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The Atlanta
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VOL. XU NO. 11L
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1913
Copyright. 1906.
By Toe Georgian Co.
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MRS. CRAWFORD TELLS HER ROMANCE
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Winecoff Probes $125,000 Fire; Flan Hunted
RUINS OF WINECOFF
HOME, BURNED WITH
DAMAGE OF $125,000
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ALDERMAN MADDOX FINED IN POLICE COURT
Search Is beln* made for a mys
terious man who is reported to have
been seen by neighbors fleeing from
the home of W. F. Winecoff, i.n Ans-
ley Park, just about the time the Are
broke out Monday night (destroying
the palatial ^ 100,000 structure.
The damage was estimated at about
$125,000, Including valuable paint
ings. Jewels valued fit $8,000 were
recovered by Mrs. Winecoff early
Tuesday.
Mr. Winecoff Tuesday morning en
listed the services of an expert fire
investigator, who, is conducting an
ORDER OF
Another scene In the police court
career of Alderman J. W. Maddox
was enacted Tuesday morning when
the city official was fined $10.75 by
Recorder Broyles on a charge of In
terfering with a policeman In the
performance of his duty.
This latest charge followed a col
lision between a heavily-loaded
wagon owned by the Alderman and
an automobile driven by R. C. Thomp
son, of the Trio Laundry, which oc
curred at Peachtree and Pryor street*
Saturday.
Alderman Maddox, following his
wagon in a buggy, witnessed the ac
cident. and straightway declared it
to have been the fault of Thomp
son. The latter Insisted that the
1 Bear Meat Proves
Real Waterloo of
City Meat Tester
I A. Wasser, City Meat Inspector,
whose recent test of some sausage had
such a disastrous end. haa suffered an
other catastrophe to his professional
pride.
He was down in Mississippi on a bear
I hunt, from which he has Just returned.
After killing a big black bear on his
first day’s hunt he was advised that he
had better be careful in eating it, as
bear meat usually makes persons sick
the first time they eat It. But Mr.
Wasser took a chance. The first help
ing did not satisfy him, so he took a
second.
"I was sick when I ate that sausage,”
said Mr. Wasser. "but a man doesn’t
know what sickness is until he eats
too much bear."
Known Dead Now Reaches 150,
Serious Conditions Still Exist
in Stricken Section.
Rural Mail Delivery
For All U. S. Asked
WASHINGTON, Dec. n.—Representa
tive Griest. of Pennsylvania, introduced
in the House a bill providing for the
extension of free carrier delivery to all
villages of 1,000 population and over,
where the postoffice fer a community
has gross receipts of $3,000 annually.
DALLAS, TEXAS. Dec. 9.—With
several thousand refugees marooned
in half-flooded cotton ginhouses and
dwellings, flood conditions in Central
and Southern Texas still were unre
lieved to-day Civic organizations in
the largest cities in the State have
organized relief expeditions which will
get into action as soon as the waters
recede enough to permit the penetra
tion of the devastated country.
The total known dead was In
creased to-day to 150, and reports
Club sent out circular* estimating the
total dead at 500.
Desperado in Mine
Holds Up Pursuer;
To Try Gases Again
BINGHAM, UTAH. Dec. 9.—Seven
Sheriffs and their deputies who hare
been searching the Utah-Apex mine
for Raphael Lopez, the Mexican des
perado who killed six men, began
preparations to-day to fill the mine
again with poison gas In an effort to
suffocate the bad man. The previous
effort failed, although smudges were
kept burning at all the mine entrances
for three days, and the poison fumes
were pumped into the underground
workings. •
The belief that Lopez was still alive
in the mine was confirmed to-day by
Pete Koras, who said that while
searching In the mine Lopez had
caught him, held a revolver to his
side and relieved him of his tobacco
and candles.
Bulkheads were put back In place
to-day and smudges were prepared
for lighting.
Aged Man Struck by
Slowly-Moving Auto
Bewildered by the traffic while
crossing Marietta street at the City
Hall comer, H. Wolfe, an aged man
living at No. 161 South Forsyth
street, stepped directly In front of an
automobile driven by J. W. McKin
ney, No. 666 East Fair street, and was
thrown to the pavement.
McKinney, an employee of C. D.
Taylor, a dealer In supplies, was driv
ing slowly and Wolfe’s Injuries ap
peared to be slight. Policeman T. D.
Shaw made an investigation of the
circumstances and found that the
driver evidently was not at fault.
"There's Absolutely No Founda
tion for Poison Accusation!”
Widow Cries From Stand.
Thieves Get 6 Cents
In Raid on a Store
Two bold burglars, who broke into
the Highland Avenue Pharmacy on
Tuesday morning About 4:30 o’clock,
after spending an hour carefully re
moving a pane of glass from the door,
searched the place thoroughly and
found—6 cents.
They were frightened away by W.
R. Armiatead, a street car conductor,
who passed the store on his way to
work.
Mrs. Armor to March
Against Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, Dec. National
leaders of the Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union, headed by Mrs.
