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'HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
ROMANCE LEFT OUTSIDE
ASDIVORGECOURTCRINDS
ECREES BY SCORE
ACCUSED WIDOW WHO TELLS OF
HOW AGED CAPITALIST WOOED HER
whole
ieorg
if you Incline to i
ill of the (ro<J9.
it's Just a plain til
he romance is left
buried back in th
sn’t no dead that
out and hf>»d up the
e oath to tell ;he
o you ever sat for a
a divorce court wh
Tht
it rn i
tht
if not. it * Just a a well, f ait
love, and trust, and honor, and hit
nature, doer n’t gain any laurels 1
the rue and wreck and grot esqi
of the grind.
How the Mill Work*.
That's what it Is n grind.
‘Whitten against Whitten,"
the judge Judge lien Hill, for
stance. Tuesday, continuing the
position of 191 cases, a record
Georgia
“Whitten against Whitten,” rr*j
the clerk, and no hint In his busin
like tones bears witne
edv of a house divide*
You sit forward a I
first experience) and
tears, for protestation
mg’ of a human heart.
A young woman s
oomes forw ard from the < row-
benches; sits in the chair before
Jury holds up her right ha:
-■wears to tell the truth.
The mumbled, hurried oath cnnv
no Idea of solemnity The man ml
as well be saving. "Now is the tl
for all good men to comp to the
of their party,” ho far as his exprei
nlon and inflection go.
Then the story of a wrecked ar
ruined life. Is it?
Just Matter of Fact.
It doesn’t sound like It. Answerir
furt
All Unemotional.
rk him with what?
details come as unei
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Mrs. J. B.
Crawford, who
will go on the
witness stand
in the
battle for the
$250,000 estate
of her aged hus
band to refute
charges of
other heirs that
she forced him
to marry her.
m.
dal.
In
fer
rHy
dro
lg of a
it me with a
"ee feet long, w
ting through i
• hit me with.’
does not change
tragedy in the
for humor.
Was he injurf
Yes; th. nail
Causing him
Jle reckons h<
No Cause
Had he spok«
or given any cai
He had not.
The court, instructs the
d of build in
1 or plank j
l 10-penny i
r.d- that's
C&)
In the picture
below is the
late J. B.
Crawford, the
wealthy Atlan
tan whose sud
den death now
is attributed to
poison plot
which heirs
contesting his
will lay to his
widow.
*d 1-
the attack ?
in k in his thigh.
>dily pain?
He Declar }*.
i to the d *fendj
e for the a’tack*
-lit.
.lu
ll
<lft-
* old man h id
with treatment ir
>r bodily psii.i, dangi
lit
writes. Tie
The little old
en Hie railings,
lutes, flat.
Inst Hudscn.”
•lerk
man
-ays
lawyer, t
n a low, mo
might he r
shopping o
ire animatii
rngedy. Who
the questions of hi
you nr woman speaki
ter-of-fact voice. 8
iatlng the details of
cursion, if she had
Surely this rnr.’t he a
are the tears; the pi
accusing Unger; the
”1 came home from church. He
waited for me In the hnu**e and lilt
me with something. I didn't see what
It was. • * • because I was
knocked down. * * * No, I don’t
know' yet what he struck me with.
* * • When 1 could. I gto Up and
got out into the hack yard. I wanted
to test. • • * When I came to, I
was lying on the ground Then
• • •
Is this little woman talking about
E1ER8KDP and H KK H rSHA NI > ’.’
No tears. No particular complaint
m the dull monotony of “the truth,
the whole truth." No clasping of the
hnndH. No gestures.
The jurors do not lean forward.
Their faces do not flush. Veins do
not sprout on their foreheads. The
judge does not shift uneasily in his I
chair. lie looks with compassionate
eyes upon the little woman In the
chair The lawyer does not raise
clenched hands to heaven
Children Mere Incidents,
lawyer, court, Jury—-they might be I
trying a condemnation case with a I
disputed land value.
‘'Children?” the lawyer asks, negli
gently.
“Three,” she says and she looks
as if she might be 20. on!> more mat
ter-of-fact. The children themselves
seem Incidents; nothing more.
