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ACCUSED WIDOW WHO TELLS OF
HOW AGED CAPITALIST WOOED HER
BUT DECREES BY SCQR
iou may cal
Sighs if vou in
the Mill of the .
But It’s just ,
And the roman*
maybe buried Y>i
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■line to romance or I not ehang<
Imin <Ji vor<
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in the d#
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parked
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If not. It's just as well. Faith in
>\e and trust, and honor, and human
iRture. doesn’t gain any laurels from
<■ rue and w reck and gpotewjuerie
i e grinds
How the Mill Work*
T’ at'» uhnt it is a grind
Whitten against Whitten. Bay*
e judge Judge Ben Hill, for in-
■ Mi'-r. Tuesday, continuing the dis-
>OR : ;ion of 1 1 < aaey. a record for
Sh
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wife.
st run
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lion a gains
•k. and no
VYhilUn." repeats
lint in his business
's bears witness to the trap
house divided against itself
t forward a bit (if it's your
t i si experience» and prepare for
for protestations; for the bar-
i? g of a Yunnan heart.
' \nung woman soberly dressed.
• ■ s forward from the <-rowded
ti i'rhes' sits tn the chair before the
jury holds up Err right hand
.-wears to tell the truth.
The mumbled, hurried oath conveys
no Idea of solemnity. The ruan might
as well be saying. #“Xow is the time
Cor .11 good men to come tn the aid
of their party,” so fur as his exprea-
s o*! and inflection go
Tien the store of a wrecked and
ruined life, is it?
Just Matter of Fact.
Il doesn't sound like It. \nswering
the questions of her lawyer, the
young woman speaks In a low, mat
ter-nf-fae. voice She migiit he re
lating the details of a shopping ex
cursion, if she had more animation.
Surely this oar.'t lie a tragedy. Where
are the tears; the protestations, the
accusing finger, the
I came home from church. lie
waited for me in the house and hit
me with something T didn't see what
It was. * * * because 1 was
knocked down. * * * No, 1 don't
know vet what he struck me with.
• * * When I could. I gto up and
got out Into the l»ack yard. I wanted
to test. * * * When I came to, I
wax lying on the ground Then
Is this little woman talking about
HERSELF and IIKU 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
.Ige -vit shift uncesih In his
hah lie looks with compassionate j
eves upon the littfe woman in the
« ha»r The lawyer does not raise
Heiu hed hands to heaven
Children Mere Incidents
Lawyer, court, jury they might be I
trying a condemnation case with a I
disputed land > alue.
"< 'hihlrenthe lawyer ask-, negli
gently.
Three. ' she say s and she look* |
■is if she might be ?o, only more mat-
tor-of-fact. The children themselves
. ffin incidents; nothing more.
"The cave is with the jury." the
i tgo announce*- 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
i nelly involving mental <>i bodily
P in. danger to life or limb. Ills
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-
The case 1ms consumed three min-
tites and forty-four seconds.
rite little woman leaves the wit
ness chair. She walks out into the
rowded courtroom, and seats herself,
hesitatingly Two or three «>thei
ur:her down the doek-
xesslon of three and
ses -for all the world
dor comes a fragile,
old man of the farm,
his "whole truth"
Site abused him.
»d him. She struck him.
All Unemotional,
him with what?
The details come ax unemotionally
as the checking of a load of building
material
"She hit me with a board or plank
about three feet long, with a 10-penny
na:l 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 line. There is no
tragedy in the recital and no play
for humor.
Was he injured by the attack?
Yes; the nail stuck in Ins thigh
<’aiming him bodily pain?
He reckons so.
No Cause, He Declares.
Had lie spoken to the defendant,
or k veil any cause for the attack?
Ha i' .'i i .
The court instructs the jtiry to de
cide f the little old man had been
cruelly treated, with treatment In
volving me11 ? a I or bodily pain, danger
to life or limb.
The foreman writes The clerk
fakes the paper The little old man
walks out between the railings.
Time, four minutes, flat.
Hudson against Hudson," says
the judge
"Hudson against Hudson," repeats
the clerk
The grind goes on
What of the Other Side?
Once in a while, in the slight in
terval-* > ,>u wonder about the OTH-
KR SiDE of these undefended cases.
What would they say, the alLxent
ones, tin accused?
