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ROMANCE LEFT OUTBID
ASDIVORCECOURTGRINI1S
I DECREES BY SCOR
ACCUSED WIDOW WHO TELLS OF
HOW AGED CAPITALIST WOOED HER
Vou may call il the Bridge of
Righs if you incline to romance -or
the Mill qt the God*
Rut It’s just m plain divorce court.
And the romance In left outside, or
maybe buried back In the dead past
that isn’t so dead that it may not
reach out and ho.d up the hand raised
for the oath to tell the truth, the
whole
Have you ever sat for an hour in a
Georgia divorce court with a packed
docket ?
If not, it’s just as well. Faith in
love and trust, and honor, and human
nature, doarn't gain any laurels frorn
the rue and wrack and grote»querie
of the grind
How the Mill Works
That's what It is a grind
“Whitten against Whitten, says
the Judge -Judge Ren Hill, f<»r In
stance. Tuesday, continuing the dis
position of 191 cases, a record fr»r
Georgia
"Whittsn against Whitten.’ repeats
the clerk, and no hint in his business
like tone* hears witness tr> the trag
edy of a house divided against itself
You sit forward a hit (if it's your
first experience) and prepare f*>r
tears; for protestations; for the har
ing of a human heart.
A young woman soberly dressed,
comes forward from the crowded
benches site in the chair before the
jury holds up her right hand;
swears to tell the truth.
The mumbled, hurried oath conveys
no idea of solemnity The man might
as well be Having "Now is the time
for all good men to come to the aid
of their party.'* so far as h)« expres
sion and inflection go
Then the story -of a wrecked and
ruined life, is it”
Just Matter of Fact.
It doesn't sound like it Answering
the question* of her lawyer, the
young woman speaks In a low. mat
ter-of-fact voice She might be re
lating the details of a shopping ex
cursion. if she had more animation
Surely this can’t be a tragedy. Where
are the tears; the protestations; the
accusing finger the
"I came home from church. He
waited for me in the house and hit
me with something I didn’t wee what
It was • • * because I was
knocked down • • • No. T don’t
know yet what he struck me with.
* • • When I could. I gto up and
got out Into the back yard. 1 wanted
to lest. • • • When I came to, I
was lying on the ground. Then
• • »
Is this little woman talking about
HERSELF and HER HUSBAND?
No tears No particular complaint
in the dull monotony of "the truth,
the whole truth.” No clasping of the
hands. 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
hair. He looks with compassionate
eves upon the little woman in the
chair. The lawyer does not raise
clenched hands to heaven
Children Mere Incidents
Lawyer, court, jury they might 1>>
frying a condemnation case with a I
disputed land \alue.
"Children?" the lawyer asks, negli
gently.
"Three." she says and she looks
as if she might be 20, only more mat
ter-of-fact. The children themselves
seem Incidents; nothing more.
"The case Is with the jury.” the
judge announces. The young woman
looks at the twelve men, but without
apparent interest. Will they file out?
Will they confer? What are the
• ourt's instructions'.'
The Judge says something about
cruelty involving mental or bodily
pain, danger to life or limb. His
speech consumes ten seconds, per
haps
The jury does not do anything per-
■ eptible In the front row-, one juror,
with pen and ink, writes on a docu
ment the 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
rowded courtroom, and seats herself,
hesitatingly Two or three other
"Gru
Judge
"Ora
clerk.
The
And
et. after a
four-minute
like eggs to
wizened, lift
He is sell
against his
She cursed
net Gray.” repeats the
Continues.
further down the dock-
»roc e Hit on of three and
asra -for all tie world
order—comes a fragile,
«* old man of the farm,
us In his "whole truth”
.vife. She abused him.
im. She struck him.
All Unemotional.
Struck him with what?
The details come as unemotionally
as the checking of a load of building
material
"She hit me with a board <»r plank
about three feet long, with a 10-penny
nail sticking through the end—that's
what she hit me with."
There Is a throb of laughter in the
courtroom, but the wrinkled old face
does not change a 11 n» There Is no
tragedy In the recital and no play
for humor
Was he injured by the attack?
Yes; the nail stuck in his thigh.
Causing him bodily pain?
He reckons so
No Cause, He Declare*.
Had he spoken to the defendant,
or given an> cause for the attack?
Me had not.
The court instructs the Jury to de
cide if the little old man had been
cruelly treated, with treatment in
volving mental or bodily pain, danger
to life or limb.
The foreman writes. The clerk
tuk»*M the paper The little old man
walks out between the railing*.
Time, four minutes, flat.
"Hudson against Hudson," say*
the Judge.
"Hudson aga.nst Hudson,” repeats
the clerk
The grind goes on
What of the Other Side?
Once In a while, in the si ght in
tervals. you wonder about the OTH
ER SIDE of these undefended canes.
What would they say. the absent
ones, the accused?
Doe* the "whole truth" do them
whole Justice? . •
Did that blow Tall wit hout a w arn
ing, with no cause from taunt, or
reproach, or abuse? Did she never
treat him coldly was she alwaft s pa
tient; always true; always the sin
ned against?
