The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, October 15, 1906, Image 1
* 1 ATLANTA rvpolflllon Hock** Telephone* if.sin line* of railroads— UlltS of street railway*... n«nklng eanltal The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA rnnufatton MOLOH Mile* of iteam railroads Mff Mile* of electric railways 4M Cotton factor!#* 130. *nlndle«.. 1.I0O.OM Rale* cotton consumed In 1905. M0.NI Value of 19(6 cotton crop S10O.OQO.OOI VOL. L NO. 147. ATLANTA, GA MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1906. DEATH CALLS SAM P. JONES W. C. NUNEMACHER 0NR.R. TRAIN IN ARKANSAS World-Famous Evan gelist Stricken With Heart Failure. LIFELESS BODY FOUND IN BERTH NEAR PERRY Wife and Daughters, and Rev. W. T. Holcomb With Him on Trip—Remains Being Brought Home. Special to The Georgian. Little Rock", Ark., Oet. 15.— Hev. Sam P. Jones, the noted Georgia evangelist, died at C o’clock this morning on the Rock island train, near Perry, a station 30 miles west of this city. lie was on his way home from Oklahoma. lie retired to his berth in the sleeper about midnight. His body was found by the porter. He had been dead gome time. His wife and two daughters and his co-worker. Rev. W. T. Hol comb. were with him. The body arrived at Little Rock at 11 o’clock this morning, and is now at the Ruebel undertaking es tablishment. It will be taken fo Memphis this afternoon at '4 o’clock and from thence to his home in Cartersville, Ga. The cause of his death was heart; failure. SHERIFF PUT REV. SAM P. JONES. Noted Georgia Evangelist and Lecturer Who Wae Pound Dead Aboard a Sleeping Car in Arkansas Monday Morning. FAKE “COULD" SHOWN CITY Real Kingdom Gould Is Studying at Columbia. TAKES HIS OWN LIFE “SUDDEN DEATH” SUBJECT OF MR. JONES'LAST SERMON Tennessee Officer Makes Answer to U. S. Supreme Court.' Washington, Oct. 15.—For the flrat lime In history the supreme court of tlm United States today found itself tailed upon te consider a lynching case, .Sheriff Shipp, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Hi' 1 principal defendant, and eight dep- uiIph nnd seventeen alleged members of a m ‘»b were cited to show cause today " by they should not be judged In con tempt because Ed Johnson, a negro, was lynched by a mob after he had l»« Pn given a stay of execution by the supreme court of the United States. Jl, dge McReynolds, who tried the ne- Ki<>, Is in Washington, giving his moral support to Shlpfc. _ The Impression seems to be,” said Judge McReynolds this morning, “that i no people of Chattanooga are doubtful ithmit the guilt of Johnson and that { ioy condemn Sheriff Shipp. This is »i"t »»o. That the electors of Hamilton j*ounty are loyal to Captain Shipp and believe he did his full duty on the jiiKht Johnson was hanged Is evidenced the fact that last August he was re-elected sheriff by a majority of V" 00 * lhe greatest ever given a candl* date fur the office. “There was no reason to believe an outbreak would occur the night John- f on "as hanged. Inasmuch as no vio lence had been attempted In the week or more that Johnson had been In ‘ uuttanooga, the captain did not take an >’ ^xtraordlngry precautions.” Judson Harmon, former attorney yen era! of the United States, Is Shipp's v r lawyer. He Is being assisted by Robert Pritchard and Judge Lynch, both of Chattanooga. The alleged lynchers are represented by Judge •ewls Sheppard, .who.defended the ne- pto at the trial in Chattanooga. The defendants In whose behalf an* *wer was filed today are John P. Shipp, e rank Jones, Matthew Galloway, C. A. Raker, T. D. Taylor, Fred Frauley, <»eorge Bond, Geramlah Gibson, Marlon Perkins and Joseph Clark. rhey all protest their Innocence. The answer filed alleges the United States mould not interfere with the discharge official duty by state officials, al- mging that If these officers are guilty t contempt of any court It Is the Ten- 1M -see court. Assaulted and Robbed. Special to The Georgian. ..Jacksonville, Fla.. Oct. 15.—John ."Keels, an aged shopkeeper, was as saulted at his shop eaMy this morn- '*** "ith an oak club and robbed by -Mrred Sargent* a negrt>. keels will die. Three other^negroes nnvo been arrested as accomplices, "•argent confesses the deed. Georgia Evangelist Stirred His Hearers to Great Depths of Emotion at Oklahoma City By, Warning. At Oklahoma City, Okla., laat Friday.nlghtV Rev. 8am J[onea preached a sermon on "Sudden Death." It was stated "thar he warmed to a pitch of en thusiasm even beyond his usual efforts. The'subject of his sermon.'with Its warning to nil' men to be.prepared for de'ath.' Is looked upon as a strange forecast o.f 1tls own fatal stroke. A' ” The McAlester Dally ..Capital of the day following aald of the sermon In a special from Ita Oklahoma City correspondent: "Oklahoma City. Okla.,- Oct.'. IS.—Last *night a large crowd waa out to hear tlje Georgia'evangelist, Rev. Sam-PcJonea. Mr. Jones preached on ‘Sudden Death.'