Does the "whole truth" do them
whole justice?
?>ld that hlow r 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.
Wha.t could the other side sav for
Itself?
The jury doesn't know. The jury
doesn’t Yiear.
So the Judge calls and tlie clerk re
peats. and the truth is promised, and
the witness speaks, and the foreman
writes.
And the grind goes on.
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.
£>#
w.i- expected to dine/ later in tic
evening, was telephoned and asked to
Inform Mr. VVinecoff of hl« loss. The
latter, however, could n t he found >r
the moment, and Mr. Harrell went to
the Forsyth The: er and took Mrs.
Wlnecoff in an automobile to tier
home, which was still wrapped in
names when they arrived there.
Mr Wlnecoff, arriving a few min
utes later, was stunned momentari.y
by the devastation he saw. When he
had recovered from the first shock i f
ht“ great loss, he said that not mere
than half the cost of the residence
was covered by Insurance.
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Home Is Hunted,
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day went with Policeman Malcomb to
the ruins and in the room that had
been his wife’s found more than $8,oo0
worth of diamonds and other jewels.
The steps had been entirely burned
away and the two men lmd to get into
the room by means of a ladder.
Mr. Winecoff poked about the ashes
tnd charred timbers with a stick and
fin111 y located the fireplace. It was
In Yiere rnat Mrs. Winecoff had kept
the valuable gems secreted, and they
were found practically undamaged nv
the scorching through which they had
passed. About $3,000 worth of silver
plate also wap recovered Tuesday,
but some of this was considerably
damaged. Most of it can be restored
Alon< r with the burning of the home
with its luxurious furnishings the en
tire wardrobe of Mrs. Winecoff. con
sisting of many COgtl) gowns, W8S
consumed in the ,.ame e Not.a single
piece of furniture was loft by the
tire.
So far as known, no one was in D-e
house at the time the fire started. The
blaze first was noticed by E. D. Cran A ,
of No. 102 Peachtree circle. He sound
ed* the alarm a‘t 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 costly tap s-
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
other circumstance their woeful lack
of adequate fire protection.
Frank Harrell, manager of «T.»
Wlnecoff Hotel, where Mr Winecoff
Typewriters rented 4 mos.
$5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co.
Force Passes 50,000
WASHINGTON. Deo 9—For the first
time since the'Civil War the enlisted
strength of the Navy has passed the
50,000 mark, the total to-day being
50,136.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
SPARTANBURG, S. C„ Dec. 9 —A
5-month-old infant was burned to
death near Santue and a 2-year-old
child seriously injured when fire de
stroyed the home of Spencer Sartor,
negro.
Mother Stanislaus
Tells of Recovery
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Convent of St. Anne. .Sanford, Fla. )
'•Gentlemen: In February. 1911, our doctors ^
examined my throat and pronounced the neces
sity of an operation.
Officers Elected
For Delphi Lodge
Officers for Delphi Lodge No. t;$,
Knights of Pythias, were elected laic
night.
The new officers are: G. T. Phillips,
chancellor commander: Thomas T.
Hunnicutt. vice chancellor; C. T. Jor.
dan. prelate; JoL.n B. Bradford, mas
ter of work; W. F. Griffin, keeper of
records and seal; M. C. Strickland,
master of finance; Oliver IL Puckett,
master of exchequer; J. H. Da\ i
master-at-arms; P. W. Robertson, in
ner guard; W. R. Williams. outei\
guard, and Claude R. Beacham, trus
tee for three-year term.
Tho installation will take place n
January.
Pfist Chancellor Thomas H. Jeffries
and others made talks following the
election, and musical numbers were
rendered by E. B. Lester and Fred
Wood.
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of it.”
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dence.
Sayres Guests of
U. S. Envoy in London
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LoNIxjN Dec. 5). Mi- Francis B.
Savre, ,I,t tighter of President Wilson,
who lx here on her honey moon, was
tiio guest of honor to-day at a lunch
eon given by Mis: Page, daughter of
W H Page. United States Am*
husHador to England.
