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•I Her.* i .»• v ;• ”*:••• Vtlj hots cr rr.n’oaAa.. MJM’ftt t»r**et railway*.. The Atlanta Georgian. VOL.: L NO. E ATLANTA, OA., ' NOVEMBER, T 3 1906- PRICE: {? /tiinU two 5SS? CHAINED BETWEEN HORSES, NEGRO ASSAILANT IS RACED TO SAFETY IN “THE TOWER;’’ VICTIM TRIED TO SHOOT HIM U. S. SOLDIERS Mrs. J. N. Camp 3ouud and As saulted. Is folly identifies JOE GLENN. NEGRO SHAFTERTO BE BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS MINISTER FELL DEAD ASHE CONGRA TULA TED COUPLE JUST MARRIED Seized With Heart Failure, Sank to Floor and; Expired Before Assistance Could Be Rendered Him. m THE CARS letter Captured by Officers, Ha« Narrow Escape from \[ob—Denies His Guilt. Joe Glenn, the negro captured about l:St) o’clock by County Policeman Bob- Ineon and positively identified by Mr*, j. N’. ramp, of Cascade avenue, n» her iiuallaht of Tuesday morning, tyaa wifely landed in the Toner a fetv min utes before I o’clock by officer Robin son and County Policeman Dunbar, af ter a aerie* of thrilling Incidents. The negro was locked In a cell in •muMeret'a row" on the fifth floor of the Jail. Glen wa* captured oiuthe place of W. P. Poole, situated between thc"8and- tmvn and Cambellton roads, about two tulles'from the scene of the outrage, on which place the negro has been em ployed as a farm hand. / Hidden in Barn. ’ Policeman Roblnaon wa* riding iwst tit* Poole’ place on Ills horse when ho noticed a little negro boy. who was picking cotton, suddenly atop and run toward the burn. This nroused the otltcer’s suspicions and he. too. hur riedly rode tq the bam, getting there jest aboat the same time ns the boy. 1 . Itobinson asked the boy where his fa ther was and the boy replied he was In the loft of the bam. Glenn was then celled frum the loft and Robinson at once saw that he tilled the description or the a-siUlHitt. The officer then took liltu into . u - tisly mul htui tail inward the Camp home, meeting Officer Dtmtmr on the | trijf. Tlte two officers walked the ptis- . otter to fho house and tn-hered him Into tlMpHkenab "f Mrs. funip, wha was! ■ ottnned to iter tan! proetrnted fmfn I her terrible experience. ’ That’* the Mini ; from.this.time the ensuing inckleMM t ere exciting und Intensely dramatic, ns soon as she saw the negro, a look of terror overspread her features, and I » cried out: That’s thd man. That’s tile man." | And then,; although sick and weak, v Ith a supreme effort, the young worn- j mi raised herself and leaped from the hod. Rushing to offleer Dunbar, who was- urmed with a Winchester repeat-, lug riot gun. she seised the weapon end, with almost superhuman strength, tiled to wrench It from his grasp, bent •■n slaying the negro. As she strug gl'd for the possession of the rifle, hs exclaimed: "ittVJfc-me this gun! Give It hero! That’s the black scoundrel who treated me so badly tbl* morning.” Mrs. Gamp waa finally calmed, how e'er. und Was induceil to return to bed. About a dozen min hn<f collected ■■>ut the house und hei-e the officers • mounter*') another obstacle. The • lowd wanted to lynch the prisoner, rnd it looked as though there might he crlnus trouble. • Hie of the men suddenly leveled a ■ ;u on Officer Dunbar, and exclaimed: "Vou can’t take that negro to town." Instant!;'.,Dunbar’* rifle went to Ills ."Oder and lie commanded the man ■ lower hi, gun. Inkn ihiu gun down, or I’ll .•>111 ” lia sail*. Th'entente! Officer,. ' .1. lioWll '•tout this lime. Robinson, v no ■ directly behind Dunbar, round himself "king down the barrel of a pistol, j knot. MAJOR GENERAL W. R. SHAFTER. U. S. A. Veteran of the Spsnieh-’Amcricsn war who died Monday. Bravery at Barancos Commended in Orders. Sped* I to The Georglsn. Columbus, .Go., Nov. 13.