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The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. I. NO. 73.
ATLANTA, GA., FIG DAY, JULY 20, 2906
PRICE: o„ Tr',T,
JEROME SAYS THAW
IS PAYING PENALTY
FOR AN ILL-SPENT LIFE
District Attorney Re
gards Case As One
of Mere Jealousy.
PRISONER’S MOTHER
REFUSES TO SEE HIM
Demands That He Shall Let
Her Manage Defense
and Offer Plea of
. Insanity.
■iwclal to The Georgias.
Birmingham, Ala., July JO.—"Harry
Kendall Thaw owaa hla present pre
dicament to a useless, misguided life.
With something like 1100,000 a year to
spend, he has done nothing but seek a
goyd time."
Thus spoke William Travers Jerome,
the district attorney of New York, who
arrived here at 5: JO o'clock this morn
ins. He was accompanied by Francis
I’. Garvan and A. C. Vandiver, two of
his assistants,
"There Is no distinction In a felonl
ous homicide,” said Mr. Jerome, In dis
cussing the Thaw-White murder case.
"You doubtless have frequent negro
murder cases that are traced to jeal
ousy. It Is the same kntd of jealousy
that burned In Thaw's breast the night
he stepped up behind Stanford White
In Madison Garden and sent a bullet
ploughing through his heart. The law
has the same punishment for a rich
murderer that Is provided for the most
vicious negro criminal."
The Jerome party was met at the
train by a local committee and driven
over the Birmingham district. Mr. Je
rome will be the chief speaker at a
banquet In his honor at the Country
Club tonight.
MOTHER TO FORCE THAW
TO ACCEPT INSANITY PLEA
Hr Trieste bcased Wire.
New York, July 20.—There was no
doubt today that Mrs. William Thaw
will force her son, Harry K. Thaw, to
accept the plea of Insanity as his de
fense for the murder of Stanford
White. She holds the purse strings
snrl without the Thaw riches the young
man would be unablt to make a tight
for hla Ufa
Won’t Give Up Papers.
Former Judge Olcott, of counsel for
Mrs. William Thaw, refused today to
give up what are now considered the
most essential papers In the Thaw
case. These papers are the reports of
the alienists who have examined Harry
K. Thaw. They unequivocally declare
him to be Insane.
Ex-Judge Olcott, with Terrance J.
McManus, another member of the Arm
id Black, ' Olcott, Gruber A Bonyng,
appeared before Justice MacLean In
the supreme court today and secured
an adjournment of the motion to com-
apltc of the opposl
trtdge, the lawyer who la acting for
Thaw.
Doclaro Thaw la Inaana.
It became known today that Mrs.
William Thaw haa directed Judge Ol
cott to ignore Hartrtdge altogether, and
also to diaregard completely the wishes
of her son, and to apply for the ap
pointment of a commission In lunacy
to examine him as to hla santlty, armed
"Ith the alienists' reporta, which pro
nounce Thaw mentally unbalanced at
the present time.
District Attorney Jerome la expected
buck In the city from the South to
morrow, and It was said today that
application for the appolntmentof the
committee would be made aa aeon as
the head of the district attorney's office
reached his office.
Refuses to See Son.
Harry Thaw's mother again stead
fustlv refused to see her son In the
Tombs today. She remained at the
country home of her daughter, Mrs.
BUCKET SHOP BILL
LAID ON THE TABLE
AS TACTICAL MOVE
The friends of the Boykin anti-fu
tures bill held an informal .-rxierence
Friday morning and agre.d that In
view of the slim attendance qf mem
bers In the house, It would be better
to table the bill, rather than jeopar
dlse Its paasage by letting It go to a
vote.
Accotiiigly, when the bill was
reached In Its regular order under the
head of unfinished business, Mr.
Wright, of Floyd, was recognised by
Speaker Slaton, who prefaced hla mo
tion to table the bill with the state
ment that the roll call disclosed the
fact that there were (0 members ab
sent. "With a full house," said Mr.
Wright, "there could be no doubt but
that the bill would pass.”
Anticipating the motion to table, Mr.
Anderson, of Chatham, Inquired of Ml'.
Wright If It would not be better for
him to discuss the question, and that
perhaps later on there might be such
an Increased attendance that a vote
could be hrfd on the measure.
This did not meet the views of Mr.
Wright, who contended that as the
session progressed the house would.
In all probability, be more thinned out
than now, and that a vote on the
measure could scarcely he reached till
the afternoon seeelon, when (here
would be but a email margin above a
quorum of the members.
