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illl', ATI,AVIA libOKCiIAN AND NKWS.
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i divorce rf
left outside
judge
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Her face docs
says the
repeat a the
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the hand raised
tlie truth, the
iv hole
Have
Georgia
do» ket ?
If not
lo\ e. a n<
na t uro.
ron e\ er sat for an hour 1 n a
divorce court with a packed
. it’* Just as well. Faith in
5 trust, and honor, and human
rloern’t gain any laurels from
the rue ami ure
of the grind.
How the Mill Work*
That's what !t If a grind.
Whitten against Whitten, say
ti e judge Judge Ren Hill, f<»r In- J
stance, Tuesday, continuing the dis
position of 1 U 1 rases, a record fori
Georgia
“Whitten against Whitten." repeats
the clerk, and no hint in his business
like tones heirs witness to the trag-
edv of a house divided against Itself
You sit forward a bit (if it's your
first experience) and prepare for
tears: f nr protestations; for the bar
Ing of a human heart.
A young woman soberly dressed,
comes forward from the crowded
benches ‘its In the chair before the
Jury holds up her right hand,
swears to fell the truth.
The mumbled, hurried oath conveys
no idea of solemnity The man might
as well be saying. “Now is the time
for all good men to come to lhe aid
of their part'.” mo far as his exprew
sioti 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 questions of her lawyer, the
voting woman speaks in a low. mal-
ter-of-fact voice She might be re
lating the details of a shopping ex
cursion, if she had more animation
Surely this car.’t be « tragedy. Where
are the tears: the protestations; the
accusing Anger; the :
“I came home from church. He
waited for me in the house and hit
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 I could. I glo up and
got out Into the back yard. I wanted
to rest. • • • When T came to, I
was lying on the ground Then
• ♦ • ••
Is this little woman talking about
HERSELF and ITER 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 lesn forward.
Their faces do not flush. Veins do
not sprout <*• their foreheads. The
Judge does not shift uneasily in Ids
(hair He looks with compassionate
eves upon the little woman in the
chair The lawyer does not raise
< niched hands to heaven
Children Mere Incidents,
l/sw yer, court, jury —they might be I
trving a condemnation case with a I
disputed land value
“Children?** the lawyer asks, negli
gently r .
“Three." she says and she looks
as if she might be “0. only more mat
ter-of fact. The children themselves
leem Incidents, nothing more,
“The ease Is with the Jury,” the
judge announces The young woman
looks at the twelve men, hut without
apparent Interest Will they file out*:
Will they confer? What are the
court's ust ructions ?
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
ceptible In the front row. one juror,
with pen and ink. writes on a docu
ment the lawyer has handed him.
Then Come* Another.
The “first decree" has been grant
ed.
The case has consumed three min
e's and forty four seconds.
The little woman leaves the w it
secs chair. She walks out into tho
« towded courtroom, and seats herself,
hesitatingly Two or three other
fill
lik
wizenc
Hi
agains
She c.
past The grind continues.
, )0t j And a dttie further down the dock-
icr a procession of three and
ninute cases for ail the world
ggs to order -comes a fragile,
little old man of the farm,
serious In his "whole truth"
Ids wife. She abused him.
sed him. She struck him
All Unemotional.
Struck him with what?
The details come as unemotionally
anrl *roln»iu»rie j as th „ ( . hp ,.|,i nK „f a load of building
I material /
“She hit me with a hoard or plank
, about three feet long, with a 10-penny
nail sticking through the end—that's
j what she hit me with."
There is a throb of laughter in the
courtroom, but the wrinkled old face
does not change a line. 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 Declares.
Had he spoken to the defendant,
or given any cause fur the attack?
He 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
takes lh* paper The little old man
walks out between the railings.
Time, four minutes, flat.
"Hud-on against Hudson,” says
the Judge.
“Hudson against Hudson," repeats
the clerk.
The grind goes nr>
What of the Other Side?