—Rsv. N. W. Carroll, a minister of tho Christian church, dropped dead In a few moments after performing a marriage ceremony at Jordan City, a suburb of this city, last night. He hart married - James Blakely and Daxxle Detford, and waa In the act of congratulating them when he sudden ly dropped to the floor and expired In a few moments. Physicians were called nt once, hut the preacher was dead. Evidence Tends to Show Wreck Vic tims Were Trapt. The heroic and courageous conduct of offleer* and enlisted men of the United States coast artillery stationed at - Fort Barancas during the recent coast atomt received official recogni- ; tlon by General Duvall, mmtnunder of 1 the deportment of the gulf. In general 1 orders Issued Monday commending them for their bravery in making a | successful trip In an open boat and rescuing comrades, the rescuers being In constant danger of death by drown ing. Fort McRee Is about two miles across the bay - front Fort Harancos. The stations are nlmost Isolated and are some distance from any large city or town. The fort* were right In the path of the recent storm which played havoc along the gulf coast and carried death und desolation to muny of the coast vlllnge*. The official cqmmendatlon Is con tained In general orders No. 43, dated November 12. which follow ki full: "The department commander wishes to express his appreciation of the cour age and devotion to duty displayed by the following-named officers and men during the hurricane which swept the gulf coast on September 27, mm;: "Captain Fred T. Austin, artillery corps. Second Lieutenant Lawrence C. Crawford, artillery corps. First Sergeant Gustave Ungerer, ’9tti company, coast-artillery. Sergeant Frank Britton. 7th com- nany, coast artillery. ’ Corporal Paul Dracger, 7th company, coast artillery. .Corporal Mallle Haynes, 9th com pany, coast artillery. Private Frank Brrnvn, 7th company, coast artillery. DR. WHITE HAS DATA; WHAT CHURCH MEN THINK OF ELECTION III Ids study at the Second Bqptlxt church. Dr. John K. White has a tile, containing data, which may decide whether or not n prohibition election will be hold, and which probably de termlnes just what the result wilt be, 111 case an election T* called for. This datal* the oplijion of 250 of the leading church members of Atlanta. Dr. White will not divulge the names of these rltiien* or what they' say In re gard to the proposed prohibition elec tion now. He will submit his data to the Anti-Saloon League, of which he Is a directed The Anti-Saloon League will meet Friday night. At this meeting It will definitely be decided Just when u pro hibition election will bo held. Dr. White will not be In the city at the time of the meeting, hut the data will he submitted to the league, and Its ac tion will be largely Influenced by It. The following questions are answer ed by these 250 leading church mem bers: “Do you believe u prohibition election would carry In Atlanta at this time or three months hence? "Do you believe we ought t«» bring about such un election at this time? I Tf not prohibition at this time, would Private Powell B. C’lmndley. 7th arm- you favor a restriction of , the liquor pany. coast artillery. traffic us follows: Confine the bust- Private Raney Grtgg„ 9th cojnpuny,! ness to city Are limits. License only coast, urtlllery. ’ Private GeorgeHeld, 7th company, const artfllory. "These officers ami men, li'iui"’ i doll, made u successful tup from F..rr nktiuivu* |o Fort JicKet, Fla., and rescued comrades from a po sition of grout peril. The Ikiui was instant danger of l>einB swamped,by fifty retail ami twenty wholesale sa loons; doable the license tax; fix hours of opening and closing at 6 a. in. and 8 p. in.7" Pastors Furnish Nsmss. Dr. White did not select the men to be asked. He requested the pastors of the following of Atlanta's .leading churches for fifteen names each of the leading members of .their . congrega tions; 'Rev. Rlcliard Orme Fllnn. pastor of tile North Avenue Presbyterian; Rev. John K. Briggs, pastor of the Capitol Avenue Baptist; Rev. John F. Purser, West End Baptist: Itcv. J. W. Lee. Trinity Methodist; Rev. H. K. Pendle ton, First Christian: Rev. W. W. Lan drum, First Baptist; Rev. John • E. White, Hecond Baptist; IL-v. M. L. Troutman, Park Street Methodist; Rev. C. B. Wllmer. St. Lukes Episcopal; Rev. Charles T. Pise. St. Philips cathe dral; nev. C. O. Jones. St. Mark Meth odist ; Rev. Charles E. Dnwman, First Methodist: Rer. Theron H. Rice. Cen tral Presbyterian; Rev. J. W. Millard, Ponce DeLeon Baptist; Rev. It. L. Mot ley. Central Buptlst, and Rev. Z. S. Finland. All Saints Episcopal. In the absence of the pustor, a mem ber of the First Presbyterian was asked for llfteen names from Ids church. did this." said Dr. White. "In the Interests of the Anti-Saloon League. 1 will submit to the league the result of this Inquiry, end will leave It to Jbeil Judgment what course to pursue." ~!J. SKELTON WILLIAMS BRINGS TOURIST PARTY Commander of American Volunteers' Who Invaded Cuba in Spanish War, Dies on Ranch in California. brigadier general. In July, IAG*I, he cn- \ tcred the regular service. In 1897 he w»s promoted to be briga dier general and commanded the De partment of California until the begin ning of the Spahlsh-Amorican war. when, as major Kcnernl of volunteers, lie was put In command of the field expedition to Cubur'.At the head of about 16,000 men he landed at Daiquiri, Cuba. June 21, 1888,’ and advanced to ward Saul logo. On July' 1* his forces-carried the heights of El Coney and .San Juan, but the Kpafitards continued to' offer a stubborn resistance. On July 3 Cer- vera’s fleet, attempting to escape from Hantlago, was destroyed tay thd Ameri can battleships, anil the event was fol lowed two weeks later by the surrender of Ranting'). After the way Bhufter commanded WliUai’i Ruhr- Rhafler was born at the Department of the East until 1899, Gulcsbun;. Midi., H I sir. He wa* a when he resumed his old |wst a* com- Cu-mer w ,n the 1-nc of Ins outbreak 'minding general of the Departments of ■ iif’lhe civil war. le cnllstel and was I California and Co|umbin, In 1901 he I made colonel o ’ • ilucteets la April, was retired with I bo rank of major | iso*, and it tlukerslleld. Colo.. NoV. 13.—The body of Major General William.Rufus smart er, V. R. A., retlred.’tvho died yesterday afternoon at the ranch of his son-in- law. Captain W. H. McKIttrlck, twenty miles south of this city, ufter un Ill ness of seven days, will, leave here to morrow evening on u Santa Fe train, and will arrive at Point Rlchmund on Thursday morning. It will he placed on board a govern- menl tug and escorted by inllltary'of- fleer* to the Presidio at Han Francisco. The burial will take placo Immediately after at the port cemetery. Full mili tary honors will be Recorded the dead. t’aptuln ami Mrs. McKIttrlck, the kilter the general's daughter, anil James W. Hltafter, Ills sun. were ut the bed-, side when death mine! some of her halt was I’he nervy office ', however, followed j ,. nu([ |,i xi.d tom Irani h-r head. Sirs. I" example /if Ills rontonnlon,..“f ICrfnp nlrugglcl will*.her assailant and The officers realized they would hare lotiicMji’nc-.*. Bli 'u.' dragged .rom >o set quickly to save the prisoner and m.,, kitchen Inn- ' l»nl rod"*- Bhe was ’’ley ,o«t no time. I/Piping onto their 1 considerably cruised, bh’. It I* not r*es, they tied the rein* of Dunbar's | v seriously hurt. The |.i j\|j|ii, B O.o irtimi .mui tiizi kiiir •eaa brcv-tlit! general In the regular army. I fo the handcuffs on oU : ;,cc on |he hand. several timer. At the time of the assault tile negro whs armed with a shotgun. Found by Patser. Alter -esainh’g consciousnesr. Mrs. Camp ran ou' of the house Into the front yard, where she fell prostrate on the ground. Bh • .was seen by a man nil started off at a gallop. "f* tills gait during tho entire rtfsln-n- ■’ half a mile train the Camp home ii die West End c.tr line, forcing the prls ■uct to run and keep up with' He Followed by Crowd. "Mine this wild ride, the success »: M i; in rdl probability meant the life ' ■ negro, the trio was followed by a •■ I of excited men desirous of ""king Mammaly vengeance. The of- rr- won the race, however, and land- '•he nzgiu on la trolley car In'West,— ------- ^ bringing him to Mitchell street, was Informed by Mr*. Lamp; of ‘he "in, from .the car there, the; crime;amlI he ™»hed “ th. home of . . . a.nzo^. vaaa Vi a |scai»x?