This measure. In his opinion, was
one of transcendent Importance to the
this measure of more Importance than
all other legislation this house could
enact
If the bill now went to Its passage,
falling to get the requisite 88 voti
t
of the calendar, and never would
considered.
He, therefore, moved to table the
bill, which was assented to by an over
whelming viva voce vote.
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THE MUTUAL LIFE
IN OFFICIAL LIST
Policy Holders Committee
Demands Dropping
of Names.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July JO.—The executive
committee of the International policy
holders committee Is to apply to the
court! for a hiandamus directing the
superintendent of Insurance to remove
from the Mutu.l Life Insurance Com
pany'a Standard Oil ticket the names
of Its four members placed'there with
out their consent—General Tracy,
Judge Gray, Colonel Shook and H. N.
Higginbotham.
A serious scandal Is expected
grow out of the manner In which the
Mutual Life prepared Its lints of policy-
holders which have been filed with the
Insurance department.
It Is charged that the lists were pur.
posely bungled to prev.enf the interna
tional committee from communicating
with the policyholders. The Mutual has
two lists In Its possession. One of
these contained the names and ad
dresses of the policyholders as they
were at the time the policies were is
sued: the other contained the namca
and addresses as they are nmv.
The company Is said to have tiled the
first list with the state department.
BUMPS/HIS HEAD;
PREACHER MAY DIE
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 20.—The accidental
bumping of two heads as the two
owners alighted from a trolley car In
Brooklyn, may cost the life of the
Rev. william c. Hull, a Presbyterian
minister of Chatham, N. Y.
William Hoffman, the other man. Is
not so badly hurt. Both were able to
go to their homes.
The Rev. Mr. Hull went to bed, but
about 1 o'clock this morning was
awakened by an Intolerable pain In his
head. An ambulance surgeon found
the preacher suffering from cerebral
hemorrhage. Ho Is likely to die.
SUGGESTION TO THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES
WHY NOT TAKE A VACATION?
FEAR THAI POPE PIUS X
HAS BLOOD POISONING
TO SACRIFICE OWN CHILDREN
IS PLAN OF FANATICAL SECT
Pontiff Forced to Take
to Bed as Result of
Wound From Pen.
would continue to
refuse to go to him because of his op-
fosltion to her wishes In regard to the
conduct of the case,
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw called at the
“"mils today and saw her husband, but
fur only ten minutes. Lawyer Har-
'rl'lge was there when she arrived and
vent to Thaw's cell with her. After
ward the wife drove to Hartrldge's of
fice, at No. 142 Broadway, and con-
fiuurd the dictation of her long state-
turnt begun yesterday.
Won't Give Money,
it "us said today that Harry Thaw's
in.iney since he opposed ..
fiercely when she saw him last. It was'
raid that she had cut off, at least
temporarily, the Income of 880,000
tar, which ahe allowed him. In spite
of 'lie fact that, by hla father’s will, he
wa* to receive only 82,500 a year.
A lawyer, retained In the Thaw case,
fade this surprising statement today:
An agreement has been made and
now exists between the district attor-
b'-y's office and former Judge William
pioott, to have Harry K. Thaw exam
in'd by a commission In lunacy within
a week and aent to the Mateawan state
““S lum for criminal Insane If he be-de
clared to be mentally unbalanced at
the present time."
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« GOV. COX'S SON FALLS O
2 from tree over cliff a
2 AND WILL LOSE A LEG. O
Special to The Georgian.
Bristol. Tenn., July 20.—The
attending physicians stale to
day that It will be necessary to
amputate the broken leg
? Matthew Cox, the young ion ot
2 Governor John I. Cox, of Ten-
from a tree and over
Big Creek park, near Bristol.
The leg Is broken In two places
and near the ankle Ihe bones
are projecting. Governor Cox
will arrive here this evening,
after which his eon's leg will
doubtless be amputated.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Rome, Italy, July 20.—It is fear
ed that the pope has contracted
blood poisoning. A few days ago
he pierced hia thumb with a steel
pen with which he had been writ
ing. Little attention was paid to
the injury which at first was be
lieved to be trifling.
Now, however, his holiness has
taken to hia bed and the thumb
has swollen to abnormal aize. It
throbs painfully and complica
tions are believed to have develop
ed . The pope, however, has nt fc-
POPE PIUS X.
WAGON TRAIN ATTACKED
BY BOLD BAND OF BANDITS
AND MANY EMIGRANTS SLAIN
Bjr Private Leased Wire.