Once in a while, In the slight in
tervals. you wonder about the OTH
ER SIDE of these undefended cases.
What would they say, the absent
ones, the. accused?
Does the “whole truth" do them
whole Justice?
Did that blow fall without a warn
ing, with no cause from taunt, or
reproach, or abuse? Did she never
treat him coldly—was she always 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.
So the Judge calls, and the clerk re
peats. and the truth is promised, and
the witness speaks, and the foreman
writes.
And the grind goes on.
ACCUSED WIDOW WHO-TELLS OF
HOW AGED CAPITALIST WOOED HER
UL
C&J
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.
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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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Mysterious Man Seen Fleeing
From the Burning Winecoff
Home Is Hunted.
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Sayres Guests of
U. S. Envoy in London
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
DOND<>N. i >*h . y. 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
W. II Page. United State* Am
bassador to England.
Mr. Sayre this afternoon accom
panied Ambassador Page to Cam
bridge to attend the commemoration
feast of Trinity College
Actress to Address
Savannah Boosters
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SAVANNAH, Dec 9. Mme Lea'
Lessi Munthe, one time actress-ini -
pressarior, who has recently moved
to Savannah for her health, will ad
dress a rally of the Roosters' 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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have seen the mysterious runner just
I as the flames burs! through the house.
No one was in the house at the
time of the fire, which hurst 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 WincofT.
Chief Cummings said Tuesday that
the fire was 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 for the firemen to
enter the house from ary 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
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,
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 creeled five years ago at a eon
of more than $1.00,000.
The destruction of the resi.’en '•
w» 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 he present at th»* press
banquet in the new Winecoff Hotel
and Mrs. Winecoff to attend the the-
e ter.
Mr. Winecoff before daylight Tues
day went with Policeman Maicomb to
I he ruins and in tin room that had
been his wife’s found more than $8,000
worth of diamonds and other jewels.
The steps had been entirely burned
av.av and the two men had to get into
the room by means of a ladder.
Mr. Winecoff poked about the ash. «
and charred timbers with a stick and
flnf iiy located the fireplace. It was
in here mat Mrs. Winecoff had kept
the valuable gems secreted^, and they
were found practically undamaged r.v
t ]-»#=* scorching through which they it ad
i passed. About $.1,000 worth of silver
| plate also was recovered Tuesd iv,
j but some of ihis was connideraoly
damaged. Most of it can be restored
Alon^ with the burning of the horn-
with Its luxurious furnishings the n -
t;re wardrobe of Mrs. Winecoff, con
sisting of mans costlj gown " **
consumed in the ..nines. Not a single
piece of furniture was left by the
fire.
So far as known, no one was in tee
house at the time the fire started. Tin
blaze first was noticed by E. D. Crane,
■ >f No, 102 Peav htree circle. He soun
t'd the alarm at about 8:30 o’clock
The nearest fire station is on North
nvenue. By the time the lone com-
i.:ii•.> had arrived at the Winecoff
home the flames had leaped through
the rooms, igniting the costly tapes
tries and other furnishings, and were
beyond all control.
The flames raged unchecked, the
firemen being powerless to make any
Impression on them. The disastrous
conflagration brought to the atten
tion of the residents in that section
of the city more forcibly than an*
o;her circumstance their woeful lack
of adequate fire protection.
Frank Harrell, manager of tip
Winecoff Hotel, where Mr Wlnec »:f
was expected to dine later in the
evening, was telephoned and asked to
Inform Mr. Winecoff <»f hi* loss. Tho
latter, however, could n t be found nt
tiie moment, and Mr. Harrell went to
the Forsyth The: er and took Mr*.
Winecoff in an automobile to her
home, which was still wrapped in
flames when they arrived there.
Mr. Winecoff. arriving a few min
utes later, was stunned momentarily
by the devastation he saw. When lie
had recovered from tho first shock < f
his great loss, he said that not mere
than hal/ the cost of the residence
was covered by insurance.
