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The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. I. NO. 73.
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY JULY, 21, 1006
Morning Edition.
. 1® Atlanta TWO CESTB.
MTlXlKJlli. On Train* VIVE CENT*.
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 Ho Shall Let
Her Manage Defense
and Offer Plea of
Insanity.
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., July SO—"Harry
Kendall Thaw owea bla present pre
dicament to a unclean, misguided life.
With something like 1100,000 a year to
tl>end, he hae done nothing but seek a
gnud time.”-
Thus spoke William Travers Jerome,
the district attorney of New York, who
arrived here at 5:10 o'clock this morn
ing. He was accompanied by Francis
P. Garvan and A. C. Vandiver, two of
his assistants.
"There Is no distinction In a feloni
ous homicide/' said Mr. Jerome, In dis
cussing the Thaw-White murder case.
"You doubtless have frequent negro
murder caeee thbt are traced to Jeal
ousy. It Is the same knld 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 win be the chief speaker at a
banquet In his honor at the Country
Club tonight.
BUCKET SHOP BILL
LI ON THE ME
AS TACTICAL MOVE
MOTHER TO FORCE THAW
TO ACCEPT INSANITY PLEA
Hr Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 20.—Trfere was no
doubt today that Mra. William Thaw
will force her aon, Harry K. Thaw, to
accept the plea of Insanity as his de
fense for the murder of Stanford
White. She holds the purse strings
and without the Thaw rtenea the young
man would be unable to make a fight
for his life.
Won’t Qive Up Papers.
Former Judge olcutt, 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
hint to be Insane.
Ex-Judge Olcott, with Terrance J.
McManus, another member of the firm
of Black, Olcott. Gruber & Bonyng,
appenred before Justice MacLean In
the supreme court today and secured
an adjournment of the motion to com
pel him to give up these documents In
spite of the opposition of Clifford Har-
tridge, the lawyer who Is acting for
Thaw.
Declare Thaw Is Insane.
It became -known today that. Mrs.
William Thaw has directed Judge Ol-
cott to Ignore Hartrldge altogether, and
also to disregard completely the wishes
Of her son, and to apply for the ap
pointment of a commission In lunacy
to examine him as to his santlty, armed
with the alienists' reports, which pi
nounre Than- mentally unbalanced
the present time.
District Attorney Jerome Is expected
bai-k In the city from the South to
morrow, and It waa said today that
application for the appolntmentof the
committee would be made as soon as
the head of the district attorney's offlee
res; lied his offlee.
Refuses to See Son.
Ilarry Thaw's mother again stead
fastly refused to see her son In the
Tombs today. She remained at the
country home of her daughter, Mrs.
George L. Carnegie, at Roalyn, R. I. It
was said that she would continue to
refuse to go to him because of his op
position to her wishes In regard to the
conduct of the case.
Evelyn N'esblt Thaw called at the
Tom ha today and saw her huaband, but
for only ten minutes. Lawyer Har
trldge was there when she arrived and
vent to Thaw's cell with her. After
ward the wife drove to Hartrldge's of-
“ce, at No. 14# Broadway, and con
tinued the dictation of her long state
ment begun yesterday.
Won’t Qivs Monty.
It was said today that Harry Thaw's
m-.rher had refused to give him any
money since he opposed her wishes so
fiercely when she saw him last It was
’*!d that she had cut off, at least
temporarily, the Income of, 180,000 a
year, which she allowed him. In spite
of the fact that, by hla father's will, he
*'»» to receive only 12,600 a year.
A lawyer, retained In the Thaw case,
made this surprising statement today:
"An agreement has been made and
low exists between the district attor
ney's offlee and former Judge William
' deott, to have Harry K. Thaw exam
ined by a commission In lunacy within
a veek and sent'to the Mateewan state
'Plum for criminal Insane If he be de
clared to be mentally unbalanced at
Ihe present time."
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O 00V. COX’S SON FALLS
2 FROM TREE OVER CLIFF
2 AND WILL LOSE A LEG.
Special to The Georgian.
Bristol, Tenn., July 20.—The
attending physicians state to
day that It will be necessary to
amputate the broken leg of
Matthew Cox, the young son of
Governor John I. Cox, of Ten
nessee, who last evening fell
from a tree and over a clllf at
Big Creek park, near Bristol.
The leg Is broken In two places
and near the ankle the bones
projecting. Governor Cox
will arrive here this evening,
sfter which his son’s leg will
doubtless be amputated.
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The friends of the Boykin anti-fu
tures bill held an Informal conference
Friday morning and agreed that In
view of the slim attendance of mem
bers In the house. It would be better
to table the bill, rather than Jeopar
dise Its passage by letting It go to a
vote.
Accortngly, 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 his mo
tlon to table -the bill with the state
meht that the roll call disclosed the
fact" that there were 60 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.