Rawlings, Wyo., July 20.—An
emigrant trainof three wagons was
attacked by bandits In the moun
tains cast of this place and every
body in the party murdered and
the wagons looted.'
Four bodies have been found,
but the number killed is not
BLACK HAND KILLS
SNEERING ITALIAN
By -Private Leased Wire.
New Rochelle, N. Y., July 20.—Be
cause he spoke sneeringly of the
"Black Hand" society. Donatio Zar-
rtUo, an Italian living In West New
Rochelle, was shot and killed jn the
street by two bandits, who also fired on
his brother, Tomasso, and left him for
dead.
Tomasso was taken to the hospital,
and It Is believed now that he will re
cover. The assassins fled to the woods
and have not been captured.
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DISASTER LECTURER
VICTIM OF DISASTER. O
Private Leased Wire. O
Greenwood, Ind., July 20.— O
While the Rev. D. J. Levis was
preparing to .give an illustrated
(actor* ' “
■ on the Ban Francisco
disaster a twenty-gallon tank of
calcium carbide exploded, kill
ing him and another man.
known yet.
Three weeks ago au emigrant
train of three wagons containing
men, women and children passed
through Rawlings, east bound. In
quiry at towns further, east bring
the information that these wagons
did not pass through those towns.
The authorities are inveatigating.
GIRL AND YOUTH
IN SUICIDE PACT
By Private I-enseil Wire.
Toledo. Ohio, July 20.—The dead body
of Mayme Wilson, 19 years old, and the
unconscious form of Oscar Brenneman,
aged 19, were found laying side by aide
yesterday In the haymow of a bam on
the Wilson farm In Van Wert county.
The girl had taken half the contents
of a bottle of chloroform and the young
man had Inhaled the fumes of the re
mainder. He will recover.
letter written by the girl to her
resolved to die, so they could be
In Paradise together.
80LDIERS HAVE RETURNED
, FROM ENCAMPMENT.
Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., July 29.—Company C,
OOflODGPfMPOOPPOODOODDOOOGDO pleasant trip.
Iffes arrived from Mobile last night on
a special train. In spite of the dis
agreeable weather, the soldier* had a
Authorities Called on
to Prevent Burn
ings at Stake.
By Private Leased tffre.
Los Angeles, OqL, 'July 20.—
“Holy Jumpers” at Monrovia, a
suburb of this city, hnve reached
such a wild degree of fanaticism
thBt they are preparing to make
human sacrifices. Evangelist
Cook, who is leading the hand of
wild-eyed “Jumpers,” is an advo
cate of burning at the stake.
Residents of Monrovia had not
rebelled against tile weird serv
ices' which have been conducted
in a small chapel on Ivy street,
and little attention waa paid to
the fanatics untol it became
known today that the “Jumpers”
had decided that the first horn
child in each family of true be
lievers should be killed by burn
ing.
At^first the story received little
credence, lint the horrified resi
dents lost little time ifi appealing
to Marshal Miller to prevent the
“Jumpers” from carrying out
their murderous designs.
THINK JUDGE ORMOND
FELL FROM THE DECK
WHILE HE WAS SICK
Officers of Vessel Ex
pected to Report
to Co. Heads.
JACKSONVILLE GIRL
FACES DEATH TO WED
YOUNG MAN SHE LOVES
Nporisl to The Georgian.
Thomaavllle, Ga., July 20.—In the
face of threatened death and strong
parental objection. Miss McGowan, of
Jacksonville, was made the wife «f Roy
Cochran, a prominent druggist of the
same city, at 9 A'clock this morning.
Rev. J. M. Cutler performed the cer
emony. The marriage occurred at the
residence of H. 1-1 Cochran, of this city,
cousin of the groom. Only a few
friends and relatives were present at
the nuptials. \
Mr. McGowan told his daughter that
If she married he would kill her, so the
bride cams to the city yesterday morn
ing, but fearing that the threats con
cerning her life wuuld be carried out,
she went to Camilla and spent the day,
returning to Thomaavllle last night.
The bride Is about 19 years of age,
very beautiful and the youngest mem
ber of one of the prominent families of
Jacksonville. '
The couple left this morning for a
short visit to Camille, and will later
return to Thomaavllle for a week's
stay before returning to Jacksonville,
where they wUl make their future
home
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July, 20.—The mystery
surrounding the disappearance of
Judge Walter K. Ormond, of Atlanta,
ho disappeared from tha Havannah
liner Kansas City at sea Wednesday
morning, has not been solved.
