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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.