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III!'- A IIjAiV I A AM 1 SIMMS.
ACCUSED WIDOW WHO TELES OF
HOW AGED CAPITALIST WOOED HER
OUT DECREES BY SCO
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You may* cal! it the Bridge of
Fighs If you incline to romance or
the Mill of the God*
But it’s just a plain dlvori c 1 ourt.
And the romance is left outside, or
maybe buried hack in the lead past
omen smile
Her face does
inst Gray,
Judge
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the
reprat a the
that it
may not
and raised
trut
t he
»r an hour in n
with a packed
that isn't so i
reach out and i oid up
for the oath to tell
whole———
Have you ever sat f
Georgia divorce court
docket ?
If riot, it's* Just as well Faith in
love and trust, and honor, and human
nature, doe n't gain any laurels from
the rue and wreck and grotesquerie
of the r r-jid.
How ‘he Mill Works
That's \v! is a grind
‘Whitten against Whitten. says
the Judge Judge Ben Hill, for in
stance. Tuesday, continuing the dis
position of 191 cases, a record for
Georgia
“Whitten against Whitten repeat*
the clerk, and no hint in ! is busim**"
like tones bears witness to the trag
ed\ of a house divided against Itself.
You sit forward a bit (if it's your
first experience! and prepare for
tears, for protect tat Iona: for the bar
ing of a human heart.
\ young woman, eoner! dre^ed,
comes forward from the crowded
benches; in the chair before the
jury holds uo her right band;
swears to tell the truth.
The mumbled, hurried oath conveys
no idea of solemnity. The man might
as well be saving. “Now is the time
for all got*l men to come to the aid
of their party." so far as his ex pres
sion and infic. ’Ion go.
Then the story of a wrecked and
ruined life, i* it 0
Just Matter of Fact.
It doesn’t sound like it. Answering
the questions of her lawyer, the
young woman speaks in a low mat-
ter-of-faci voice. She might he re
lating the details of a shopping ex
cursion. if she had more animation.
Surely this car.’t be n tragedy Where
are the tears; the protestations, the
accusing Anger; the —
"1 came home from church. He
waited for me in the house and hit
me with something 1 didn't see what
It was. • • * because I was
knocked down • * • No, I don't
know yet what lie struck me with.
• • • When T could. T gto up and
got out Into the hack yard. I wanted
to rest. • • • When T came to, 1
was lying on the ground. Then
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Ts this little woman talking about
HERSELF and HER HUSBAND 0
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 ills
chair. He looks with compassionate
eyes upon the little woman in the
rhalr The lawyer does not raise
clenched hand* to heaven
Children Mere Incidents.
Lawyer, court, jury they might lie
trying a condemnation case with a
disputed land value
"Chilrfren ?" the lawyer asks, negll-
Ti
F*t,
PI
lilt
nf inues.
rthcr down the dock-
•ession of three and
e.*- for all the world
ler comes a fragile,
iJd man of the farm.
He ik serious in ids "whole truth”
against ills wife. She abused him.
She cursed him. She struck him.
All Unemotional.
Struck him with what ?
The details come as, unemotionally
as the checking of a load of building
material.
She iiit me with a board or 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
court room but the wrinkled old face
di-r* not change a line There is no
U;> »y in the recital and no play
for I :or.
a-> 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 1o the defendant,
or given any cause for 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 train, danger
to life or limb.
T <• foreman writes. The clerk
take-r the paper The little old man
walk** 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
tervals. you wonder about the OTII-
KFt SIDE 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
tOCUlt 'I
And the Grind Goes On.
What could the other aide 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.
Sayres Guests of
U. S. Euvoy in London
Mrs. J. B.
Crawford, who
will go on the
witness stand
in the
battle for the
$260,000 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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gently.
Three. she says and she look* j Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
' < • N I H > \ Dei 9. Mrs Francis B.
as if she might be 20, only more mat
ter-of-fact. The children themselves
ee^m Incidents, nothing more.
“The rase is with the jury." the
Judge announces. The young woman
looks at the twelve men, but without
apparent interest. Will they flip out'
Will they confer" What are the
ourt’s instructions?
The Judge says something about
r tielty involving «mentnl or bodily
pain; danger to life nr limb. His
speech consumes ten seconds, per
ha pp.
The Jury does not do any thing per
ceptible. 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’’ lias been grant-
The case has consumed three min
utes and forty-four seconds.
The little woman leaves the wit
ness chair. She walks out into the
« row dad courtroom, and seats herself,
hesitatingly. Two or three other
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Sayre, daughter of President Wilson,
who is here on her honeymoon, was
the guest of honor to-day at a lunch-
cun given by Mis- Page, daughter of
\Y II Page. United States Am
bassador to England.
Mr. Sayre this afternoon accom
pan led Ambassador Page to (’am
bridge to attend the commemoratioD
feast of Trinity College.
Actress to Address
Savannah Boosters
SAVANNAH, Dec f». Mine Lea
Lessl Muntlie. one time actreas-iin-
t*r« ssarl or. w ho has recently moved
to Savannah for her health, will ad
dress a rallythe Roosters’ Club on
the evening of December 19.
It will he the flrst time a woman
has addressed Mich a meeting in this
city.
