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ATLANTA
1910
The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. L NO. 72
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GfcA., FRIDAY JULY, 20, 1906
Morning Edition.
T>T>Trn? . fa Atlanta TWO CENTS.
on Trnlnc FIVE CENTS.
ATLANTAN DISAPPEARS
FROM STEAMER AT SEA
Did Judge Walter
Ormond Fall Over
board ?
mystery surrounds
FATE OF YOUNG MAN
Harvey Hill, Who Was With
Ormond, Starts for Homo
Thursday With the
Judge’s Effects.
Br Prlratt L*a**d Wlr*.
' New York, July 19.—peep mys
tery surrounds the death of
Judge Walter A. Ormond, of At
lanta, Ga., who, it is said, fell
overboard from the ateamahi]
Kansas City and was drbwn
while on his way from Savannah
lia., to this city. The drowning
became known today, although no
report of it waa made by the
officers of the steamship when
she touched at Quarantine.
Harvey Hill and Bowdell
Brown, both of Atlanta, Ga., and
friends of Judge Walter Ormond,
the missing man, were on the
steamer.
According to Hill very hot
weather was experienced on the
journey and on Monday Mr. Or
mond spent the night in a deck
chair instead of retiring to his
cabin, which he shared with Mr.
Hill.
In the early part of Tuesday
evening Mr. Hill says that hoth
Mr. Brown and himself, in com
pany with Mr. Ormond, spent
very jolly time laughing and jok
mg on all sorts of subjects until
midnight, when they adjourned to
their cabin with the intention of
retiring for the night.
After Mr. Ormond had remain
ed in the cabin about an hour he
got up and told his friend Hill
that he was going to spend the
rest of the night on the deck, the
same as he had done the night
previous, owing to it being so hot.
He left the cabin and went up on
the deck and this waa the last
seen of him.
Nothing more was thought of
the matter until yesterday
day morning, when his friends
missed him. A thorough search
of the boat failed to reveal any
trace of Mr. Ormond and it was
then realized that he had evident
ly fallen overboard during the
night and had been drowned.
According to Mr. Hill, the miss
ing man waa veiy fond of sitting
on the stanchions, and it is
thought that while resting in this
position he became sleepy and fell
overboard, as both his friends say
there wag nothing, so far as they
knew, to cause Mr. Ormond to
commit suicide.
It is the intention of Mr. Hill
to return by this afternoon’s boat
to Atlanta and take with him the
effects of the missing man
How Judge Ormond came to fell
from the veeeel le not
^formation could be g<
tn« passenger* on board the steamer
beyond that while the veesele wae com-
up the coaat they were Informed
'nat a man was mining. Thle waa on
" edneaday.
8earch It Made.
A search, It la said, waa Immediately
m ade of the steamer from stem to
“'em, and from coal bunkers to her
main deck, hut no trace of the mining
m *n coulrf be found.
.bet her Ormond deliberately threw
himself frojn the steamer’s deck le not
*nown, but none of the panengera re-
m ^mbera aeelng him near the rail.
.V, o at ■* troubling the authorities of
;ne Savannah llna, however, la tha neg-
'*ence of the offlcera of the eteamer
l' r *Port the caaualty at quarantine,
"hen the veaeel arrived there today.
Investigation Under Way.
No auspicious circumstances la ape.
r-Bcally reported In the’case to Induce
either the theory of suicide, accident
" r fouI Play. In the abnnee of In-
' r 5’. a,| pn It la supposed that Mr. Or-
•nond fell accidentally In some
•"■countable way.
„ ,several friends he waa last aaen
.AT uaadasr evening. He waa In good
f . ,i n<1 hl * friends scout the Idea
b* suicide.
, n J h * steamship authorities ara mak-
ln * an Investigation.
Newi Reaches Atlanta.
The first news of the drowning of
Judge Walter Ormond reached Atlan-
* Thursday morning through press
"'’Patches, and the family did not re-
[ alv * verification until many hours
•‘ter. About 19 o’clock a message wap
>-<elved by Hinton Hopkins, brother-
mi, nt Ormond, from Harvey
Vv wh "'accompanied him on the trip
Y °rk. This read:
Halter'S body washed overboard
C- itinued on Page Three.
r*
,t; T : J
JUDGE WALTER ORMOND.