The steamship officials are not dls-
imsed to discuss Mr. Ormond's disap
pearance. Officers of the Kansas City,
when naked as to the reason why the
tragedy was not raported when the
vessel reached quarantine, say that
their duty was to report It to the
higher officials of the company before
saying anything to anybody els*. They
express no doubt that Ormond acci
dentally fell overboard while dosing too
close to the rail. .
One of tha officers said: “If, as 51 r.
Ormond’s.friends fay, ha waa fond of
silting on the rail It would have taken
a very lltll* lurch of the ship to have
sent him overboard, and If the accident
occurred early In the morning there was
little chance for the man's cries to
liavn attracted any attention,”
"I FEAR FOUL PLAY/
i ruuu ruru,
8AY8 ORMOND’S BROTHER
Hpeclal In The Georjlan.
Vicksburg, Miss., July 20.—Judgo W.
B. Ormond was the younger brother of
Hldney J. Ormond, formerly night ed
itor' of The Vicksburg Herald, now
connected with The Monday Morning
News, » •.
In answer lo Inquiries, Mr. Ormond
•aid:
I Unit learned of my brother** death
Photo by Unnnr.
EY HILL*
HARVLf niLL.
Young Atlanta Lawyar who waa
Judge Ormond'* Clotest Friend*
OF BAR OF GEORGIA
Ex-Chief Justice Bleckley
Too Feeble to Mako .;
Address.
ulng
By J. WIDEMAN LEE,
Hpeelal to The Georgian.
Warm Springs. Go., July 20.—C
of the Georgia Bar Association f
next year were elected Friday m
as follows:
President—Judge A. L. Miller, of Ma
con.
First Vice-President—T. 51. Cun
ningham, ot Savannah.
Second Vice-President—8. P. Gilbert,
of Columbus.
Third Vice-President—E. P. 8. Den
mark, of Valdosta
Fourth Vlcs-Prealdsnt—W. A. Wlin-
blsh, of Atlanta.
Fifth Vice-President—a H. Sibley,
of Union Point.
Secretary—O. A. Park, of Macon.
Treasurer—Z. D. Harrison, of At
lanta.
Executive Committee—Robert C. Al»-
ton, of Atlanta, chairman; J. H. Merrill,
of Thomaevllle; J. J. Strickland, of
Athena: W. W, Gordon. Jr, of Savan
nah.
Judge Blscklsy Too Fsabts.
Former Chief Juetlre of Ihe Supremo
Court Ixigsn E. Bleckley, who was to
have delivered an address, appeared on
Ihe platform, but stated ho wn» too fee
ble to apenk. He sat In a chair, apolo
gising to the convention for the ant anf
then submitted a paper on "Value n>
pa I
quality." He spnko a few Inf
words to the association, and wh
had finished was given an ovatlo
For Ihe first time In many yen
venerable judge was "dressed up,"
d-span
hla spick-and-span presence In
clothes created something of n ecu
tlon. Although he was not feeling w
Ihe judge appeared to be etlll niro
and wns In a splendid humor, J"k
about his new togs.
The committee on memorial mode
reiiort. The list of the dead of the i
was: Chief Juetlce T. J. Simmon-.
Atlanta; Major John W. Park.
Greenvlile; Chancellor Walter It. II
of Atlanta: J. M. McNeil, of Columb
nnd lluford M. Davla, of Macon.
Malpraotloe 8corad.
The report of the committee on le
ethlrn, submitted by H. B. Adams, "
a biting arraignment of ih
lawyers Indulging In malpractice, p
Icularly In tha maltor of solid
business
■If the bar association cannot »
this solicitation of business among It
f the stnle, It ought In disbar
ihe roport anld.
At the afternoon seeslon other cn
„lltee reports will bo read nnd
convention will be brought In “
Friday evening by n formal r
nt the Wnrtn Springs hotel.
pllo
that It was too hot. Ho was mlsod
early Wednesday. It Is suppoaad that
hs was overcome with nausea, and
while leaning ov*r the railing, fall Into
the water..
HARVEY HILL ARRIVE8
FRIDAY AFTERNOON,
No further particulars regarding the
drowning or disappearance of Judgo
Walter K.
Hinton J. Hopkins. He gave no de
tails. The whole thing Is Inexplicable
to me. My brother, who was two years
younger than I, was one of the bright
est young lawyers of the Atlanta bar.
He was a splendid swimmer, and Ihe
press dispatch Indicates to my mind
that there may have bean foul play,
but I am at a loss to conceive a mo
tive. Walter had no enemies and did
not drink."
PARTY TO MOCK MARRIAGE
ANC WORE GIRL’S BRACELET
Hpeclal to The Georgian.