“The case Is with the Jury.” the
iudge announces The young woman
looks at the twelve men, but without
apparent interest. Will they file out?
Will they confer? What are the
court’s instructions?
The Judge says something about
cruelty involving mental or bodily
pain; danger to lift* or limb. His
speech consumes ten seconds, per
haps.
The Jury does not do anything per
ceptible In the front row. one Juror,
with pen and ink. write* on ti docu
ment tht* lawyer has handed him
Then Comes Another.
The "first decree” has been grant
ed.
The case has consumed three min
utes and forty-four seconds.
The little woman leaves the wit
ness chair. She walks out Into the
crowded courtroom, anti seats herself,
hesitatingly. Two or three other
t ide if the nttie old man h id been
cruelly treated
volving mental
to life or llrnh.
The foremat
takes the pape
walks out betw
Time, four m
“Hudson ag
the Judge
"Hudson against Hudson,' repeats
the clerk.
The grind goes on.
What of the Other Sit e?
Once in a while, in the slight in-
tf ’ vale, you wonder about t ic OTII-
KU Si OK of these undefend *d cases.
What would they say, th* absent
ones, tin accused?
Ones the “whole truth” do them
Whole Just lee?
Old that blow fall without a warn
ing. with no cause from taunt, or
reproach, or abuse? Did s ie never
treat him coldly was she al vays pa
tient; always true; always the sin
ned against?
In all the grind, no hint is given
of any blame that might nr t on the
petitioner. Always it is tht ungov
ernable temper; the avari the
worthlessness; the drunkenness; the
unfaithfulness; the brutality of the
accused
And the Grind Goes On.
What could tht i other side say for
Itself?
The jury doesn’t know The jury
doesn't hear.
So the judge rails, and the .Jerk re
peats, and the truth is promised, and
the witness speaks, and the foreman
writes.
And the grind goes on.
Sayres Guests of
U. S. Envoy in London
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON', Dec. 9. Airs I Lands B.
Sayre, daughter of President Wilson,
who Ih here on her honeymoon, was
the guest of honor to-day at a lunch
eon given by Miss Page, daughter of
W H Page. United StattH Am
bassador to Knglafld
Mr. Savre this afternoon accom
panied Ambassador Page to Cam
bridge to attend tin* commemoration
feast of Trinity College
Actress to Address
Savannah Boosters
SAVANNAH, Dec. 9.—Mme. Le*
Kessi Munthe, one time actress-im-
pressarior. who. has recently moved
to Savannah for her health, will ifd«
dress a rally of tin* Boosters’ Club on
the evening of December 19.
It will be the first time a woman
has addressed such a meeting in this
city.
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Son Gives Up After
Slaying Father to
Protect the Family
ELLIJAY, Dec. 9.—Claiming that
he killed his father. Henry Jones, in
self-defense and to protect his moth
er and sisters, Ben Jones, 20 years
old, to-day surrendered to Sheriff
Milton, and is now' held in the Gil
mer County Jail on a charge of mur
der. Superior Court is in session,
and he will probably be arraigned for
trial this w-eek.
The killing took place last night at
the Jones home, six miles north of
Hllijay. The elder Jones is said to
have been drinking heavily, and to
have run members of his family away
from home while on his sprees. The
killing has created considerable ex
citement, as the tiead man was promi
nent In his section
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61 Peachtree Street.
Mysterious Man Seen Fleeing
From the Burning Winecoff
I
Home Is Hunted.
Continued From Page 1.
I to be taken as soon as the expert in-
l vestlgator completes his probe and
makes his report.
The report that a stranger was
seen running from the house across
the broad lawn came to Fire Chief
Cummings Tuesday through mem
bers of his department, and the hunt
fur this man commenced immediate
ly Several neighbors are said to
have seen the mysterious runner just
as the flames burst through the house.
N - one Wai in the house at the
time of the Are, which burst forth
about 8; 30 o’clock Friday night. Mrs.
Winecoff and her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Frank Winecoff, were at the
Forsyth and Mr. Winecoff and his
son, Frank, had gone downtown to
attend the press banquet at the Ho
tel WincofP.