Mystery surrounds this Atlanta man’s disappearance from a steamer bound
from Savannah to New York.
T
Just Before Sailing Ormond Sent Card
With Picture of Cemetery to Friend Here
Quite a grewsome matter In connection with the death of Judge Wal
ter Ormond comes In the nature, of a queer coincidence.
Thursday morning a young lady, prominent In Atlanta society, who
waa a good friend of Judge Ormond, heard of hie death while she was
up town. She .hurried home and found on tho chiffonier In her room a
picture post card which had Just arrived from Savannah.
It was a photograph of Bonaventure cemetery and across tha bottom
was written by Judge Ormond:
’’Am not yet ready for this, but Juat thought I’d take a look atlt"
It waa dated Monday. w
DEATH FOR STOESSEL;
80 PERSONS KILLED;
CZAR’S AIDE SHOT
Special Cable-Copyright.
St. Petersburg, July 19.— Death for General StoeMel, who
commanded at Port Arthur, and “20 years in the galleys” for
General Fock, his chief of staff, who recommended the surrender
of the fortress.
This is the recommendation of the commission which has
been investigating the surrender of “the Gibraltar of tho east,”
during the Russo-Japanese war. The sentences will probably bo
carried out. ...
CZAR OF RUSSIA
TO DEFY PEOPLE
AND COURT STRIFE
Special Cable—Copyright.
St. Petersburg, July 19.—Tho
indications today are that the
czar will refuse the demands
of the people, retain the
cabinet and accept a revolution.
The widespread , plot to kill the
leaders of Jhe reactionary party
and the outrages committed by
peasants and workmen have ap
parently convinced the emperor
that further concessions will be
fatal to the dynasty, and that the
only possibility of preserving au
tocracy lies in repression.
An attempt was made to assas
sinate Count Todleben, aide de
camp to the czar. The assassin
fired at Count Todleben with a re
volver, the bullet grazing his
head. He made his escape in a
boat which was awaiting him in
the Neva.
Pow«r» Is Aid Czar.
Prom the Interior report! of the
burning of manor houses, robberies,
murders and collisions between the
troope and peaaanta continue to pour
The center of the peasant upris
ing Is Vorenesh province, where, In
their mania for the destruction of
property, the peasants devastated the
estate of M. Komshoyl, one of the most
prominent constitutional Democrats In
the lower house.
At the recent conference between the
emperor of Austria and the German
emperor the two monarchs decided that
In the event of a revolution In Rus-
sla both emperors will Intervene In Po
land with armed forces If the Russian
government flnds It Impossible to main
tain Its control of Poland.
Threaten Commander’* Life.
Prom Sebastopol word was received
that triilla the trial of the men con
cerned In the Black sea mutiny waa
going on a bomb waa hurled at Colo
nel Dumbadz, commander of the Brest
regiment, as he was leaving the court
room. The bbmb did little damage,
however.
Reports reached here of trouble In
GENERAL STOESSEL.
_ _ The
soldiers served notice on" their com
mander, Colonel Minn, that they In
tended to kill him at the llrst opportu
nity for forcing them to murder their
fellow-cltlsens during the Moscow re-
volt. Minn, In fear of his life, lied
front the camp and la now In hiding.
Special Cable—Copyright.
St. Petersburg. July It.—Private ad
vices received here today say that to
people were killed by a charge of dra
goons on a meeting at Kecherovk In
the province of Tambro. Sabres and
Pistols were used freely In dispersing
the crowds.
Ts Exile Regiment
It was decided today to dlsmlsa from
Tvlce and send to Siberia the men
In the infantry regiment who refused
to arrest a cavalry regiment at Lodi
for refusing to obey orders, and also
the members of tha latter.
Water Board to Inves
tigate Some of the
Department Books.