Anderaon, of Chatham, Inquired of Mi.
Wright If It would not be better for
him to dlscusa the question, and that
perhaps later on there might be such
an Increased attendance that a vote
could be had 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 be reached till
the afternoon session, when there
would be but a small margin above a
quorum of the members.
This measure, In his opinion, wax
one of transcendent Importance to the
state, and he thought the passage of
this measure of more Importance than
all other legislation this house couid
enact.
If the bill now went to Its passage,
falling to get the requisite 88 votes,
would be reconsidered, go to the heel
of the calendar, and never would be
considered.
He, therefore, moved to table the
bill, which was assented to by an over
whelming viva voce vote.
IHE MUTUAL LIFE
IN OFFICIAL LIST
Policy Holders Committee
Demands Dropping
of Names.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 2D.—The executive
committee of the International policy
holders committee Is to apply to the
courts for a mandamus directing the
superintendent of Insurance to remove
from the Mutual Lite Insurance Com
pany’s 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.
serious scandal Is expected
grow out of the manner In which the
Mutual Life prepared Its llMa of policy-
holders which have been filed with the
Ineurance department.
It Is charged that the lists were pur
posely bungled to prevent the Interna
tlonal committee from communicating
w ith the policyholder*. The Mutual haa
two lists In Its possession, one of
these contained Ihe names and
dresses of the policyholders ns they
were at the time the policies were Is
sued: the other contained the names
and addresses as they are now.
The company Is said to have filed Ihe
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 la trolley car In
Brooklyn, may cost the life the
Rev. William C. Hull, a Presbyterian
minister of Chatham, N. Y.
William HofTman, the other man, la
not so badly hurt. Both were ablo to
go to their homes.
The Rev. Mr. Hull went to bed, but
about 1 o'clock this morning was
awakened by an Intolerable puln In his
head. An ambulanee surgeon found
the preacher suffering from cerebral
hemorrhage. He Is likely to die.
FEAR THAI POPE PIUS X
HAS BLOOD POISONING
SUGGESTION TO THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES
“D
WHY NOT TAKE A VACATIONt'
JUDGE A. L, MILLER
IS NEW PRESIDENT
OF. BAR OF GEORGIA
Ex-Chief Justice Bleckley;
Too Feeble to Make
i • _ Address.
■
By J. WIDEMAN LEE.
tiprrlal to The Georgian.
Warm Springs, Oa, July 20.—Officers
of the Georgia Bar Association for the
nsxt year were elected Friday morning
aa follows:
President—Judge A. L. Miller, of Mi
ma.
First Vice-President—T. M. Cun
ningham, of Savannah.
Second VIce-ITeildent—8. P. Gilbert,
of Columbus.
Third Vice-President—E. P. S. Den
mark. of Valdosta.
Fourth Vice-President—W. A. Wtm-
hlsh, of Atlanta.
Fifth Vice-President—S. IL Sibley,
of Union Point.
Secretary—O. A. Park, of Macon.
Treasurer—Z. D. Harrison, of At-
Executive Committee—Robert C. Als
ton, of Atlanta, chairman; J. H. Merrill,
of Thomasvllle; J. J. Strickland, of
Athena; W. W. Gordon, Jr., of Bavan-
nah.
Judge Bleckley Too Feeble.
■Former Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court Logan U. Bleckley. Who was to 1
have delivered an address, nppearsd on
the platform, but stated ho was too fee- I
ble to speak. He sat In a chair, opolo-
Rlxlng to the convention for the act and j
then submitted a paper on “Value as
Quality." He spoke a few Informal
yea
Pontiff Forced to Take
to Bed as Result of
Wound From Pen.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Rome, Italy, July 20.—It is fear
ed that the pope has contracted
blood poisoning. A few days ago
he pierced his thumb With a steel
pen with which he had been writ
ing. Little attention wan paid to
the injury which at first was be
lieved to be trifling.
Now, however, his holiness has
taken to his bed and the thumb
has swollen to abnormal size. It
throbs painfully and complica
tions are believed to have develop
ed . The pope, however, has nc fe
ver.
POPE Pius X.
WAGON TRAIN ATTACKED
BY BOLD BAND OF BANDITS
AND MANY EMIGRANTS SLAIN
By Private I-steed Wire.
Rawlings, Wyo., July 20.—An
emigrant trainofthree wagonswas
attacked by bandits in the moun
tains east of this place and every
body in the party murdered ant^
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 aneeringly of the
"Black Hand" society, Donatto Zar-
rillo," an Italian living In West New
Rochelle, was shot and killed In the
street by two bandits, who also flrrd on
his brother, Tomasso, and left him for
detd.
Tomasso was taken to the hospital,
and It Is believed now that he will re
cover. The assassins lied to the woods
and have not been captured.