. From start to finish he pleaded, warned and begged men to flee the,wrath to come, and avert t|ie Judgments of God. "Such an .Impression has not been.made during the meetings. At times men shuddered .as he. declared'the fearful truths of the text. At other times the entire a.udlence was moved (o tear*.. ,Sighs, tears and emotions were'glven free vent. Every one felt that God had come closer and given a more earnest call to repentance, . “At the close of the sermon scores of men and - women rushed up to the front to declare themselves for the Christian life. A greater number still reguested prayer, and promised; to sektle the question of salvation. "Mr. Smoot song 'The Last Judgment.' It was an appropriate song to follow the earnest sermon. Beforethe preacher closed. Dr. Finer, Pro fessor* Excell and Smoot sang 'How the Fire Fell.' This song has become a favorite.” ' ‘ ■ • - SAM JONES ONE OF WORLD'S GREA TEST EVANGELISTS Rnmuel Porter Jones, known the world over simply as Sam Jones, was born In Chamber* county, Alabama, October 16, 1847, but removed to C tersvllle, Georgia, In 1868, where he has resided since. ,He began his life career as a profes sional man, but broke down in health from nervous dyspepsia, and finally gave up the legal profession. Ill health drove him to excessive drinking, ‘ ami for some years he was a wild, royster- ing fellow. Then he turned his back on the old life and became one of the motft power ful and unique advocates of right liv ing In the country. No man was a more Implacable foe of whisky than Sam Jones, and his absolute fearless- ness in fighting It won him renown over the Union. In 1872 he professed religion, and was ordained to the Methodist ministry the same year. He joined the North Georgia conference and served various charges for a number of years. For twelve years he was the agent of the North Georgia Orphanage. Early In Ills ministerial career he be gan to attract wide attention by bis brilliant wit, bis exquisite touches of putlm* and his m^que manner of gain ing and holding the attention of III* audiences. Yielding to the urgent so licitations that came to him from nil over the country, be severed his con nection with the Methodist conference many years ago and became an evan gelist and lecturer. » Became Evangelist • Demands for his services 'came from ail parts of the country, am* lie was constantly engaged from Florida to Maine and from the Atlantic to the his time wus given to lecturing at the largest Chautauqua* Hast and West. It has often been aald that Sam Jones had addressed more |>eople In the United States than any other public character, and this statement has never been disputed. His style wns peculiar ly III* own. Many have tried to Imi tate him, but with the moat Indifferent success. Stinging sentences and tongue lashings from thlA wonderful man were accepted as a matter of fact. Coming from a different personality, the people resented It. More than once the physical courage of Sam Jones had been tested, and he was as quick to defend himself In that way, If the necessity sense, as he was to stand as granite on grest moral questions. How Hs Swayed Audience,. His wonderful Individuality, his splendid flow of language and his unique methods of expression marked him as a man of power. He swept the strings of human emotlojt at will. Now he towered like the wrath of Him whom he served and atuitg with hla fearless and overwhelming denuncia tion all forms of evil living. Again, ho poured out his great heart in > melting tenderness as though he would shelter the weary and the heart-sick from lhe storms tluil beset them. lie was a master of anecdote and Its application. He Imd swayed great au diences from laughter to tears In a moment. He hated deceit and all the evil things of life, and fought them with deadly ferocity. He turned count less thousands from the wrong to the good things of life by sheer force of his eloquence nnd his sincerity. Died in Harn,,,. It Is not strange 'that such a man After being wined and dined by At lanta clubmen and hauled about the city In automobiles it has been discov ered that the young man who regis tered at the Piedmont last Thursday under the name of Klngdon Goulld, 211S Fifth avenue, N’ew York city, and ( represented himself to three newspaper men as the eon of George J. Gould, tho millionaire and railroad magnate, la an ImpoiAor and has no claim upon that sphere of society within which he has been circulating. He wae introduced last week at the Capital City Club by one of Its promi nent members. He visited the club and rubbed shoulders with Its members. On Monday morning an effort wns made to locate the young man, but it. was learned that ho was out automoblllng with his friend who Is deceived as to his guest's Identity. Mr. Goulld’s appearance and manner did not satisfy the reporter, and The Georgian wired New York to ascertain if Atlanta’a visitor was the genuine ar ticle. The reply received follows In full: Gould at Columbia. "Klngdon Gould Is now at Columbia College. New York city. Has not been In Atlanta and has no Intention of go ing there.”'