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ROSSER PROMISES NEW ALIBI
VIOTHER GIVES BOY REVOLVER TO REPEL FATHER |
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ear-Tragedy in Architect Ki
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ker's Home Told in Police
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Court by Family.
\ e point of a revolver Will Ki
roea Wednesday morning re
is father, Willlam L. Kiker,
Wi ivancing, enraged, upon the
gv's 1 er, armed with an ax, ac
rding to' charges made in police
k The near tragedy occurred in
) - home, No. 141 Greenwich
Vest EEnd, following a stormy
n ene between Mr. and Mrs.
tion of the Kikers' long
1 iternal strife came at 2
nesday, when, Mrs. Kiker
Ishand came home intoxi
-2 ind infuriated at nothing.
1 Jker broke down and became
aterica s she sobbed out her story
Recorder Broyles Wednesday. Ki
er ho is an architict, stood by,
miling at the Recorder, denying
vervthing. With the mother was
vill, the son who held his father off
ith a revolver, and one daughter.
Went to Get Ax.
In the quarrel that followed Kike:'s
! at home, his wife said he went
fownstairs, saying he would bring an
x 4nd see what about it.
Sugpecting what was in her hus
hand's mind, Mrs. Kiker sald she took
'rom its hiding place her revolver and
fianded it to her son Will, telling him
bt to let any harm come to any of
them from Kiker.
The boy promised.
\t that moment Kiker started up
the stairs brandishing the ax, accord
ing 1o members of the family. .
Wil stepped to the second floor
landing as his father was about half
way the stairs, and, pointing the
gun at his parent, ordered him to stop
AN t down the ax.
o LB OE PRI |
This, the evidence was, sobered
Kiker and frightened him. He @laced
the ax on the stairs and returned to
the floor below, but stopped at the
bottom of the stephe when ordered to
by his son, who still held the revolver
§n him, .
/ Ordered From House.
When the boy had possession of the
ax he ordered his father to leave the
nouse. Kiker went out and down the
street. He was arrested by Officers
Tribhle and Barnett.
In court Wednesday morning Kiker
stated that he had not intended to
arm anyone with the ax, and that he
st handed it over to his son. He
ddmitted the boy held him at the
boint of a revolver.
Mr. and Mrs, Kiker, according to
he wife, have had trouble for a long
ime. Some time ago, Mrs. Kiker
fald, they separated, and she in
‘ended bringing suit for divorce from
Kiler on the ground of cruelty, but
Kiker, she says, made such an elo-
Went plea for himself and to keep
¢ family together on behalf of the
“n that she took him back on
robatior
s Kiker says she doesn't know
: he will do now.
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ury in Feud Killing
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Still Deliberating
. €Jury in the case of J. E. Melton,
3 Harris County man on trial in Judge
"OHIES court for murder, had not
S tupon a verdiet early Wednesday
"UMIg. The members of the jury
.':, “ night at a hotel.
W otn, who s accused of killing Mans
,:p admitted on the stand Tuesday
4ot hie fired the fatal shot, but de-
W hat he acted in self-defense.
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dlned by Operation,
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Girl Sues for $25,000
| GO, March 4.--Miss Cleanthe
_“tdrdakis brought suit for $25,000
g Dr. J. . McKinley, charging
! tperating upon her nose the sur
\., ¥ usedl her unnecessary pain and
Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
|_VOL. XII." No. 184, ATLANTA., GA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1914, gSere woe JOENTS Ty |
Two Young Women Find Room
in Ivy Street Home Ablaze
When Awakened,
The panic-stricken women who
jumped from their beds and ran,
screamiing, to the street when they
awoke and found the ceiling ablazo
over their heads at Parke Hand's
home, No. 129 Ivy street, at 2 a. m.
Wednesday, had to be restrained by
Policeman Jones from running back
into the burning house to save their
property.
The young women are Miss May
Entroken and Miss Nance Morris, who
live at the Rand home. They were
alone in the house at the time ->f
the fire,
A passerby, who later was lost in
the crowd, saw flames leaping from
the roof of the house,
Turns in Alarm.
He ran across the yard and ham
mered upon tie door to arouse the
occupants of the place. He then turn
ed in an alarm.
This noise, combined with the
heavy smoke that was fast filling the
house, and, K the crackling of flames
above their heads, aroused the young
women,
fad only in their night dresses, the
fear-crazed women ran from the
house. Policeman Jones, who chanced
to be in the vicinity, heard the
screams and went {0 the scene of the
fire,
Neighbors Aid Girls.