Havanah, On, July 10.—The name of
the young lady whose bracelet Walter
Ormond had on his arm when last seen
on the Kansas City, cannot be ascer
tained her*. The passenger Hat was a
very large one.
Tuesday Ormond performed a mock
marriage ceremony, and as a fee In
sisted on taking a bracelet from the
young woman. He waa wearing this on
hla left ann and should the body be re
covered, It will bo a means of Identifi
cation. It la supposed that he left the
boat about 50 miles from the New York
harbor.
Ormond waa last seen Tuesday nl/it
sestOd In a steamer chair dresed In pa
jamas. Harvey Hill advised him to re-
Ormond, who Is believed to
have fallen overboard from the steam
er Kansas City Tuesday nlghf while
on his way {o Nsw York, have been
received In Atlanta.
Harvey Hill, Judge Ormond’s closest
friend and bis companion on the voy
age, Will return to Atlanta Friday
afternoon, arriving on the Southern
vestlbuled train at 8:85 o'clock. He
personal effects of Judgs Orm
It la atated that before Judge Or
mond sailed he had gone through a
joking marriage ceremony with a
young woman friend, and still worn on
his lert wrist a gold bracslet which he
had laughingly exacted from her as a
pledge. The young man waa dressed
only In a suit of pajamas when he went
on deck Tuesday night, and If tha body
should be recovered the bracelet should
furnish a mean* of posltlv* Identifica
tion.
Hldney Ormond, an older brother
of Walter E. Ormond, 4*111 arrive Fri
day from Hatches, Miss, where he has
been wltn a dally newspaper for some
time.
Memorial 8arvice Deferred.
It was at first Intended to hold a
service In memory of the unfortunate
young man, but It was afterwards de
cided to defer this In the hope that the
body may be por«'My recovered. The
family of the ipl.slng man requested
that memorial services be postponed
There was
for this and other reason*.
turn to his stateroom, but Ormond said no witness to Judgs Ormond's falling
FIRES AT ANOTHER,
SHOOTS HIS FRIEND
THROUGH THE THIGH
nt pnllfl-
th»?r
**n*d
Hpnrlot to Tho Oeorglon.
Btateaboro, Ga^ July JO.—Yi
afternoon ns a great pic
col rally wn® ending at Htilaon,
here, a number of men became m
boisterous In tho store of Joe E. Br
Brown ordered them out and threat
iiv,. i11*4 |.ist>«l when V. <’ Richard
son Invited him to take a shot.^ Brown
shot, mteslng Richardson nnd hitting
David Bradley In the thigh, the ball
passing entirely through and breaking
the bone. Bradley and Brown am
. I..-,- fri. ri'i . ;u.'l 'I -iff 1 1r N general
ly regreted. All parties are prominent
In this section. No arrests have been
made.
BLOWN TO DEATH
FROM MINE LIFT
of the
Uy Privet# I**ss»d Wire.
Hlueflelda. W. Va-. July J#.—Aa
suit of on explosion of gam In the
mine ot Huger, In the east end ,
Tug river field, at 8 o'clock last night,
Wallace Mitchell anil four miner., Ern
est Jones, Palmer Harris and Robert
Harris, brother., and John Ollmer. are
dead, and BUI Crouse and Langdon
Whiteside will die from burn, und
shock. The blast blew live of |hn nu n
out of the bucket and they fell down
to the bottom of the abaft, where they
were later picked up.
from the ship, and his friend
a faint hope that some explan,
er than death may account fo
ding to
his dln-
the
'y
,i the streets of Atl
rlpal topic of conversation ha.
death of Judge Ormond. At li
house, where every offlclal kne
Ormond well; In clubs, hotels a
Ine.a houses, the first word
greeting Thursday was nn ex
of sorrow at the sad fatality
Walter K. Ormond number
friends by the hundred »«*
evidenced by the almost unlver
row at his sudden death.
It Is thought posable that when Har
vey Hill reaches tha city he '".ike
public soma Incident or rlnrum.tan.e
which may throw more light on ih" dis
appearance of Judge Ormond. The t« o
were Intimate friends, almost like
brothers In their, personal relations,
and Mr. Hill was familiar with ill the
circumstances of the voyage until the
time when Judgs Ormond lift hi.- -t.ua
room to sleep on deck. Hut, ril
ing to telegrams from the companions
of the missing man, Jndga Ormond di.-
appearad as completely after tearing
the state room as though he had dived
at once Into the sea It I- probable
that no further light »id h- thrum
upon tha mj-te:y .-f In., disappear
ance.
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