. When the young man wan visited by the reporter of the afternoon news papers last Friday about noon be said that he was the son of George J. Gould ^nd the brother of George J. Gould, Jr., F the polo player. He stild his father was In Mexico and he was on hla way South to Join him. When asked relative to the Columbia University Incident when young Gould drew a pistol on a crowd of second classmen nnd refused to be hazed, he said he was the same Individual; that he went to Columbia last yedr, 1905, ahd spoke of hazing at other colleges. Nsw Cards Printed. He gave one of the reporters his card,, which gave his address ae 2110 Fifth avenue, New York. The reporter rubbed hla finger over the name and when the Ink smeared on hie finger, he called attention to It. Young Goulld's name on the Piedmont register was coupled with that of "DeBressles,” who, he sold, was from Boston. Both In tended remaining In Atlanta for .few weeks because of the Ideal climate. The young man was asked to pronounce Ills friend's name, but refused to at tempt! it, telling the reporter to look at the register. Later he approached Assistant Gen eral Passenger Agent Christian, of the Seaboard, for the purpose of making arrangements for handling his father's private' car, which, he Is said to have claimed, would arrive In Atlanta soon. He said he was going further South on a hunting trip. The young man Is of slight build, ap parently about 20 years of age, a blonde, and has a slight Itsp. He wears good clothes, but It waa noticed that his collar wns dirty and he was other wise not well groomed. Engaged to Be Mar ried to Mrs. Rosalie Walts. CAPT. W. C. NUNEMACHER. Dead by His Own Hand, His Body Was Round in tho Printing Establish ment of Which He Was the Manager. RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD WEDS POOR GERMAN OFFICER; KAISER KISSES YOUNG BRIDE ffSWfiis Robert, alias Bud Branham, after be ing positively Identified for the third time by Misses Mabel and Kthel Law rence us the negro who attempted to assault- them near Copenhlll on August 20, and after the Introduction of other damaging evidence, was on Monday morning found guilty of an Indictment charging him with assaulting Miss Ma bel Lawrence. - He wilt be sentenced for that offense and will be tried for his assault on Miss Ethel Monday afternoon. It was Miss Ethel whom he beat horribly after her young niece had gotten away and run to the house of her father, \V, C. Law rence, for assistance. Branham, who waa dressed Vi over- Pacittc. During the summer much of should have bad his enemies. Many who decried his methods could not gainsay hla marvelous Influence, Fel low laborers In his field sometimes crit icised. but criticism did not affect Haul Junes. Just a few weeks ugo tils home city heard him In the last great scries of services he was destined to hold there before death folded him In its embrace. It Is singularly appropriate that he should have gone down lighting. Perhaps If the veil of the unknown coutil be lifted now. It would be found that he died as he wanted to die—with his armor buckled on and hl« voice, lift ed Just a little while before In the de fense of the work to which he had de voted thirty-two years of hi* life. MISS BERTHA KRUPP. Sha la wedded Monday to Liautenant Gustav von - Bohlen-Halbach. fortune la eztimated-at $225,000,000. Miss ? Bertha Krupp’s Marriage Ceremony Attended by Many Workingmen From Her Father’s Great Plant. Essen, Germany, Oct. 15.—In the lit tle chapel erectea especially for the purpose on the magnificent grounds of the Krupp mansion, the religious cere mony waa performed today which made Bertha Krupp. the richest wom an In the world—she Is worth $225,- 000,000—the bride of Lieutenant Gus tav von Bohlen nnd Halbach. a pen niless German noble. The civil cere mony which legally made them *man and wife was performed Saturday aft ernoon. - alls as on the day of the assault, was picked from a line of a dozen or more negroes as they were brought from tho jail Monduy morning, latter Branham chungeU hfs clothes with another pris oner in the detention room and was identified in that garb In the court room, where he was lined up with the other prisoners. * Both the Misses Lawrence appeared <>n the stand. \\\ I). Ellis, Jr., and A. M. Brond were appointed by the court on Saturday to defend the negro. In the second trial Branham was also found guilty or an attempted assault, and was sentenced to twenty years In each case, making a total forty year sentence. Judge Roan expressed Ids opinion that an attempt at assault, should be made punishable by death. per- Although the ceremony was formed In the presence of Kaiser Wil liam, representatives of many noblo families and aristocratic personages, simplicity was the keynote of the whole wedding. Despite the great wealth of the bride, there was no display of ex travagance. Mingling with the aris tocratic and royal wedding guests were deputations of workingmen rep- resenting the employees of the Krupp Industries. Fifty workingmen were In the wedding party, and they attended not only the church ceremony.'but the wedding banquet. The only extravagance In connection with the wedding was the erection of the s|»ecial chattel. It was dedicated a few days ago and will remain standing until the wedding next spring of Bar bara Krupp. the younger sister of Ber tha, when it will be raxed.