Jones found the two young women
shivering and hysterical on the side
walk in front of the burning housa2.
Having somewhat allayed their fears,
Jones took the younk women to the
residence next door, where they were
provided with wearing apparel.
Prompt work by the fire depart
ment saved part of the house,
The Rands knew nothing of the fire
until they returned from a visit in
the country Wednesday morning.
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Mrs, Wilson Has Bad
Fall in White House
WASHINGTON, March 4,—Mrs.
Wilson, the President’s wife, suffered
o, bad fall in the White House on
Friday last. The injuries were not
all serious, but the resulting shock
had a troublesome effect. Dr. Grayson
has been in attendance. It was nec
essary for Mrs. Wilson to forego sev
eral important social engagements,
pains being taken not to alarm the
country unnecessarily by stating the
real reason,
‘Granite Highway' Is
eetin
Assured at Meeting
Prospects for the building of the
“granite highway' from Atlanta to
Stone Mountain were bright Wednesday,
after Del Kalb County, through its com
missioner, \W. J. Freeman, agreed to
subseribe 51 rer cent of the cost of con
struction, and E. A Weiblin, president
of the Stone Mountain Granite Corpora
tion, stated that he would furnish the
granite paving free. .
These steps were announced at the
meeting of the Decatur Board of Trade
Tuesday.
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Negro Kissing White
Woman Gets 30 Years
LOS ANGELES, March 4.—Charles H.
Guyton, a negro, was gsentenced to 30
\‘:'.;l‘s' imprisonment because he robbed
:\lv~<, Daisy Stagwald of ten cents, and
after forcing her to kiss him, gave the
dime back
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Musicians, Tired o
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Playing, Will Dance
The relief assoclatio of Music I;'\l‘ s’
CUnion, No. 148, wiil glve a ball at Taft
Hall the night of March 18. Dancing
will begin at 9 0 CIOCR .
A military band of 25 pieces Wil fur
nish mus!
%LACK OF FIRE PROTECTION IS BLAMED FOR
. DESTRLICTION OF JAMES S. FLOYD' S HOME
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WASHINGTON, March {,—The
name of General Venustiano Carran
za has been placed on the “blacklist”
of the American Government along
side that of Victoriano Huerta. The
apparent eleventh-hour repentance of
the Constitutionalist leader in ap
pointing a committee to investigate
the death of William 8., Benton, after
demanding that all negotiations look
ing to a complete inquiry must be
conducted through him alone, will fail
to restore him to the good graces of
the Administration, according to
opirions expressed by high officials
here to-day.
It is the general belief that any ex
amination made of the body of Ben
ton after the long delay caused by
Carranza's efforts to force recogni
tion of his government will be fruit
less If he ahd permitted the interna
tional commission of investigation to
proceed to Chihuahua at the time
when it was ready to go, it is be
lieved that an exhumation of the
body would have shown clearly
whether Benton was executed: by a
firing squad or mur lered,
The information given to President
Wilgon by Sir Lionel Carden, the
British Minister to Mexico, will not
alter President Wilson's attitude of
swatcehful waiting.” The Ambassa
dor is sald to have told the Presi
dent that Huerta is the strongest
man in Mexico to-day, but it is un
derstood that he gave no evidence to
lief that Huerta ultimately will have
contradict the Administration’s be
to retire,
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Punch Satirizes
Monroe Doctrine.
LONDON, March 4 The leading car
toon in Punch this week shows Villa
holding a smoking revolver in one han/l
and with the other laving a wreath at
the ot of the Monroe monument, which
bears the inscriptior “To the memory
of T'residant Monroe Doctrinaire, 1758-
1831 No Kuropean intervention.'
The wreath is tled with a ribbon it
soribed ‘Grateful homage from Gen
eral Villa.
The captic under the cartoon says
wA Jevotee of the doctrine, '
Firemen making futile ef forts to stay blaze which wrecks Floyd residence, No 5 East Fifteenth street
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’Detectlves Capture
. 4 Cracksmen After
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. $50,000 Diamonds
‘ NEW YORK, March 4.-—Battling des
perately with revolvers, then with clubs
land fists, detectives early to-day cap
?lurml four men as they were robbing a
(hafw in the jewelry store at No., 346
{ Bowery, which contained $50,000 in dia
!mnn«!s The police say that the quar
ltotlv are notorious safeblowers and are
{ known from coast to coast. The oft
|firmx\ had received a tip from a woman
that the jewelry store was to be robbed
l:md trailed the men to the scane of the
attempted robbery.