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DISASTER LECTURER
VICTIM OF DISASTER.
Private Leased Wire.
Greenwood, Ind., July 10.—
While the Rev. D. J. Levis was
preparing to give an Illustrated
lecture on the San Francisco
disaster a twenty-gallon tank of
calcium carbide exploded, kill
ing him and another roan.
known yet.
Three week* ago an emigrant
train of three wagons containing
men, women and children pasHcd
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 investigating.
GIRL AND YOUTH
IN SUICIDE PACT
By Private Leased Wire.
Toledo, Ohio, July 20,—The dead body
of Mayme Wilson, 19 years old, and the
unconscious form of Oscar Brenneman,
aged 1», were found laying side by side
yesterday In the haymow of a barn on
the Wilson farm In Van Wert county.
The girl had taken halt the contents
of a bottle of chloroform and the young
man had inhaled the rumes of the re
mainder. He will recover.
A letter written by the girl to her
K rents stated that she ana her lover
d resolved to die, so they could be
In Paradise together.
80L0IER8 HAVE RETURNED
FROM ENCAMPMENT.
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Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala, July 20.—Company C,
ueen City Guards, and the Albertville
Mas arrived from Mobile lost night on
a special train. In spite of the dis
agreeable weather, the soldiers had a
TO SACRIFICE OWN CHILDREN
IS PLAN OF FANATICAL SECT
Authorities Called on
to Prevent Burn-
. ings at Stake.
By Private I.wiRPd Wire.
Los Angeles, Cal., July 20.—
“Holy Jumpers” at Monrovin, a
suburb of tin's city, have renched
Bitch a wild degree of fanaticism
that they are preparing to mako
human sacrifices. Kvangelist
Cook, who is leading the band of
wild-eyed “Jumpers,” is nu advo
cate of bitrniug at the stake.
Residents of Monrovia had not
rebelled against the weird serv
ices which have been conducted
in a small chapel on Ivy street,-
and little attention w^s paid to
the fanatics untol it became
known today that the “Jumpers”
hatl decided that the first-born
child iu each family of true be
lievers should be killed by burn
ing.
At first the story received littlp
credence, but the horrified resi
dents lost little time in 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 WEO
YOUNG MAN SHE LOVES
Special to Tile Georgia#.
Thomasvllle, Oa, July 20.—In ths
face of threatened death and strong
parental objection, Mlse McGowan, of
Jacksonville, was made the wife of Roy
Cochran, a prominent druggist of the
same city, at > o'clock this morning.
Rev. J. M. Cutler performed the cer
emony. The marriage occurred at the
residence of II. E. 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 came to the city yesterday morn
ing, but fearing that the threats con
cerning her life would be carried out,
she went to Camilla and spent the day,
returning to Thomasvllle last night.
Ths bride I* about 1# yearn of age,
very beautiful and the youngest mem
ber of on” of the prominent families of
Jacksonville.
The couple left this morning for a
nhort visit to Camilla, and will later
return to Thomasvllle for a week's
stay before returning to Jacksonville,
where they will make their future
home.
lly I’rlvale Leased Wire.
New York, July 20.—Ths mystery
surrounding the disappearance of
Judge Walter E. Ormond, of Atlanta,
who disappeared from the Savannah
liner Kansas City at sea Wednesday
morning, has not been solved.
The steamship officials are not dis
posed to discuss Mr. Ormond's disap
pearance. Officers of the Kansas City,-
when asked as to the.rasson why the
tragedy was, not reported 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 elae. They
express no doubt that Ormond acci
dentally fell overboard while doming too
close to the rail.
One of the officers said: '"If, os Mr.
Ormond’s friends say, hs waa fond of
sitting on the rail It would have taken
a very little lurch of the ship to havs
sent him overboard, and If the accident
occurred early In the morning there was
little chance for the man'# cries to
have attracted any attention."
”1 FEAR FOUL PLAY/
i ruuu rum,
8AY8 ORMOND'S BROTHER
Special lo The Georgias.
Vicksburg, Miss., July 20.—Judge W.
E. Ormond waa the younger brother of
Sidney J. Ormond, formerly night ed
itor of The Vlcluburg Herald, now
connected with The Monday Morning
News.
In answer to Inquiries, Mr. Ormond
"I first learned of my brother's death
In a telegram from my brother-ln-lftw,
Hinton J. Ilopklns. 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 ths
press dispatch Indicates to my mind
that there may have been foul play,
but I am at a Jose to conceive a mo
tive." Walter had no enemies and did
not drink."
Young Atlanta Lawysr who was
Judge Ormond's Closest Friend.
that It was too hot. Ho was mlssd
early Wednesday. It Is supposed that
he waa overcome with nausea, and
while leaning over the railing, fell Into
the water.