* From the Krupp mansion the wed ding party passed on foot to the chape!. Kaiser William, who had arrived on a special train JOst In time for the cere mony. tc.;k his place near tho altar and the service began. When the ceremony had been con cluded the kaiser, wearing the uniform of a field marshal, saluted the bride, kissliig her on both cheeks. He then congratulated the groom anil spoke to Mine. Krupp. TOOK CARBOLIC ACID AND CUT HIS THROAT Manager of Blosser Print ing Company Found In Basement of His ; Plant. With his throat and both of hi* wrists cut, (mil with a bloody razor nnd a partly empty bottle of carbolic ncld lying by his side, Captain W. C. Nunemacher was found dead about 8 o'clock Monday morning In the base ment of the Blosser Printing Compa- on Walton street, where he had worked. All evidence known points to sui cide. None of the cuts Inflicted by tho razor was deep enough to product death. It Is thought. There was enough carbolic ncld missing from the bottle found near his side to point strongly to the theory that Captain Nunemach. er died from poison. To Be Married Soon. It Is stated that Captain Nunemach. i 1 was engaged to Mrs. Rosalie Walts, young woman who lives with her mother at 291 East Pine street, and that the marriage was to have occurred In a few days. While formal announcement of the approaching marriage had not been made, the employers of Mrs. Walts, who la a public stenographer, had re ceived notification that she would soon wed Captain Nunemacher, and that she would then cease the practice of her profession. Mrs. Rosalie Walts wns found late In the afternoon at her home in Pine street. She refused to state whether or not she was engaged to marry Cap tain Nunemacher, but she made no de nial of the fact. She stated that Cap tain Nunemacher was to have called on her Sunday night. The mother said that no announce ment of the engagement had been made, and, therefore, she was not In a position to say whether or not they had teen engaged. She stated that the two had been friends for years, ami that ho had called regularly. ' Finance* Unnerved. Mrs. Walts, upon learning of the death, notified her employers. In the Equitable building, where she worked, that she .would no; report for duty Saturday. She Is stricken with grief. Captain Nunemacher had been su perintendent of the printing depart ment of the Blosser Company for the past two years, which Is considered a position of no little responsibility. He was well known In Atlanta, having re sided hero for year*. Ho was quar termaster, with the rank of captain, of the Fifth regiment and was a member of several secret orders. He boarded at 78 Eazt Mitchell street, where he was last seen by a servant Sunday morning about » I’clock. He waa at work until 6 o’clock Saturday evening. In Failing Hsalth. Captain Nunemacher had been In bad health for several weeks. He con tracted a cough several months ago. A few weeks ago he was caught In tho rain. The next night he was suffering from a severe cold. This seemed to grow worse as the days passed by, and It Is known that he became very de spondent over his falling health. Mrs. Walts' mother stated that Cap tain Nunemncher had not called with Ills usual regularity for the last few weeks, on account of his health, and that he had not been able to attend to his business duties as he would like to have attended to them. Captain Nunemacher waa bom at New Albany. Ind.. Juat across a river from Louisville. He was aged 49 years. It was during his service ns a military officer during the recent riot that his cold became so serious that It Inter fered with his work. Body to Louizvill*. Funeral services will be conducted at the chapel of Barclay * Brandon .Mon day afternoon at 6 o'eldck by the Rev. Hammond, pastor of the Pryor Street Presbyterian church. The body will be sent to Louisville on an early train Tuesday night. FORCE BOY TO DRINK AND NOW HE MAY DIE New York. Oct. 15.—Forced by two boy. companions to drink'a pint of whisky, Louis Relach, of Brooklyn, la the point of death. The boy refused an Invitation to drink with his friends, who threw him down »nd forced the whisky down bjs throat. He'was soon unconscious, and. when taken to the Norwegian hospital it waa found that be was suffering from alcoholic comma. Physicians worked on the boy for sev eral hours, but they were unable to restore him to consciousness. Named City Judge. Governor Terrell Monday morning appointed R. L. Shipp to be Judge ..f the city' court of Moultrie, to succeed Judge \V. T. Humphries, deceased. kaiser proposed the health of th couple. Following the banquet the briii pilgrimage to place a wreath bronze bust of her great-grandfather, At the simple wedding banquet the a former blacksmith. ng hs