All books*"connected wllh the city
waterworks, both In the waterworks
office proper and also the checks In
the city comVlroller’s office, will be
gone over and Investigated by a special
committee appointed In aeoret session
of the waterworks board meeting Wed
nesday afternoon.. It la understood that
rumors of serious nature have been
passing among the board members.
The regular meeting Wednesday
was clothed In mystery from beginning
to end, and by thjj subdued excitement
of the members pf the board It was
evident that sonyfthlng of Importance
waa to be brought** bout. *
After much routine matter was at
tended to and the coal contract for the
year let to the Ragland Coal Company,
of Ragland, Ala., for >>.» per ton, this
being the largest contract let by the
city annually, a special committee re-
portjwas read.
On the motion of Alderman Harwell,
the meeting went. Into secret session.
President Rice wsa asked If the Matt
Torbytt resignation waa taken up, and
what 'waa done about It. He replied:
“At the present time we cannot say
what has bten .found. We are still In
vestigating.”
It was then learned that the commit
tee had been appointed to look Into the
books anil to trace the matter to the
root. '
CLIFFORD W. HARTRIDGE.
Former Atlanta lawysr represents Harry Thaw as personal oounssl,
and thinks "unwritten law" will dear client.
i'hat a cotton compress to cost (ISO,
000 Is to be erected at once on the site
of the old R. A D. Iron works, at the
oorvr of Irwin street and the Bouthen
Railway was announced Thursday af
teraoon.
The old buildings nil the site ara be
Ing lorn down and In a few days the
actual work of constrcilon of the new
buildings will be under way. It li
erally believed that tha Southern
way Is behind the movement for the
erection of the new compress.
By the decision to build a new struc
ture on the site of the old Iron works It
Is supposed that the promoters who
were to build a similar compress i
Belt line have abandoned the Ida
secieWoTwar
IS COMING SOUTH
Will Visit Chickamauga nnd De
cide on Location of
Awny Post.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July It.—Judi
William A. Taft, secretary of war, wl
be a guest of Chattanooga September
IS, and the Chamber of Commerce la
nlng to give him a royal welcome,
purpose of his trip here will be to
decide on Chickamauga as one of the
locations for a brigade army post.
Secretary Taft will be accompanied
by his chief of staff and a number
higher officials.
100,000 WORKMEN
LIKELY TO.STRIKE
IN NEW YORK CITY
By Private l.eaied Wire.
New York, July 19.—It is
feared that a big labor strike, in
volving over 100,000 workmen,
may be precipitated within a few
days. All the building trades un
ions in the city are now voting
on the question of a sympathetic
strike in support of the house-
smiths against the Fuller Con
struction Company and the open
shop. The result of the ballot
ing will Rot be known until next
Tuesday.
TOWN IN RUSSIA
FUEL FOR FLAMES
Special Cable—Copyright
St. Petersburg, July If.—Fire Is de
stroying the town of Sysran Slmwlrak.
The flames are beyond control and the
town le doomed. The panlc-etricken
people are fleeing.
Thaw Clings to the ‘ ‘ Unwritten Law; ’ ’
Mother Says Insanity Plea Is Only Hope
The tangle Into which the Harry Thaw caae has gotten seems to be
without precedent. Thaw and hi* personal- eminset, ♦Mfford W. Hnrrrtdge,
formerly an attorney In Atlanta, Oa., u-nnt to plead the “unwritten law”
before a Jury. Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the slayer of Stanford
Whlje. the eminent architect, and Black, oleott, Gruber A lionyngr-the
lawyers whom Thaw discharged and who were re-relalnnd by his moth
er—think that a plea of Insanity Is the only one that will save the young
man from the electric chair. Mrs. Kvelyn Xlabet Thaw, wlfa of tha pris
oner, Is reported to have abandoned the "unwritten law” plea and now
agrees wllh her mother-in-law that Insanity should be the defense. Thaw
has defied hla mother, and his attorney, Mr. Hartridge, has brought suit
to get hold of all the papers In the case. With the exception of his moth
er, all the wealthy members of the Thaw family hare abandoned the
young alayer to his fate. The elder Mrs. Thaw Is furnishing the money
to fight for her son’s life, and thinks, therefore, that she should be enti
tled to aay how the defense shall be conducted.
