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The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. L NO. 67.
ATLANTA, OA., FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1906
NEGRO FAILING IN A SSA ULT ON GIRL,
FLEES TO WOODS WITH LITTLE BABY
Miss Hazel Baird, of
Simpson St., Fought
Off Assailant.
BABY WAS DROPPED
IN WOODS BY CAPTOR
Citizens and County Police
in Pursuit of
Negro.
After having: failed In an attempt to
aeeault and to cut the throat of Mies
Hazel Baird, a l*-yekr-old girl,
the rear of her home at the extreme
western end of Simpson street, near
the Florence Crlttenton home, about
1 o'clock Friday afternoon, an unknown
negro man grabbed up a little 8-year-
old child of J. M. Baird, and fled with
It to the woods.
He waa hotly pursued by several
men and boys, who were attracted by
the screams of the young woman, and
when he reached the protection of the
bushes dropped the v baby where It was
found shortly afterward.
He'successfuly made his escape.
Up till 8 o'clock no trace of him had
been found by the posse In pursuit.
County Policeman Dunbar was sum
tnoncd, the scene of the crime being
more than a mile outside the city ltm
Its.
Miss Baird was not badly hurt by
the negro, although he made an effort
to cut her throat. Sho fought him vlo
lently. screaming at the top of her
voice. And. suun frli
As he ran olf, he grabbed up the
baby, which was playing on the floor,
and, tucking It under his arm, made
for the woods.
Out of City Limits.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Baird live on
Simpson street about a mile beyond the
city limits. Mr. Baird Is a locomo.
live fireman who Is now confined to
his home as the result of an accident.
Miss Hazel Is his daughter.
According to the statements of, wit
nesses, who live In the vicinity, the
negro was frlgl\(ened olf after attack
ing Miss Baird and before he had ln>
lured her. He turned and fled toward
the old Ezra Church battleground, pur-
-u id by the Coursey boys, who live
close by, and many other of the peo
ple of the vicinity. He Is described as
a tall black negro and a stranger to
everyone In the neighborhood.
Attacked While in Barn.
Miss Baird was In a bam about SO
yards from her residence when she
was attacked. Her screams, caused the
negro to turn and run. The alarm was
given to the neighborhood and after a
long run to the nearest telephone the
county police were notified,
a mile from the city limits, and dose
to Battle Hilt. It Is fully a mile to the
nearest telephone, the Florence Crlt
tenton Home being the nearest place,
and the negro bad ample time to make
his escape before the police ofllcers
eould be summoned. Within a short
time after the alarm was Alven the
people of the neighborhood, armed with
such puns as could be obtained, began
a search for the negro.
The negro Is said to have been seen
loafing In the neighborhood for the past
three days, but none who saw him
knew his name or anything about him.
Be can be easily Identified If captured.
excavators find
relic of railroad
DOWN UNDER CITY
While a ditch was being dug Thurs
day In Alabama street, below lire head-
'luarters, the picks and shovels of the
workmen struck something just a
h'tle harder than Georgia soil some
Uve feet down. This was discovered to
a railroad track, ties and rail In
almost perfect condition.
The rails were of the ancient style,
with holes In the flanges, where the
'pikes are driven. The rails are all
that Is left of the old Central of Geor
gia yards, where the round bouse
«ood many years ago. The ties, made
of Georgia heart pine, were In good
cvndlton.
FAC SIMILE OF HARRY THAW’S STATEMENT
TO THE PRESS DENYING THAT HE IS INSANE;
PICTURES OF THAW AND EDNA M’CLURE
o\ton nkl ifr
or;'<*d uv t4 r.
with the latter in catt'-jafj.
w-.o th* i'h&t/T Aft
* »*' ■ . -V*®
lunacy eeianiasion would b* avpOinWd
A. -
has r.c fc.ir.tint 1on lb..
C / ♦ ? * v -° * < ' •
a atat/r.wi.t rr.vl that no'toigb court** \%9
Olqoit further tell* we tftait" he
/. 4 . .
ivr l -s purvooe or , • or lnquiripp Jlftrriflt Thaw
cr her ul'ejcl luoc-’iiy, that hi* visit Hm nothing
d i d tif» Thllaae lphie
Vs? '*
Whatever t n ;tc with
’that ■ f a.-;y ••ember
•v owes tier.
lay .’Xr hi .v-
f try' nente.l ccndHlon or
Hitlfiz
*Ai4$r
UlltBiSttSSSr
*r rr+ucEMir*.