In all the grind, no hint is given
of any blame that might rest on the
petitioner. Always it is the ungov
ernable temper; the avarice; the
worthlessness; the drunkenness, the
unfaithfulness; the brutality of the
accused
And the Grind Goes On.
What could the other side say for
itself?
The Jury doesn't know. The Jury
doesn’t hear
Ho the Judge calls, and the clerk re
peats. and the truth is promised, and
the witness speaks, anu 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. Mrs. Francis R.
Sayre, daughter of President Wilson,
who Is here on her honeymoon, was
the guest of honor to-day at a lunch
eon given by Miss Page, daughter of
\Y II Page. United States Am
bassador to England
Mr. Sayre this afternoon accom
panied Ambassador Page to Cam-
bridge »•> attend the commernorutioD
leant of Trinity College.
Actress to Address
Savannah Boosters
SAVANNAH. Dec 9 Mme. Lea
Less I Munthe, one time actress-lm-
presaarior. who has recently moved
to Savannah for her health, will ad
dress a rally of the Boosters’ Club on
the evening of December 19
It will be the first time a woman
has addressed such a meeting In thin
city.
cSo
Mrs. J.
Crawford,
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.
C&J
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.
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not. clearing much in Pittsburg, and
the proposition appeared attractive,
and I decided to go. We took the
hotel, and 1 furnished the money to
begin operations. Mrs Painter was
to furnish halt' ot It, but or paid
it in. She handled the office work,
while I looked after the actual run
ning of the place
"I 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 riot stay at the
regular rates. 4ml she suggested that
we give him a lower rate, which I
agreed to.
"The first intimation of marriage
came in a joking way a few days
after this. Mr A’ravvford, Mrs. Burns-
ner. Mrs. Painter. Mr. Lashley, a
relative of Mrs Painter’s, myself and
a number of others were in the of
fice of the hotel, when Mr Crawford
remarked that he was looking for a
cook. Mr. Lashley suggested that
there were a number of widows in
the room who might prove to be good
cooks.
".Several days later 1 was in the
kitchen preparing some vegetables
when Mr. Crawford came in and paid
m« some motley. He said, ’You work
all the time, don’t you?’ and T replied
Mysterious Wan Seen Fleeing
From the Burning VVinecofF
Homo Is Hunted.
Continued From Page 1.
have seen the mysterious runner just
as the flames burst through the house.
No one was in the house at the
time of the fire, 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
s«»n, Frank, had gone downtown to
attend the press banquet at the Ho
tel Wincoff. 1
Chief Cummings said Tuesday that ]
the fire was remarkable in that it i
was the first residence fire in the
history of his connection with the 1
fire department in which it was ab
solutely impossible for the firemen to j
enter the house from any point.
House Balked Entrance.
"When we arrived on the scene ,
flames “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 whole of the interior appeared
a veritable furnace.
‘There was absolutely no way of
arriving at the cause of the fire, as
th^» cause was completely destroyed
before we could get into the house.”
Mr. Winecoff Tuesday was unable
to give a definite estimate of his lose,
but it will be great. The total dam
age is roughly estimated at $125,000,
with insurance covering but 40 to
50 per cent of this amount.
Fire Protection Poor.
A mass of blackened ruins Tuesday
marked the site of the palatial home
and aroused residents in the vicinity
to their perilous lack of fire protec
tion.
Only the solid marble walls were
left standing to indicate the former
magnificence of the building, which
was erected five years ago at a coat
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 press
banquet in the new Winecoff Hotel
and Mrs. Winecoff to attend the the
ater.
Mr. Winecoff before daylight Tues
day went with Policeman Mab'omb 10
the ruins and in th» room that had
been his wife’s found more than $8,000
worth of diamonds und other Jeweis.
The step* 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
fint iiv located the fireplace It was
in here that Mrs. Winecoff had kept
the valuable gems secreted, and they
were found practically undamaged bv
the scorching through which they had
{ asaed. About $3,000 worth of silver
plat.- also was recovered Tuesday,
bur some of this was considerably
house at the time the fire started. Th*
blaze first was noticed by E. D. Crum ,
of No. 102 Peachtree circle. He soUn : -
ed the alarm at about 8:30 o’clock.
The nearest fire station is on North
avenue. By the time the lone com
pany had arrived at the Winecoff
home the flames had leaped through
the rooms, igniting the coatlv tap -
tries and other furnishings, and wer©
beyond all control.
The flames raged unchecked, th©
firemen being powerless to make any
impression on them. The disastrous
• uiflagration brought to the atten
tion of the resident* in that sec;ion
of the city more forcibly than m
other circumstance their woeful la ic
of adequate fire protection.
Frank Harrell, manager of the
Winecoff Hotel, where Mr Wine*- -T
was expected to dine later in tho
evening, was telephoned and asked to
inform Mr. Winecoff of his I095. Tho
latter, however, could n l be found at.
the moment, and Mr. Harrell went to
the Forsyth Theater .and took Mrs.