Mary Armor, of Georgia; Mrs. Emma
Sanford Shelton, of Washington, and
Mrs. Ella A. Boole, of Brooklyn, will
march up Capitol Hill to-morrow to
urge the adoption of a prohibition
amendment to the Federal Constitu
tion.
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Given to Roosevelt
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BUENOS AYRES. Dec. 9.—Colonel
Roosevelt, who arrived here from Bahia
Blanca, visited the Club Hlpico Argen
tine, which held a grand tournament
and presented one of the finest horses to
the ex-President.
Poison Evidenoe to
Be Heard on Dec, 19
•\bove an employee of the Winecoff home exploring a fireplace in the ruins where $8,000
hidden in ’the fireplace for safekeeping. Below, ruins of the palatial residence.
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worth of diamonds and other jewels, property of Mrs. Winecoff, were recovered. They had been
Special Solicitor John Y. Smith,
appointed by Judge Hill to act for
the State In the criminal proceedings
against Mrs. Crawford, called the
Grand Jury for December 19 to hear
the poison evidence against the wid
ow.
exhaustive probe in the hope of as
certaining the cause of the fire. The
°xpert, whose name has been with
held. has been on the scene practical
ly all day, going over the ruins from
op to bottom and minutely examin
ing every phase and feature in an
assiduous search for some clew that;
migfct dissipate the mystery.
\i’r. Winecoff declared he would
spire no pains to find the origin of
the lire. Further steps are expected
to be taken as soon as the expert in-
< estimator completes his probe and! 1
ni »kes his report. *1
The report that a stranger was i
seen running from the house across
the broad lawn came to Fire Chief
Cummings Tuesday through mem
bers of his department, and the hunt
for this man commenced Immediate-
Several neighbors are—said to
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blame rested with the wagon driver, driver to proceed and pay no heed to
Thompson summoned a policeman the officer’s presence,
to arrest the driver for reckless driv- Xhe waf?on continued down Peach -
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According to the story told by I lineman walkin'* at its side. Finally
Thomson in court Tuesday, when Po. j th „ Alderman ordered his driver to
’iceman Rost wick arrived on the , come to n halt, whereupon a copy
feiene, tut> Alderman instructed hit t ut chuigev v> <xx starved on the driver.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
SPARTANBURG, S. C* l)*S. 9 — A
»j-month-old infant was burned to
■death near Santuc and a 2-year-old
child seriously injured when fire de
stroyed the home of Spencer Sartor,
a negro.
Compelled to Wash
Auto, This Wife Sues
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Deo. •.—-In her
petition for alimony, Mrs. Annetta Slo
cum alleges that her husband compelled
her to wash his automobile and do other
Heavy work.
Dramatically proclaiming her
innocence of the charge of caus
ing the death by poisoning of her
husband, Joshua B. Crawford,
and asserting that he insisted
upon marrying her over her pro
test after he had received am
anonymous letter denouncing
her, Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford
took the stand for the first time
Tuesday in the famous fight over
her deceased husband’s estate.
"It’s not true; I never dreamed of
harming my husband. There’s abso
lutely no foundation for anyone t*
make auch a charge against me,” she
Mid, gazing directly at Charles Wal-
/ton, on* of the 48 contesting heirs,
who received one settlement and who,
Mrs. Crawford states, war MendJv
with her for two years after her hus
band's death.
With the exception of a momentary
breakdown, Mrs. Crawford was col
lected on the stand. When Attorney
Reuben Arnold made reference to the
testimony of Charles Crawford that
she had taken a vial from her belt and
shaken some powder Into a paper and
given it to heT husbsnd In the pres
ence of a number of relatives, Mrsu
Crawford smilingly declared:
Lays Prosecution to Envy.
”If I was going to administer poison
to anyone, I suppose I would have
more sense than to give It In the pres
ence of other persons,”
She directly charged her prosecu
tion as the result of Jealousy of othotf
women, who were angered by the fact
that "Uncle Josh” Crawford had se
lected her as a wife Instead of them.
She frankly admitted that she had
married him because of the fact that
he would provide a comfortable home
for her the rest of her life, but this
was mutual, she said, as he wanted
someone to make a home for him,
and he wanted her because she was a
good cook and a hard worker.
Mrs. Crawford said she considered
the matter deeply, however, and it
was some time after his proposal
before she accepted him.
' There has been talk og why I went
by the name of ‘Mrs. Savage’ in
Jacksonville, and the insinuation
made that I went under that name
for fraudulent purposes,” said Mrs.
Crawford. “My maiden name was
Mary Belle Savage, and I was mar
ried twice before I married J. B.
Crawford, obtaining divorces from
mv other husbands. One was naro-afc
Bishop and the other McKinnon.
"After obtaining the last divorce
in Pittsburg, which was my home, \
took my maiden name of Savage. $
had asked for It In my divorce p^
tition, and my lawyer told me afte#
obtaining the divorce that I was en4
titled to my maiden name.
Ran Boapding House.
”1 operated a boarding hcnee tofts
Pittsburg. My boarders were *4
high-class people. Mrs. Painter, wh4
was a neighbor of mine, i mltril
me to go to SL Augustine and operat4
a hotel there. She said she had 4
splendid business proposition. J
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