Chief Cummings said Tuesday that
the Are way remarkable In that It
was the first residence fire in the
history of his connection with the
fire department in which it was ab
solutely impossible fu? the firemen to
enter the house from any point.
House Balked Entrance.
“When we arrived on the scene
(lames were bulging from every door
and window, and there was no point
through which we could enter the
house. I was told that from the mo
ment the blaze was first discovered
there was not a chance for the house,
as the w'hole of the interior appeared
a veritable furnace.
“Tlibre was absolutely no way of
arriving at the cause of the Are, as
the cause was completely destroyed
before we could get into the house.”
Mr. Winecoff Tuesday was unable
to give a definite estimate of his loss.
Typewriters rented 4 mos.
$5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co.
but it will be great. The total dmn-
| age is roughly estimated at $126,000,
with insurance covering but 40 to
I 60 per cent of this amount.
Fire Protection Poor.
A mass of blackened ruins Tuesday
marked the site of the palatial home
and arou*ed resident* in the vicinity
to their perilous lack of fire protec
tion.
Only the solid marble walla were
left standing to indicate the former
magnificence of the building, which
was erected flv»> years ago at a cos:
of more than $100,000.
The destruction of the residence
was wrought by a fire of mysterious
origin which sprang up Monday
night a few minutes after Mr. and
Mrs. Winecoff had left the house. Mr.
Winecoff to be present at the prees
banquet in the new Winecoff Hotel
and Mrs. Winecoff to attend the tho-
o ter.
Mr. Winecoff before daylight Tues
day went with Policeman Malcomb to
the ruins and in the room that had
been his wife’s found more than $8,000
worth of diamonds and other Jewel*.
The steps had been entirely burned
away and the two men had to get into
the room by means of a ladder.
Mr. Winecoff poked about the ashes
and charred timbers with a stick and
flnf iiy located the fireplace. It was
in here that Mrs. Winecoff had kept
the valuable gems secreted, and they
-
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Convent of Bt. Anne, Sanford, Fla.
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of it.”
(Signed) MOTHER M STANISLAUS.
(Above abbreviated: more on request )
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were found practically undamaged
the scorching through which they li
passed. About $3,000 worth of arilvi
plate also was recovered Tuesd
but some of this was conaiderabl
damaged. Most of it can be resto*jei
Alone with the burning of the horn,
with its luxurious furnishings the <*n
tire wardrobe of Mrs. Winecoff, con]
sistlng of many costly gowns, v
consumed in the Lames. Not a,*in
piece of furniture was left by
fire.
So far as known, no one was In i r
house at the time the Are started. Th*
blaze first was noticed by K. D. Cran'
of No. 102 Peachtree circle. He sou.nL
ed the alarm at about 8:30 o'clock;
The nearest Are station is on Norm
Avenue. By the time the lone Com
pany had arrived at the Wineoofl
home the flames had leaped throng!
the rooms, igniting the costly taper
tries and other furnishings, and wen
beyond all control.
Firemen Powerless.
The flames raged unchecked, tin
firemen being powerless to make an
Impression on them. The diaastrou
conflagration brought to the atten
tion of the residents in that sect!
of the city more forcibly than an
other circumstance their woeful la
of adequate fire protection.
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More than a few doses of Crox-
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You will find Oroxone entirely uif
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so prepared that it is practically im
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original package costs but a trifle
and your druggist is authorized to /.
turn the purchase price if Croxoni
fails to give the desired results thi
very first time.—Advt.
Mrs. Crawford Declares on Wit
ness Stand She Wed Suitor
Over Her Own Protest.
Continued From Page 1.
not clearing much in Pittsburg, and
the proposition appeared attractive,
and I decided to go. We took the
hotel, and I furnished the money to
begin operations. Mrs. Painter was
to furnish half of it, but never paid
it In. She handled the office work,
while 1 looked after the actual run
ning of the place.
"1 first met Mr. Crawford when he
came to the hotel. He was with his
niece. Miss Scott, who was in bad
health. My attention was first called
to him by Mrs. Painter, who said
that he said he would not stay at the
regular rates, and she suggested that
we give him a lower rate, which 1
agreed to.