Photograph of
Picture from the letoet photograph of Harry Kendall Thaw and fac- simile of pnu of the public atntement In which he declares hs Is not Insane
‘ Edna McClure, an unwilling witness In the Thaw cate. - !
ANGERED BY SLAP IN THE FACE
CHILD REPORTS CRAP-SHOOTERS; .
' FIVE BAGGED IN BOARDING HOUSE
While Dan Morgan, a bright little was raided by city detectives, live ar-
follow of eight years, was.
iiplng
Ivy street Wednesday afternoon he ac
cidentally “butted" Into a room In
which several young men are said to
have been shooting dice.
This sudden and unexpected Inter
ruption somewhat nettled the young
men, and one of them Is said to have
slapped the face of the little fellow.
Angered by this treatment, little Dan
reported that a crap game was In prog
ress, and a few minutes later the room
rests being mads.
. Xh:»M*‘w-wae oftUsd.Thuniisy af
ternoon In police court, but only one of
the men, A. M. Heed, put In an appear
ance. The remaining quartette, M. G!
Wood, p. It. I’pslmu, II u Durtn and
J. M. Young, had deposited cash co‘
lateral of >10.75. which was forfeited.
The little “Informer" was present In
court with his mothsr and told of how
he accidentally discovered the game,
He declared that Reed was the man
who slapped him. This Reed denied
He also protested he was only watch
lag the game. Ho w'ns lined 810.76.
THA W’S TRIAL IS SET;
JEROME TAKES HAND
QUELLENSTEIN HAS GONE;
NORDENFLYCHT COMES
Dr. Erich Zoepffel-Quellensteln, the
Oerman consul In Atlanta, will leave
in a few days for New York, to take
passage for Berlin, Germany, where
Tib hak been ordered to report for mili
tary duty In connection with the army
maneuvers which are expected to at
tract military officers from all parts of
the world. Dr. Quellensteln holds a
high rank In the Germany army and Is
considered one of the best officers In
the service. , ,
The stay of Dr. Quellensteln will be
Indefinite, as It depends largely
whether or not he.remains In the army
for any length of time.
At the least his stay, will be of aev
eral months’ duration, and during hlB
absence the office will be In charge of
Baron F. Von Nordenfllycht, of New
Orleans, who has been consul general at
that point for several months. The
baron arrived tn the city Friday noon
and Immediately took up the duties of
his office. .•
PLUCKS PITCHFORK FROM BODY
AND WALKS HOME TO DIE
By Private Leased Wire.
Upper Sandusky, O., July 18.—While he was unloading hay yesterday,
Wan! Zeis was Impaled upon his pitchfork. The fork struck Zeis in' the
left breast, and came out at the shoulder. The fork weighed twenty pounds.
Zeis hlmaslf pulled the fork out of his body and then walked from the bam
to the house. He cannot live.
WARRANT FOR THE ARREST
OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
Fac simile of the warrant Issued by the state of Ohio for the arrest
of John D. Rockefeller, and photogrsgraph taken In Francs of Mr. Rocke
feller and Dr. Blggar, his physician.
HUE'S LAWYERS PUBIS CELEBRATES
ABE HOW ELATED
By Private Lesicd Wire.
Pittsburg. Pa., July 18.—When the
Hartje divorce trial was resumed this
morning both sides seemed confident,
and In no wise perturbed by the devel
opments of yesterday. Instead of be
ing downcast, Mr. Hartje'a lawyers said
they were elated over the turn the case
took when Mrs. Hartje repudiated the
Dear Susie" letter which a she had
previously admitted as being he; hand
writing. followed by. the experts say
ing the "Medlne lettera" were written
by the same hand that wrote the "Dear
Susie'' letter.
Mrs. Hartje, looking fresh, and In no
wise ruffled, followed her husband Into
tbs court room. Medlne came la a mo-
I meat later.
T
By I'rlrete Leased Wire.
Peris. July 18.—France today Is cel
ebrating the complete vindication of
Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
After a night session at the Eiyaee
palace, the cabinet, under President
Fallleree, prepared two bills to be In
troduced In the chamber of deputies
today. By them Dreyfus will be nomi
nated a major,’ with early promotion to
a lieutenant colonelshlp.
His name will be entered on the list
for the legion of honor, but he will not
be nominated for that distinction di
rectly.
Plcquart, whose sense of Justice pro
cured the quashing of the Rennes
court-martial verdict, will be made a
brigadier general.