Those arrested were Charles Jordan,
alias Caesar Cella, alias Christie; Wil
liam Smith, alias English Smithy;
George Jardanage, alias the Polack, and
Mella Raffaello.
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‘Town Continues Its
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- Ban on Automobiles
MOUNT DESERT, MAINE, March 4
By a vote of 260 to 68, this town de
cided to continue the ban against au
tomobiles which began last summer.
Roosevelt’s Book
Roosevelt's Beoks
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Bring Nickel Each
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! NEW YORK, March 4.--Bix volumes
Inf Theodore Roosevelt's works were sold
at auction for 20 cents at the defunct
'L’x.iun League Club, Brooklyn
! The Efficient Way to
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. Get Proficient Domestics
The intelligent and
well-trained domestic
is the only variety
worth your bother.
That kind are readers.
Put your particular
need in a ““Want Ad”
in The American and
' Georgian and you will
. have the right kind
. knocking at your door
ready and willing to en
' ter your service. Phone
| or write.
North Side Residents’ Protests
Intensified by $lB,OOO Blaze.
Firemen Came Too Late.
Lack of protect.on against fire on
the North Side of the city was beiug
put forward Wednesday in explani
tion of the destruction by flames the
day before of the handsome home of
James S. Floyd, vice president of the
Atlanta National Bank.
The residence, at No i Kast IMif
teenth street, cost $lB,OOO. The blaze
started in the attic about 1 o'clock in
the afternoon, and spread so rapidly
that the family and nelgibors wore
able to save only a litt’. of the furni
ture and practically nothing of Mu
Floyd's rare and valuable collection
of paintings and tapestries,
The distance from the nearest fire
station—on North avenue was so great
that before any of the apparatus ur
rived the house was past saving., The
Joss is partly covered by insurance.
Protests are being heard from many
property owners near the northern
limit of the city, that the fire-fight
ing facilities on that side of town are
entirely inadequate.
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Digs Way Through
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Snow to Her Fiance
LYNBROOK, N. Y., March 4-~Her
fiance, Irving Molitor, snowbound on
their wedding day, Miss Gertrude La-
Croeix left here home, siX miles away,
in a coach drawn by six horses. She
took two men to shovel away the drifts,
On the road she picked up the min
ister who performed the ceremony at
the emd of the trip.
Lobster Suffocates
Cormorant to Death
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
DUBLIN, March 4.--In a battle be
tween a lobster and a cormorant, the
former won when it gripped the bird's
tongue, causing death from suffocation,
A large crowd witnesse/d the struggle
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Storm Wrecks Piazza;
Burglar Loot Found
ROCKLAND LAKE, N, Y., March 4.
‘he blizzard caunsed $2O damage to
Frank Bostwick's piazza, but uncovered
$2OO in silverware sto'en from him two
years agu by burglars.
Condemned Woman’sl
As Husband's Slayer
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HARTPFORI, CONN., March 4
The slowest execution in the history
of Connecticut was recorded early to- }
day when James Plew, descendant, of
the notorious Duke's family, was |
hanged for the murder of William O, |
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Wakefield. Mrs, Bessie Wakeficld, ;
paramour of the hanged man, whose
appeal argued in the Supreme Courl
vesterday acted as a stay from exe- |
cution with Plew, occupied a cell X'Wl
feet from the execution house, but at
no time did she make any n,-;-m’)w«!
concerning Plew ‘
Plew entered the death chamber at |
two minutes after midnight and 22
seconds later the signal was given for |
the drop.- Ten minutes and 35 sec l
onds later, an unusually long period, |
the prison physician, oflicially pro- ‘
nounced Plew dead, |
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Blind Man's Dog That
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Counted Money Dies
CHICAGO, March 4 Bob, a dog, who
led August Gran, a blind man, about
the streets of Oak Park for fourteen
years, dropped dead from heart diseass
at the end of his leash
Bob knew the denomination of paper
money and kept hig master from being |
“worked'' by barking the number of
dollars a bill was good for. :
Finds Strange Grave
In Family Burial Lot
n Family Burial Lot
CHICAGO, March 4 When Mrs~Ger. |
trude Cashman went to B'Nai Moshe
Cemetery to put flowers on her hus
band's grave, she found a newly-made
grave on the family lot
No one has died in her family for seve. |
eral yvears SBhe demanded an investi
gation
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Forecast for Atlanta and I
Georgia — Fair Wednesday;
probably rain and colder
Thursday. |
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NORCROSS, March 4 As the re
sult of a temporary attack of insan
ity, believed to have been brought by
injuried in a wreck on the Southern
Railway near Cornelia more than a
yvear ago, lLuther Martin, a rallway
postal clerk, is dead and Mrs. Al
bert MeKinney, his motlfer-in-law, is
dangerously wounded, Her wound,
Lhowever, 1s not consldered neces
sarily fatal unless unexpected com
plications set in, as she was in a fair
wiay toward recovery this morning.