Hartridge Demands
Papers From M^s.
Thaw’s Lawyers.
WIFE OF THE PRISONER
WITH MOTHER-IN-LAW
—£— t
Lunacy Conmii8.si on To Bo
Asked as Soon as Jerome
Returns to New York
From Georgia,
CHILDREN ARE CREMATED
IN BURN INC JORDAN HOME
SET ON FIRE BY LIGHTNING
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, (la., July If.—News received
here this morning tells of a dreadful
accident near Fort Valley last night.
During a thunder atorm the home of
W. T. Jordan was struck by lightning
and set on lire. The house waii com-
•lately destroyed and In llie lire were
urned alive Annie and Robert Wlm-
blsh, of Savannah, aged respectively II
and I. All the Inmates of the house
had retired and were oeleeplng soma
lima before the flre'occurred. Mr. and
Mrs. Jordan barely escaped with their
lives and the roof of'thp house , was
falling In ss they cleared the porch.
Owing to the noise of the storm. It
was Impossible to awaken the alee "
children, who were visiting the
dsn home. The victims of the flames
were the children of a prominent con
tractor of Savannah.
GREEK WRESTLER SUES
STAKEHOLDERS FOR WA GER
William Demelrlal. the Greek wrest
ler, who lost his match with Charles
Olsen Wednesday night by using the
forbidden “strangle hold” on the Swede,
filed suit In the city court Thursday
morning to recover the amount of his
stake money, ff.lOO. A list of Greek
names of an unpronnunraable variety
fills all the available space on the peti
tion. .
The suit I* filed against George R.
Donovan, stakeholder for the match.
The Greek aver* that he, acting for
hlmslf and as agent for Htarroa Ylale-
tea, Nick Matalgos, Pete Brown, B.
Eflenelrs, Pete Mlshlamas, Peter Har-
:auns, Jim Brown and John Kenakea,
Jeposlted with Donovan the sum of
If,>00 In pursuance of a bet made on
the result of a wrestling matrh with
Charles Olsen, the said Oleson having
made a similar deposit.
It Is alleged that on tha morning of
„uly If, the day following the match,
Demetrial demanded of Donovan the
amount of the wsger, which waa refua-
He asks Judgment against Dono-
hls
van for the amount placed
hands.
The suit, which was tiled by Dorsey,
Brewster, Howell A McDaniel and L C.
Rucker, was the outgrowth of a matt
ing of excited Greeks Thursday morn
ing. A dosan or more of Dematrlal's
countrymen had bet their money on the
result.of the match, backing tha Greek
against tha Swede. During the match
Demetrial secured a 'strangle hold” on
Oleson nnd nearly choked him Into In
sensibility, a specie* of wrestling tac
tic* forbidden by the rules of civilized
wrestling. The match was awarded to
Oleson and the Greeks who lost their
money were wild with rage. The suit
Is baaed on the fact that the wager
was a gambling debt and that Oleson
cannot legally collect the money In the
hands of the stakeholder.
It was stated at noon that an agree
ment had been reached whereby thi
wrestling match would .be opens!
again In the afternoon, the result to
decide the ownership of the stakes. The
suit had not been withdrawn from tha
courts at that time.
IS
TO THE STATE FI
Secretary Frank Weldon of the Stats
Fair returned Thursday morning from
the Oeorgia Weekly Ih-esa convention
at Hartwell, where he addressed the
meeting yesterday In the Interest of the
fair.
A resolution offered by Editor Mose
ley of the Danlelsvllle Monitor, Invit
ing William Jennlngi Bryan to tha
State Fair, Atlanta, next October, was
unanimously adoptsd amid much ap
plause. Secretary Weldon stated that
the day on which Mr. Bryan cornea will
was day.
GIBSON RELEASED
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July If.—Justice Blanch
ard, In part If, special term supreme
court, this morning; granted the dis
charge of Lawyer Burton W. Gibson,
op a writ of habeas corpus. Assistant
District Attorney Train offered no ob
jection to the technical objections
raised by Gibson’s counsel.