Mr. Sayre this afternoon accom
panied Ambassador Page to Cam
bridge t<* attend the commemoration
feast of Trinity College,
Actress to Address
Continued From Page 1.
reaular rates, and she nuggested 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 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 I was in tho
kitchen preparing some vegetables
w hen Mr Crawford came in and paid
me some money. He said, ‘You work
all the time, don't you?’ and 1 replied
Savannah Boosters £™ r ',o XrThe s Iid u
and I told him that I got out very
little, as I was pretty busy. ‘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 1 would let him know
about it. *
• While we were talking Mrs. Paint
er tame to the stairway and said. 'Mr
SAVANNAH. Dec 9. Mine, Lea
Less! Muntlie, one time actreas-im-
preasarlor 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 this
city.
If you are bothered with backache
or rheumatism, have disagreeable, an
noying bladder or urinary disorders f 0
[ contend with—or suffer with any on
er of the many miseries that com*
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It is a positive fact that Croxonfi
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It soaks right in. cleans out the
stopped-up kidneys and makesxth m
filter and sift out the poisonous^ waste
matter from the blood. It neutralize?
and dissolves the uric acid that lodges
i in the Joints an*d muscles, causing
rheumatism; soothes and heals the
i delicate linings of the bladder.
More than a few doses of Croxotie
i are seldom required to relieve even
j the obstinate, long standing cases.
You wm'11 find Croxone entirely dif
ferent from all other remedies. It i?
iso prepared that it is practically im
possible to take it without results. An
original package costs but a trifle.
■ and your druggist Is authorized to re-
j turn the purchase price if Croxone
fails to give the desired results the
very first time.—Advt.
Fine Overcoats
At Greatly Reduced Prices
We show a beautiful collection of very fine Overcoats. When
we 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
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.
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 care 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, Ymt that he
had told her he was looking for a
wife. He said he wanted me because
1 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
th* train.
"She had become very ill. and 1
agreed to. Before we left there Mr.
Crawford became more insistent that
I marry him and I told him 1 would
give him his answer in four days.
Mrs. Fainter 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. Buftmer 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 abuse her in any w ay is absolutely
untrue.
Consents to Wed Him.
I remained in Atlanta a day. go
ing out to Yus home.
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
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 1 had told him I
was divorced, had children and that
he knew why l wept 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.
I again refused, ami 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 toddles. I
made some of them for him, but he
never drank to excess. He developed
a bad cold and severe cough, and Dr.
J. \Y. Hurt, who had fcr>en 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 n
trained nurse wa* called In and she
gave him a hypodermic Mr. Crawford
was perfectly sane all the time j
knew him. and was rational until an
hour before his death.
“About two hours before be died I
was sitting by the fire in his room
and he said, 'Belle, you look wor
ried.’ I replied that I was worried
j about him. and he said that I must
I not. He said. ‘You treat me so wo!
and wait on me so willingly—If
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consented toi^d not been for you. 1 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
j talked for some time.
At this point Mrs. Crawford broke
j into quiet sobs. Mr. Arnold suggest-
'• ed that she leave the room for few
j moments, but she composed herself
i and continued.
She told of the relatives being
! friendly with her. especially Ch*arl?s
I Crawford and Charles Walton, who,
' she said, came to her house a nuni-
1 her of times after her husband’s
I death.
| Wh> pyzzle your brain about what to
I give for a Christmas present? Some
peop'e suffer a nervous breakdown, and
almost go craz.N in solving this prob
. lem.
t The Georgia Savings Bank and Trust
! ’ »mpany. the hank that makes saving
eas\ 1» accepting deposits as small as
$1.00. will gi\o you a brand-new Two
and a flail' Dollar gold piece of the 1913
oinage for its equivalent in any other
denomination.
A passbook would also be a nice thing
ti> put in the stocking,
l This hank pays 4 per rent interest and
1 would appreciate vour savings account.
liKOKGK M BROWN. President,
j JOHN W GRANT. V President
JOSKPH K. BOSTON.
Sec. and Trea«*
' Advt.
Attorney Janies took up the cross-
examination. but had not progressed
far when Auditor Anderson ask« f d
him how long he would require to fin
ish. He said at least three hours, and
the auditor took a recess until 9
o’clock Wednesday morning.
BURNED TO DEATH IN HOME.
MOBILE, Dec. 9.—Mrs. Ellen
Campbell, aged 40 residing at Mays-
ville, a suburb of Mobile, was burned
to death in her home before help
could reach her. The charred body
had been discovered by fire fighters.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The house was totally destroyed
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