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magnificence of the building, which
was erected five years ago at a cos:
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 r minutes after Mr. and
Mrs. Winecoff had left the house, Mr
Winecoff ro be present at the press
banquet In the new Winecoff Hotel
and Mrs. Winecoff to attend the the
ater.
Mr. Winecoff before daylight Tues-
dav went with Policeman Malcomb to
the ruins and In the room that had
been his wife's found more than SS.ooO
worth of diamonds and other jewel 6 ,
i The steps had been entirely burn* d
away and the two men had to get into
the room by means of a ladder.
Mr. Winecoff poked about the ashr-s
and charred timbers with a stick and
flnf lly located the flreplac®. It was-
in here that Mrs. Winecoff had kept
the valuable gems secreted, and they
were found practically undamaged by
, the scorching through which they had
passed. About $3,000 worth of silver
'so was recovered Tuesdiv,
as the flames burst through the house, j hut some of this wh^ lonsidrn L
*. . , , ... damaged. Most of it
No one was in the house at the
time of the fire, which burst forth
about S: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 Wincoff. j
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 j
fire department in which it was ab- j
solutely impossible for the firemen to
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
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 -to 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 rhe vlcin : ty
to their perilous lack of tire protec- I
lion.
Only the solid marble walls were !
•eft standing to indicate the former
be restored
Alon- with the burning of the home
with its luxurious furnishings the **n-
tire wardrobe of Mr* Winecoff, con
sisting of many costly gowns, was
consumed in the .Lames. N’nt a single
piece of furniture was left by the
fire.
So far as known, no one was in the
Mother Stanislaus
Tells of Recovery
house at the time the fire started. Ths
blaze first was noticed hv F D. Crane,
( f No. 102 Peachtree circle. He soun 1 .
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 th. Winecoff
home the flames had leaped through
the rooms, igniting the costly tap^.
tries and other furnishings, and were
beyond all control.
The flames „raged unchecked, the
firemen being powerless to make ar.v
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 !u
of adequate Are protection.
Frank Harrell, manager of t; .
Winecoff Hotel, where Sir Wine ■ cf
was expected to dine later in the
evening, was telephoned and asked i
Inform Mr. Winecoff of hi« loss. Th
latter, however, could n t be found
the moment, and Mr. Harrell went to
the Forsyth The., er and took Mr-,
Winecoff in an automobile to her
home, which wag still wrapped in
flames when they arrived there.
Mr. Winecoff. arriving a few min
utes later, was stunned momentaruv
by the devastation he saw-. When he
had recovered from the first shock < f
his great loss, he said that not m»*re
than half the cost of the residence
was covered by Insurance.
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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 mor.ey to
begin operations Mr- Painter as
to furnish half of it, but never paid
it In. She handled the office work,
while I looked after the actual run
ning of the place.
“1 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 flrst called
to him by Mrs. Painter, who said
that be said be would not stay at the
reeular rates, and 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 thts. Mr Crawford, Mrs Burns-
ner. Mrs. Painter, Mr. Lashie> . a
relative of Mrs. Painter’s myself and
a number of others were in the of
(Ice of the hotel, when Mr. Crawford
remarked that he was looking for a
cook. Mr. Lasddey suggested that
there were a number of widows in
the room who might prove to be good
cooks.
"Several da> s later I was in the
kitchen preparing some vegetables
when Mr Crawford came in and paid
me some money. He said. 'You work
all the time, don't you?’ and 1 replied
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of it."
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from making the trip. I did not un
derstand why they did this then, but
latrV 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 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 iny
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.
1 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 lie had received a very
bad letter. He then showed me the
anonymous letter which he had re
ceived in St. Augustine. T told him
the facts that were not true, and re
minded him that I had told him I
was divorced, had children and that
lie knew why I went by the name of
Mrs. Savage. He admitted this. T
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, and he continued to
insist until T finally agreed. I re
turned to Atlanta on Saturday and
wo 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 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.
Nurie Gave Hypodermic.
"He was up until the Saturday be
fore he died on Monday. Sunday n
trained nurse was called in and ahr-
gave him a hypodermic Mr. Crawford
was perfectly sane all the time 1
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
... , ..... he said, 'Belle, you look wor-
FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT ried 1 replied that I was worried
I about him, and he said that I muit
not. He said, ‘You treat me so well
n I i and wait on me so willingly-—if it
DanKjhad not been for you. 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 j
moments, but she composed herself
and continued.
She told of the relatives being I
friendly with her. especially Ohhrl?s
Crawford and Charles Walton, who, I
she said, came to her house a num
ber of times after her husband'3 j
death.
Attorney James took up the cross- |
examination, but had not progressed
far when Auditor Anderson ask?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. '
that I did most of the time. 'You
never go out at all. either"’ lie said,
i-nd I told hinv that i got out very
little, an I was pretty busy. ‘Well,
you arc a pretty good cook, and I
need someone to look after me,' he
said. 'My relatives won’t, and I uant
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 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 enanoe 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 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 ho had proposed to Mrs. Bursner,
and he said he had not, but that he
hail 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
the train.
"She had become very ill, and I
agreed to. Before we left there Mr.
Crawford became more insistent that
1 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
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