Gibson afterwards said he waa going
to start Immediate proceedings against
Coroner MacDonald, charging him with
conspiracy.
Ily Private D'nseit Wire.
New York, July II.—flurry Kendall
Thaw has deflad his mothtr, and to.lav
Insists that (’lllford Hartridge la his
chief counsel.
Attorney Hartridge, acting for Thaw,
hss obtained an order from Justice
lllnnchard In the supreme court, dire-t-
Ing Black, Olrolt, Gruber A lionyngr
the rival law flrm, to show cause to
morrow why they should not turn over
to him the papers In thy case.
Mother is Determined.
■ Mrs. William Thaw, tha i«i-,n,ii
mother, la Just as determined that the
oleott flrm shall conduct the case end
that the Insanity plea shall prevail.
The attorneys have convinced her that
to have Harry Thaw rnmmlttsd to tho
Matte wan asylum was the only chan, o
of saving .him from the electric choir.
There Is every reason to believe to-
sy that Kvelyn Nesblt Thaw has h r,
won over to her mother In law'a aide,
and that Harry Thaw and hla personal
counsel stand alone on the "unwritten
law” defense.
Clash Without Precedent
The clash between the lawyers end
the application to Juatlca Blanchard Is
without precedent In the annals of the
bar.
Judge Oleott will move toward ihe
appointment of a commission to ax-
amlna Into Thaw's sanity a* soon ns
the district attorney returns from
Warm Springs, Oa., where he Is nt-
tending a meeting of the Oeorgta Bar
Association.
Tha mother, Mr*. William Thaw, nnd
Joatah Thaw, the brother, regard this
as tha best step.
Court to De Judge.
The court to which the application Is
made will be the Judge as to whether
or not Thaw’s condition Justifies nil In
quiry Into his sanity.
District Attorney Jerome, In an In
terview at Warm Springs, Ga. today
Indicated that he would oppoao the at
tempt to send Thaw to an asylum to
escape trial.
IN SUPERIOR COURT
ON MURDER CHARGE
Hon of tho Late Judge on Trial
for Killing of Youn£
Curtis Twitty.
H|H»d*l to The Georgian.
Gainesville, Ga.. Jly II.—John Tuck
er Dorsey, son, of the late Judge Dor
sey, of this place, waa arraigned In tha
Hall county auperior court this morn
ing charged with killing Curtis Twltty,
■on of J. M. Twltty, a prominent cltl-
cen. Owing to tha prominence of the
families of the deceased and the ac
cused, the casa la attracting wide at
tention.
Judge Klnsy Is hearing the cas
the defense is represented by Dec
|U Charter, while
Hobba and W.
prosecution la aaalattd by F. M
John
E. a Ma-
haffey, of Jefferson.
The Jury waa completad at 10 :io
o'clock' this morning and the trial be
gun/ It la expected that tha avlden.«
will all ba In today, aa there are not
a great many witnesses.
Twltty was struck by Dorsey April
>*, and h* lingered till May 1! when ha
died.
NEW YORKER CHARGED
THAT HIGH "WELCHED"
Atlantan Alleged to Have Said
lie Was Up Against R
“Brace Game.”
THAW DEFIES MOTHER;
KEEPS OWN COUNSEL
J. M. High, president of the J. M.
High Company, at Whitehall and Hun
ter streets. Is the defendant In a at!
tiled Thursday morning In the superb
court, by which T. T. Donovan, of New
York, seeks to recover >750 on an un-
K ld draft alleged to hare been given
J. M. High.
It Is alleged that High gtves as “hie
only excuse" that the draft waa given
"for faro chip*, a brace game.” This la
denied by the petitioner.
The petition alleges that on or about
April 17, IMS, the petitioner, Donovan,
loaned J. M. High >750 ami afterward
received from him a draft, datrd at
New York and drawn on the J. M.
High Company, foa that sum. It It al
leged that High refuted payment --n
the said draft, hla only excu-e being
that the draft was given f-c taro
chips; a brace game.” The petitioner
arers that this Is untru. The peti
tioner seek* Judgment tar >75-- and I
per cent Interest from April 17, 1905.