Continued From Page 1.
not clearing much in Pittsburg, and
the proposition appeared attractive, 1
and I decided to go. We took the
hotel, and 1 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.
“I first m£t 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 sold lie would not stay at the
regular rate*, 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. Dash ley, 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 I was in (he
kitchen preparing some vegetables
when Mr Crawford came in and paid
me some money. He said. ‘You w ork
all the time, don’t you?’ and T replied
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We show a beautiful collection of very fine Overcoats. When
wc say fine, we 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
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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, either .’’ he said,
and I told him that I got out very
little, as I was pretty buoy. ‘Well,
you are a pretty good cook, and 1
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 wf were talking Mrs. Paint
er came to the stairway and said, ‘Mr.
Frawford, 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. T did not ask her from whom,
neither did she tell me. 1 was glAd
that she had a chance to marry again,
as sli(* was in poor health jand needed
someone to care for her.
“About a week later 1 went to tile
market and Mr. <'rawford saw me
from tho park. He came up to me
and began .talking of nre marry ing
him.
Denies Proposal to Other Woman.
“ ‘Make up your mind to go hack to
Atlanta with me.’ he said. 1 told him
that he had proposed to Mrs. Bursner,
and be said he had not, but that lie
had told her he was looking for a
wife. He said he wanted me because
I was a good cook, and that Mtb.
Bursner wanted him to pay for her
divorce, which he had refused to do.
“A dav or two later he asked me to
accompany him to \tlanta and help
him care for his niece. Miss Scott, on
tho train.
“She tiad become very ill. and l
agreed to. Before we left there Mr.
F raw ford became more insistent that
I marry him t and T told him I would
give him his answer In four days.
Mrs. Painter and Mrs. Bursner did
everything possible to discourage me
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er of the many miseries that conn
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It is a positive fact that i'roxone
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tnd dissolves the uric acid that lodges
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’rheumatism: soothes and heals the
I delicate linings of the bladder.
More than a few doses of Croxone
i arc seldom required to relieve even
: the obstinate, long standing cases.
You will find Croxone entirely dif-
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I so prepared that it is practically im-
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1 and your druggist is authorized to re-
j turn the purchase price if Croxone
i fails to give the desired results the
very first time.—Advt.
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
I rain and gave her every attention.
The charge that 1 attempted to choke
or abu*e her in any way is absolutely
untrue.
Consents 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
$50. which he gave me to pay my
expenses on the trip.
“When l returned to Atlanta I wont
directly to his house. It was 6 o’clock
in the morning, and as soon as I
reached there I knew something was
wrong. There was an air of gloom.
I went out immediately and prepared
his breakfast. Miss Scott arid 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 bo had re
ceived in St. Augustine. I told him
the facts that were not true, and re
minded him that T had told him I
was divorced, had children and tl^t
he knew Why I went by the name of
Mrs. Savage. He admitted this. 1
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 1 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 1 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 <v>ld and severe cough, and I)r
J. NY. Hurt, who had 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-
forc he died on Monday. Sunday i
trained nurse was called in and sh<
gave him a hypodermic Mr. Crawford
was perfectly sane all the time i
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, you look wor
ried.* I replied that 1 was worried
about him. and he said that I must
not. He said. ‘You treat me so well
and wait on me so willingly—if It
had not been for yau I don't know
what I would have do^e.’ I told him
I was more than glad to wait on him,
and wanted him to get well. We
talked for some time.
At this point Mrs. Crawford broke
into quiet sobs. Mr. Arnold suggest
ed that she leave the room for few
moments, hut she composed herself
and continued.
She told of the relatives being
friendly with her. especially Chkrles
Crawford and Charles Walton, who,
she said, came to her house a num
ber of times after her husband'3
death.
Attorney James took up the cross-
examination. but had not progressed
far when Auditor Anderson asked
him how long he would require to tin
ish. He said at least three hours, and
the auditor took a recess until 'J
o’clock Wednesday morning.
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