Winecoff in an automobile to her
home, which wan still wrapped in.
flames when they arrived there.
Mr. Winecoff, arriving a few r mi*
damaged. Most of it can be restored ! utes later, was stunned momentariv
Alon" with the burning of the home j by the devastation he saw. When I10
with its luxurious furnishings the •»- 'had recovered from the first shock < f
tire wardrobe of Mrs. Winecoff. con- bis groat loss, he said that not mcro
sisting of many costly gowns, was than half the cost of the residence
consumed in the .Lames. Not a single was covered by insurance,
piece of furniture was left by the
fire.
So far as known, no one was in the
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.More than a few' doses of Croxone
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. the obstinate, long standing cases.
You will find Croxone entirely dif
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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 re
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fails to give, the desired results the
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Fine Overcoats
At Greatly Reduced Prices
We show a beautiful collection of very fine Overcoats. When
we say fine, wc mean Coats which sell regularly at $35 to $75.
«
The kind of Overcoats you seldom find in stock—anywhere.
These Coats are made from the most expensive and exclusive
fabrics, such as one sees in the upper-class custom shops, and the
styles are the favored fashions of to-day.
If you are interested in fine Coats you should see these, for they
are really very desirable—and the prices are so materially reduced.
Cloud-Stanford Co.
61 Peachtree Street.
that 1 did most of the time. ’You
never go out at all pither’.” he said,
anti 1 told him that I got out very
little, as 1 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. I
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 Jxith of age.
”1 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 care for her.
“About a week later 1 went to the
market and Mr. Crawford saw me
from the park He came up to
and began talking of me marrying
him.
Denies Proposal to Other Woman.
“'Make up vour 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
j I was s good cook, and that Mrs
I Bursner wanted him to pay for her
divorce, which he had refused to do.
A day or two later he asked me to
i 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
l marry him and I told him 1 would
give, him his answer in four days.
Mrs. Painter and Mrs. Bursner did
everything possible to discourage me
from making the trip. 1 did not un
derstand why they did this then, but
later learned that Mrs. Bursner had
planned to make the trip.
"I looked after Miss Scott on the
train and gave her every attention.
The charge that l attempted to choke
or abuse her in any way is absolutely
untrue.
Consents to Wed Him.
n I remained in Atlanta a day. go
ing out to his home. I consented to I
marry him and decided to return to |
St. Augustine and arrange my affairs.
He went to the bank and obtained
$50. 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 I
reached there I knew Something was ]
wrong. There was an air of gloom.
I went out immediately and prepared
his breakfast. Miss Scott and little
Helen Crawford were there. While |
we were at breakfast Mr. Crawford
told me that he had received a very ,
bad 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 1
was divorced, had children and that
he knew why I 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 w*anted me to marry him.
1 again refused, and he continued to
insist until I finally agreed. I re
turned to Atlanta on Saturday and
we married the following Tuesday.
He selected the preacher and Charley
Crawford obtained the marriage li
cense."
"Mr. Crawford was never drunk in
the time that I knew him. Two weeks
after the marriage he received some
whisky and drank some toddies. I
made some of them for him, but he
never drank to excess. He developed
a bad cold and severe cough, and Dr.
J. W. Hurt, who hud been calling to
see Miss Scott, prescribed a cough
medicine for him. He gave me in
structions to give him this whenever
he had a bad coughing attack.
Nurse Gave Hypodermic.
"He was up until the Saturday be
fore he died on Monday. Sunday a
trained nurse was called in and she
gave him a hypodermic Mr. ('raw ford
was perfectly sane all the time j
knew him. and was rational until an
hour before his death.
“About two hours before he died I
was sitting by the fire in his room
and he said, ‘Belle, vou look wor-
FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT ried.’ I replied that 1 was worried
about him. and he said that I must
j not. He said, ’You treat me so well
Atlanta’s Oldest Savings Bankj^ Xbffn %
what 1 would have d. *• ' 1 told him
I was more than glad to wait on him,
and wanted him to get well. We 1
| talked for some time.
W hy puzzl. your brain about what to | At this point Mrs. Crawford broke I
into quiet sobs. Mr Arnold suggest- j
ed that she leave the room for few
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DOLLAR GOLD PIECE
Will Supply You.
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>y accepting deposits as small as
will give vou a brand-new Two
Half Dollar gold piece of the 1813
' for 1 < equivalent in any other
.^nomination
A passbook w
Christmas present? Some I
a nervous breakdown, and j
raxv in solving this prob . . . . , ,
' moments but she composed herself
and continued.
She told of the relatives being
friendly with her. especially Chhrl s
Crawford and Charles Walton, w.io,
, she said, came to her house a num-
j her of times after her husband’s
be a nice thing death.
eking. 1 Attorney James took up the cross-
4 per cent interest ami i examination, but had not progress d
savings account, f ir when Auditor Anderson asked
him how long he would require to ttn-
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