hockaday and
Harry Scott and was cloeeted with
them the greater part of Thur*da>
evening. He was subjected t© a rigid
third degree examination, but came
forth unscathed, according to Scott
NEW CORDELE POSTMASTER.
CORDELE. Sept. 12.—Dr. A_ L
McArthur yesterday received bte
commission as postmaster at Cordel*
to succeed F. G. Boatright. He took
charge of the office this monUj§*