The ministry expects te pass the bills
through the chamber today.
Another man who suffered exile for
his fight for justice for Captain Drey-
RUSSIAN LABORERS
FLAUNT BED FLAG
AND AREATTACKED
The Procession Is Charged
by Troops of the
Czar.
By Private Lessed Wire.
8t. Petersburg. July 18.—Working'
men and their sympathisers met In the
Nevsky Prospect at 5 o’clock this
morning and started to march toward
the winter palace, carrying red flags
id singing revolutionary son
The police charged the crow
workingmen were killed and many In
jured. -
HE CHARGES GRAFT
IN BELIEF WORK
AT SH
North Carolina Editor Makes
Allegation About Red
Cross.
By Private Leased Wire.
Helena, Mont., July 18.—-'"If Mon
tana or any other stats has any funda
which have bean subscribed for Cali
fornia earthquake sufferers, It would
be my advice to lend eome one there to
see that they are properly distributed.
The man^r In which relief (unde are
being dissipated In Ban Francisco un
der the auspices of the Red Cross So
ciety Is a shame. It Is a caaa of graft,
pure and simple, and I know what I
am talking about, as I have Just Itft
that city.”
These w.ere the worde of A. R. Roe-
cower. editor of The Goldsboro <N. C.)
Headlight, a well-known Southern edi
tor, who carries lettera of commenda
tion from Governor R. B. Glenn, of
that state. United States Senator Sim
mons and others.
Mr. Rotcower said that he Just made
a thorough Investigation of tha condi
tions In San Francisco and expressed
the belief that the dissipation of relief
funds under the auspices of tha Red
Cross was a systematic graft.
OctpMLJst. Is Date
Fixed Upon For
the Case.
WOMAN WITNESS
DOESN’T KNOW JIIi\
Show Girls Willing to lte-
tum to Gotham and
Give Testimony.
lly Print* leased Wlrr.
New York, July 18.—It woe definitely
decided today that Harry Kendall Thaw
will be placed on trlsl October 1 for the
murder of Stanford White, and. that
no commission to consider his sanity
win be asked for.
The district attorney's office has sub
tenant witnesses to appear on October
I, and It Is announced that Mr. Jerome
himself will conduct the prosecution.
Mrs. William ■Thaw, mother of the
prisoner. Is duo-on the Knlzerin Augus
ta Victoria tomorrow and a wireless
message from her put Harry Thaw
and Evelyn Nesblt Thaw in a happy
frame of tnlnd. It Is understood that
fus was Emil Zola. Deputy Breton
gave notice of a bill ordering tha body
of Zola to be transported to tha pan
theon with a public ceremony.
While France today Is shouting the
praise ot Captain Dreyfus, there Is an
other figure It reveres deeply—Mme.
Dreyfus..
She It Is who. perchance, suffered
osi. Her devotion to her accused
husband has made bar the third figure
that Farts toasts
the mother declared that she would
sacrifice all the Thaw millions If neces
sary to save her son.
It Is believed the trial will be held In
the court of general sessions.
Mrs. Schwarts today denies that
Thaw made any threats against White
In her hearing. Another witness Is
William Sturgis, who refused to come
from Connecticut, ezeept at the re
quest of the Thaw family. It was upon
the testimony of Mrs. Schwarts that
the prosecution hoped to offset the plea
of Insanity.
Didn't Know Thaw.
Mrs. Mayme G. Schwarz, who had
been served with a grand Jury sub-
pena only after the; utmost difficulty,
Anally consented to zee and talk with
representative of the district attor
ney's office today, but made the as
toundlng statement to this representa
tive that she had not known Harry
K. Thaw and therefore knew of no
threats be him against the life of
Stanford white.
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw came to \-c
-ombs shortly after 10:80 o'clock and
saw her husband. At the end of her
visit; Mrs. Thaw drove down to former
Judge Olcntt's office, where a confer
ence was held.
The district attorney's office was
notified today by the legal represents'
lives of Paula Desmond and Gertrude
Grant that these show girls would re
turn to New York If they knew the na
ture of the questions which they would
be asked.
Rose Marston, former artist's model
and acquaintance of Evelyn Nesblt,
now an actress, was before Assistant
District Attorney Gsrvsn, who says
she will be a very Important witness
for the prosecution of Thaw.