FIRES AT ANOTHER,
SHOOTS HIS FRIEND
THROUGH THE THIGH
PARTY TO MOCK MARRIAGE
AND WORE GIRL’S BRACELET
Rperisl to The Georgies.
Savanah, Oa., July 20.—The name of
the young lady whose bracelet Walter
Ormond had on hla arm when last ssen
on the Kansas City, cannot be ascer
tained here. The passenger list was a
very large one.
Tuesday Ormond performed a mock
marriage ceremony, and aa a fee In
sisted on taking a bracelet from th#
young woman. He was wearing this on
hi* left arm and should th* body be re
covered, It will be a means of Identifi
cation. It I* supposed that h* left the
boat about 60 mile# from Ihe New York
harbor.
Ormond was last seen Tuesday night
seated In a steamer chair dreaed In pa
jamas. Harvey Hill advised him to re
Special lo Tbs Georgian.
Statesboro, Oa., July 20.<-Yenterday
afternoon aa a groat picnic and politi
cal rally was ending at Stllaon, near
here, a number of men. became rather
boisterous In the store of Joe E. Brown.
Brown ordered them out and threatened
to use his pistol when P. C. Richard
son Invited him to take a shot. Brown
shot, missing Richardson and hitting
David Bradley In the thigh, the ball
passing entirely through and breaking
the bone. Bradley and Brown are
dose friends, and the affair le general
ly regreted. All parties are prominent
In this section. No arrests have been
made,
NEGRO KILLS WOMAN
HE LIVED WITH
Special to The Georgies.
Waycroos, Oe., July 2#.—Henderson
English, a negro, shot and killed Lula
Jarkson. a negro woman, with whom
turn to his stateroom, but Ormond said he had been living, this morning.
won!# to ths association. ahd
hn<l finished wo* given nn ovatlm
|-.,r till- [ll -l Ill IllMTIV JCIIT
venerable Judge was “drsasod up,'
hie eph-k-and-span preeenco In
elothea created something of a *
tlon. Although he waa not feeling
th" Judge appeared to ho etlll el
and was In a splendid humor, J<
about his new togs.
The committee on memorial mm
report. The Met of the dead of the
woe: Chief Justice T. J. Slminoi
Atlanta: Major John W. Park
Greenville; Chancellor Walter n.
of Atlanta; J. M.' McNeil, of Cohnnbi
and Buford 11 Davis, of Moron.
Malpractice Scored.
The report of the committee on I”B
ethlre, submitted by S. B. Adams, ro
tallied a biting nrrnlgmnent of Ihi
tnwyers Indulging In malpractice, pi
tlrulnrly In tlio matter of aol’ctl
business.
•■If Hu- bar association cannot »i
this solicitation of business among In
ysrs of the atnte, It ought to dlsbon
the report anld.
At the afternoon aeaalon other cor
mlttec reporta will bo read and t
convention will bo brought to a cm
Friday evening by a formal reef [it I
at the Worm Springs hotel.
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PRETTY GIRL FALLS
DOWN DEEP SHAFT
DF A SKYSCRAPER
Plunges Headlong Distant 1 ®
of Twelve Stories
in Pittsburg.
fell
lly Privet# I-eased Wire.
Pittsburg. Pa, July 20.—At 6:2i
pretty 18-year-old Ella Formeri
the awful distance of 12 stork-- down
the elevator shaft In McCreedy’a de
partment store, where she was em
ployed as a dressmaker.
Th* door# which close automatically
hut slowly, were still partly open. She
idled them apart and attempted to
to th* car, but missed her footing
plunged Into th# shaft.
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BLOWN TO DEATH
FROM MINE LIFT
By Private Leased Wlr*.
Blueffelds, W. Vo., July 29.—Aa a re.
suit of an explosion of gss In th” Dixon
min* at Huger, In the east end of the
Tug river field, at 8 o'clock last night,
Wallace Mitchell and four miners. Ern
est Jones. Palmer Harris and Robert
Harris, brothers, and John Gilmer, are
dead, and Bill Crouse and Langdon
Whiteside will die from bums and
shock. The blast blew live of th” men
out of th* bucket and they fell down
to th* bottom of th* ehaft, where they
were later picked up.
CRUELTIES CHARGED
AGAINST BRITAIN
By Private I.rased Wire.
London. July 20.—Trouble I* bre>
Ing between Great Britain ami Nit
over th* charge# of brutal treat me
of native* by the white# In the war
Natal.
The punishment of officer* concern
Is advocated by non-conformist liber
members of parliament and they a
using as an argument that the loyal
of Natal Is being endangered so la
as these officer* go unpunished T1
entire Zulu campaign Is being g >i
over and shocking cruelties are bell
uncovered.
It la further declared that the u
as participated by Natal coerced I
the mine
the Zu
ik against their w IlL