"The first intimation of marriage
came In a joking way a few days
after this. Mr. Crawford. Mrs. Burns-
ner. Mrs. Painter, Mr Kashley, a
relative of Mrs. Painter’s, myself and
• number of others were in the of
fice of the hotel, when Mr. Crawford
remarked that he was looking for a
cook. Mr. 1 .ash ley suggested that
there were a number of widows in
the room who might prove to be good
cooks.
Proposal in Kitchen.
"Several days later 1 was in the
kitchen preparing some vegetables
when Mr Crawford came in and paid
in** some money. He said, ’You work
all the time, don’t you?’ and I replied
that I did most of the time. You
;two and a half
DOLLAR GOLD PIECE
FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT
Atlanta’s Oldest Savings
Will Supply You.
Bank
j denomination.
| A passbook
i to put in the
i This bank p.
puzzle your brain about what to
or h Christmas present? Some
suffer i nervous breakdown, and
go crazy irt solving this prob
Georgia Savings Bank and Trust
ny. the bank that makes saving
> .u * opting deposits as small as
will give you a brand-new Two
Half Dollar gold piece of the 1913
equivalent in any other
IF
ndd also be a nice thing
locking
s 4 per cent interest and
. v ur savings account.
BROWN. President.
1UANT. V. President.
DOS'D »N.
Sec. and Treas.
Advt.
never go out at all, either?’ he said
and I told him that 1 got out very
little, as I was pretty busy. ‘Well,
you are a pretty good cook, and I
need someone to look after me,' he
said. ‘My relatives won’t, and I want
you to go back to Georgia with me. 1
told him I would let him know
about it.
“While we were talking Mrs. Paint
er came to the stairway and said. ‘Mr.
Crawford, you had better look out.’
He replied that we were both of age.
“I thought nothing more of this. A
few days later Mrs. Bursner came to
me and said she had received a pro
posal. I did not ask her from whom,
neither did she tell me. I was glad
that she had a chance to marry again,
as she was in poor health and needed
someone to caxe for her,
"About a week later I went to the
market and Mr. Crawford saw me
from the park. He came up to me
and began talking of me marrying
him.
Denies Proposal to Other Woman.
“ ‘Make up your mind to go back to
Atlanta with me,’ he said. I told him
that he had proposed to Mrs. Bursner,
and he said he had not, but that he
had told her he was looking for a
wife. He said he wanted me because
I was a good cook, and that Mrs.
Bursner wanted him to pay for her
divorce, which he had refused to do.
“A day or two later he asked me to
accompany him to Atlanta and help
him care for his niece. Miss Scott, on
the train.
“She had become very ill, and I
agreed to. Before we left there Mr.
Crawford became more Insistent that
1 marry him and 1 told him I would
give him his answer in four days.
Mrs. Painter and Mrs. Bursner did
everything possible to discourage me
from making the trip. I did not un
derstand why they did this then, but
later learned that Mrs. Bursner had
planned to make the trip.
“1 looked after Miss Scott on the
train and gave her every attention.
The charge that I attempted to choke
or abu*e her ip any way is absolutely
untrue.
Consent* to Wed Him.
“I remained in Atlanta a day. go
ing out to his home. I consented to
marry him and decided to return to
St. Augustine and arrange my affairs.
He went to the bank and obtained
$60. which he gave me to pay my
expenses on the trip.
“When I returned to Atlanta I went
directly to his house. It was 6 o’clock
in the morning, and as soon as I
reached there 1 knew something was
wrong. There was an air of gloom.
1 went out immediately and prepared
his breakfast. Miss Scott and little
Helen Crawford were there. While
we w’ere at breakfast Mr. Crawford
told me that he had received a very
had letter. He then showed me the
anonymous letter which he had re
ceived in St. Augustine. I told him
the facts that were not true, and re
minded him that I had told him I
was divorced, had children and that
he knew why 1 went by the name of
Mrs. Savage He admitted this. I
then told him I could not marry
him.
■ He insisted that he did not be
lieve the letter as it was anonymous,
and said he wanted me to marry him.
1 again refused, and he continued to
insist until I finally agreed. 1 re
turned to Atlanta on Saturday and
we married the following Tuesday.
He selected the preacher and Charley
Crawford obtained the marriage li
cense."
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