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EXTRA The Atlanta orgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XU NO. 11L ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1913 Copyright. 1906. By Toe Georgian Co. O PTTXFT'Q PAT NO *- ' ALTN io, MORE EXTRA MRS. CRAWFORD TELLS HER ROMANCE ^ »?<J 0?<] t>?<3 t>?<3 t>?<3 t>?« 0?<3 C>?<3 C&J t%3 Winecoff Probes $125,000 Fire; Flan Hunted RUINS OF WINECOFF HOME, BURNED WITH DAMAGE OF $125,000 m s <A JVC cA % % 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. a. «ajt •** ? siii'i'MEI ’ « iPP I > r r r ?t r* r. sr 1 M—K~r rr-vr 3«. i?f i , ,|| 'If'" ' 5 $ ■ ■A tHi.. f f f.F i ^,:Z-Z ,v„ «... \'\..rr£5 I KWMffti Argentine Horse 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. . !ft 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 Ctyptmued on Pag* 2, Column 6. 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 - * n *'- j tree to Currier street, with the po- 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 Continued on Page 2, Co'uma 4 4