MILLION DOLLAR SHOPS
AND COTTON COMPRESS
.Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., July 18.—Officials of the
Atlantic Compress Company have been
In Macon looking over the site receni>
ly purchased by Major Hanson to be
used for a compress and million dollar
car shops for the Central railway. The
site consists of a tract of twenty-
BY THE CREDITORS
FOR EMEXANDEB
New York Police Asked to
Watch for the Missing
Augustan.
By Private Lssasd Wire.
Naw York, July 18.—A dispatch waa
received at police headquarters today
asking that a starch he Instituted for
Thomas W. Alexander, of Auguste, Go.
It le stated that Alexander ft Alexan
der, of thnt city, one ot the largest cot
ton firms In the South, Is X heavy Inter
through him.
The discrepancy. It le said, so far
known, 1s !M6.000.
The manner In which mohey was
wocured has not bean made known
rare.
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, aa., July 18.—There was no
new developments In the Alexander
story today. The bank officers and
creditors met today, but adjourned un
til they can get more Information. No
trace of Alexander can be found.
Special to Th" Oeorgtau.
Augusta, Ga., July IS.—There has
been no sensation In recent years that
has caused aa much talk In Augusta
aa. the one regarding the gfeat amoifnt
of money that T. W. Alexander Is re
ported to be short, He.has friends In
the city who declare tha^ they would
have put hla good name against any
one's and they declare further that they
thought he was a model of honesty.
The exact amount of the shortage
hat not been made known as yit, but
the checkings over the accounts show
that he has Involved himself to the
amount of over 1180,000, and there Is
nothing, like one-quarter of this
amount to cover the claims of the
creditors. The Georgia Railroad Bank
has already balanced the account on
their books, anil have charged It to
"profit and loss,” tbs entry being for
>118,000.
President Jacob Plilnlsy, of the bank
ing company, was called upon for a
statement In regard to the uffulr, anil
when asked 11 the bank was going to
Institute criminal proceedings ngalnst
Mr. Alszander, ho sold:
•AVhat: Tha Georgia Railroad Bonk
ing Company to proxecute Mr. Alexan
der? Certainly noli"
It, nppeara that there la being noth
Ing done In the mnttor of carrying tho
lie Into tho rourts. The (Inane o com
tiles.of.Him It,-ink.held ti meeting yen
rdny, anil they nt once decided upon
0 above plnn, nnd thin Is what pr
ably caused Air. Phlnlzy to „peuk
hs did.
Mr. Alexander nnd President rhlnlzy
have been bosom friends for n number
of yenrs, and Mr. Phlnlzy feels very
badly hurt over tho affair, nnd will not
discuss It.
J. Bishop Alexander, n brother of T.
'. Alexander, and his partner In busi
ness, was Seen nnd euld font he pre
ferred not to ntnko n statement ns ysl,
ns the ease was In too much of n mud
dle. Ho was asked If he knew whnro ho
was, and said that he did not.
A rule Is In operation here among
the cotton men and the bankers,
whsreby money can be secured from
the hanks without a collateral, the mere
■ 1.1'- no til -.r (In- In--loo In lng oilf
Orient for the bankers. It Is said thnt
• cotum nun has l,See balsa of cot
ton In his warehouse and wants to bor
row tha amount of tho conon, ho will
S o to the hank and make a note "on
omand," which will he honored for
the amount. This Is the way that T.
W. Alexander worked things. lie
claimed about 1,000 bales of cotton, and
when they were counted yesterday,
there were only thirty-two bales In
tha warehouses, lie has sold the cot
ton. It Is stated, that rightfully lielongs
to tha farmers, and has misused this
money. Some of the cotton has been
raid for, however, by the firm. It Is
earnsd that only about >80,000 Is In
volved In the cotton business
A statement was mad* yesterday af
ternoon to the effect that the farmers
who have money owing to them by the
Arm will get it, ns the banka are go
ing to make soma kind of an arrange
ment to that effect.
T. W. Alexander, who was a lending
society man of the city, a member or
a number of clubs, one being the Com
mercial Club, a club that nothing hut
the bast of tha city belong to, has been
living a very font life during the past
two years. It Is charged that ho has
been drinking hard, and gambling both
with cards and on cotton futures. Some
of his close friends say thnt thta
the reneon for hie being behind.
PRICE:
DYNAMITE IS USED"
ON SLEEPING MEN:
THREE ARE SLAIN
Vendetta Is Hinted at by
the Police Who
Probe.
lly Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, July II.—Three Italian la
borers ware killed, live others fatally
wounded nnd a score more seriously
Injured at Bellwood In a dynamite -x-
ploslon early today. It Is' believed a
robber and assassin blew up a'*h"d Ir
which thirty employees of the O'Lnugh
lln Stone Company ware sleeping
A stick of dynamite stolen from a
store house was placed under th« build
ing where the men were asleep nn(
touched off.