No inquest will be held over Martin's
body. as the manner of his death has
been clearly established by the two
ove-witnesses—his wife and Mrs, Mc-
Kinney
Fver since Martin was hurt in the
vreck he had been more or less of an
invalid For several months he was
not able to leave his bed, and had
riever sufliciently recovered to re
sume his malil runs, He had broodea
over his condition and his enforced
idleness This is believed to have so
preyed on hig mind that he finally be
ame insane with a desire to kil
himsell’ and family.
Martin first shot at his wife but
missed her, She screamed, attarcting
the attention of Mrs, McKinney, who
rushed into the room, As the two
omen begged him not to shoot, he
fired again, this time wounding Mrs.
McKinney A third bullet was aimed
at his S-year-old daughter, Louise,
but missed her. Martin then turned
the weapon on himself, sending a bul
et into his brain s complete his
self-destruction, he grabbed a razor
and slashed his throat, He was over
vowered, but not until he had so seri
ously wounded himself that his death
resulted in @ few hours,
WANT CAR LINE EXTENDED.
i'he Decuatur Board of Trade Wed
nesda ontinued to urge the Georgia
Rallgay and Power Company to ex
end the Druid Hills car line to Deca
tn The line now ends two miles
from the DeßKalb courthouse n Deca-
Detective Burns Will Announce
Wednesday Whether He Will
Go on With Case.
In his cell at the Tower, Leo
M. Frank was waiting eagerly
Wednesday for the return of
William .J. Burns, expected late
that day, with his decision as to
whether he would undertake a
complete investigation of the
murder of Mary Phagan. Burns
went to Jackson, Miss., on busi
ness Monday afternoon, after
spending two hours in consulta
tion with Frank, He stated that
‘on his return he would announece
lhis decigion with reference to the
L case,
In the meantime, the New York
statement of Luther Rosser supplied
material for conjecture, particularly
his references to fresh proofs that his
client was not in the pencil factory
from 12:56 to 1:30 o'clock the after
noon of the murder—the time, Conley
testified, that he and the defendan!
spent in disposing of the body.
Seen on Street, Says Affiant.
Other contradiction of the State’s
proof in the matter of time was re
ported Wednesday, when it was said
that Harry Latham had returned from
New Orleans, bringing with him an
affidavit to the effect that Mary Pha
gan had been seen on the streets the
day of the tragedy at a time that
would interfere materially with the
schedule as mapped out by the State.
Added to these various branches of
the situation was the possibility that
Solicitor Dorsey, following the recepit
of the remittitur by the Superios
Court, would call for the prisoner to
he presented in Judge Hill's court
for the repronouncement of gentence.
Ml, Dorsey said that he had pre=
pared his petition to Judge Hin for
the necessary writ to have Frank
brought into court for resentencing.
He said he supposed he would pre
sent it during the day, but was not
sbsolutely certain, Mr. Dorsey would
not comment on the continued re
porte of new evidence.
It is within Judge Hill's discretion
to sentence Frank to be hanged any
time from 20 to 60 days from the date
he appears in court.
Judge Sees No Alternative.
Judge Hill ie known to hold that
he has no alternative but to fix the
date for the hanging.
No change of venue from Fulton
County will be asked for Frank if
Judge Ben Hill grants Frank's peti
tion for a rehearing, according to At
torney Rosser,
“While there still is a great deal of
prejudice and misinformation in At
lanta concerning the Frank case,”
¢ald Rosser, “I think people have
changed their opinions.
“At any rate, there is not so strong
u prejudice as there was, If the trial
court agrees, we are willing to have
the case tried there again, because
we believe people are awakening to
thie realization that a horrible mis
take may have been made.”
Calls Conley the Slayer.
Rosxser gave a statement in New
York containing these and other
statements:
“Jim Conley is the murderer of that
littie girl,” he said, “beyond a shad
ow of a doubt. It was the afidavit
of this Formby woman which start
¢d the talk about Frank's bad char
pcter, and she has recently stated
there wasx not s word of truth in
her aflidavit.
“Outrageous statements about. the