Robbery Is supposed to have beer
the motive of the wholesale murder
One of the occupants of the building
had 11,000 concealed In the place.
A hint of a vendetta has reached tht
police.
UNPAID AUTO TAX
• TO CALL TO C0UR1
CITY^ WEALTH!
Nearly Two Hundred Own
ers of Bubbles Derelict
About License.
Two hundred of Atlanta'* wealths*
and moat. Influential citizens will re
ceive subpena* Friday summoning
them to appear In Recorder Rroyle*
court and explain why they have n»y
renewed their automobile licences.
Tlu-n hi •• in tlif . It\ ..f AI In Mill 31!
owners of automobile". Out ofthlslArgi
bet only 137 of tho llcens*** hav«
ul the
‘d fo
tug As
lie
not In
to the Inw-i
The City
e derided to
ir* that they
or the tend.
LithorltleH are
must ariher
i !u(t a
of rhli
rnnrked tardlnenn, an any one ownlni
an automobile could reach tho city hut
within a few minute* and certainly m
one owning nn automobile would bt
embarrassed by a $1 fee—that’* all thi
city charge*.
Among tho delinquent* arc many wo
men. Although these, of course. w ill In
represented by their Attorn*
MlllCt
the!
name* recorded on the b
with other law breaker*,
will probably appear "$5.*
days. PAID."
Cnrl Hegner Sues Him foj
$25,000 for Gaining Af
fections of Wife.
ST, RAILWAY SUPT,
DIES IN CONVULSIONS
gpcclsl to The flmrrglan, '
Valdosta, Ga., July 18.—W. J. I-an*,
superintendent of the Valdosta Street
Railroad Company, died hare at tbs
home of his parents suddenly and un
der rather mysterious circumstances at
about 8 o'clock this morning. Mr.
-ans was apparently wall last nlgltt
and was looking after his duties until
• lata hour, retiring about It o'clock.
His mothsr was awakened by an un
usual nols* from hla room shortly after
j o'clock this morning and Investigat
ing found her son in convulsions, from
ghtch hs never rallied. The symptoms
>f his attack were much Ilka those of s
violent poison, but the causa of his
death la unknown.
Mr. Lana waa unmarried, a son of
. Lane and nephew of Senator IV. 8.
West. His funeral will be bald hare
tomorrow afternoon.
OOCKJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOG
By Private Leased Wire.
Clarksville, Tenn., July It.—
Mrs. Carolina Meriwether Good-
let, of Nashville, founder of the
•Cl, ilMIIVIIlC, KlUIBiri •»» IIIB
order of the Daughters of the 0
Confederacy, yesterday fell O
down n steep flight of stairs at
the home »f I>r. J. <\ Meriweth
er. breaking her arm.
000OO0O0OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0 1 K**l ball-
hit
A UK US'
lapplij
•d thi
Claiming that the affection!
wife hod been alienated and t
had been persuaded to live w
other man aa hla wife. Carl H*
musician living at 64 Falrlle
filed suit Friday afternoon ngali
mett Might, a well known rea
man, whoae office le at 39 Nor
syth street. Hegner ask* dam
tho sum of 336,000.
The petitioner sets forth that
married to Willie Hegner on
17, 1904, and that they lived
together until April, 1905, wl
defendant, Emmett Might, harb<
petitioner's wife, alienated t
factions and persuaded her to Ic
petitioner after colluding with
mistreat and humiliate* him.
The said Might with the *
of a serpent," states the petltl*
varied the home of the petltloi
destroyed hla home life and happln* •<* *
The petition further allege* that Might
persuaded Mrs. Hegner to sue for di
vorce and to leave her husband to Itv«
with the defendant aa hla wife In th«
city of Atlanta. .
Emmett HIght conducts a real estate
business In Atlanta, but lives in De
catur, Oa. The petition waa
E. T. Williams, attorney for
tltloner.
»ini
Mi bj
HUNT AND DANIEL
REMANDED TO JAU
Bpecisl to The O
Haw kin*vllle.
Ing of Seals Hi
closed at noon
the county cou
Daniel to b«» j-lr
13 -The hear-
perl'
fi.-.l Hunt an<
tail til! the An
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