( m name! Wtli Wilson, who wus driving 150. n score did not respond at nil,- ami past the house In a wood wagon, and ho hurried to Mr assistance. Wilson ■Mlghtt Tower liter netiTraklngX neg o'to^‘the !i. J-Wnllhr. - around by way of the-cnpltol. telephone;! the count; 1-ollce officer. !r ''clog locked In .a cell, the ne-1 As _qu hdtly a, possible iMNW lOCKea in a ern, me Iir* I • # th * <3«orgl»n reporter, to Oakland ”l?y. ivas also notlflcd and the hunt for the assailant commenced. - Mrs. Gamp still hail the strap about her neck when she ran into the yard and this was removed by \\ llson. Mrs. ramp’s nock was badly braised anil discolored by the tightly drawn strap. The news of the crime spread rapid ly and It wtis but a brief space of time until neighboring citizens were at tho .r .sma.1 nrtil f hri',1 tf‘n**llUC VtOKf* I ’kom he 4<rnted he was guilty. He paid had been packing hay In the Poole ' Ai n all .the morningr- At the office of Solicitor Hill Tues- nfternoon it whs announced that Gl*nn would l>c Indicted by the grand jury next week and would be tried In hie criminal branch of the euperfor 1 curt, Monday week, the first day of th$ '/^‘Ing session of:the court! SAULT ON MRS. CAMP MOST BRUTAL IN NATURE vhlle engaged in her kitchen Tues- 'i*y morning at 9:30 o'clock, Mr*. J. X. wife of a carpenter residing In '’••cade avenue, half a mile beyond the '•nd of the Whitehall and Went End house armed and ihrentenelng vengr ance to the criminal. These men Joined In the hunt and every few minutes the crowd was uugmented by others equal- |v determine*!. * Hhortly after the commission of tlte nuenau ana wwi wiu, lime, the assaHani Waa Men iiear Cos* line, was brutally attacked •»• “"! auunTfrom !heVamp home. He was n known negro, choked into Insenslbll-1 “ lvUh lt .hofgun. The fact of the with u leather strap, and assaulted ,.| mr WiU i not known there nt that The negro tied the leather strap 1 time however, and no effort wo* mail*, girl * moth -at. Mrs. Camp’s neck In a hard 10 capture the n-gru. DBAD GIRL’S MOTHER WOP LI) KILL SLAYER Herkimer \. Y.. Nov. 12.—"I wish I could |*s* Judguisut on the man who Inurdered my daughter. I would cut him Into pieces and never flinch." This declaration was made today by Jti H. Frank Brown, mother .-of Grace Brown, for whose death Chester,E. Gil lette is un trial for murder.. With her husband and three daughters, Mrs. Brown cninn from their farm to be present when the trial was resumed. Nino Jurors were .selected yesterday and It Ik expected the remainder will be .cliot'eii today. Out of a panel of br the .others nearly 6b wanted to be excused from jury duty. Judge Deven- dorff, fearing depletion of the panel, commanded all of those who could be legally retained t to go back to tltelr seats. . , 7 Prisoner Chews Gum When Gillette entered th* court room he was chewing gum and evinced no anxiety us to the outcome of the trial. The prisoner has many relatives, some of them wealthy and of social prominence In t'ortland. hut It looks as if he would go through his ordeal urn aided. N. it. Gillette, the unele who rob- ducts the factory In which Chester and Grace Brown were employed, has been suhpenaed as a witness against the prisoner. He a> first tried *o aid llie accused, but oflerward withdrew his help, owing. It 1* said, to hi* wife’s dec. laratfon that the family should not be drugged deeper Into, the sensation than was necessary. The lawyers who are defending Gillette were appointed by the court, and the county v.-llt pay’ for them. "He Wanted Other Girl.” -Ob,” said -Mrs Brown, the dead ither. "I wish that I were the ,y what should be done to him. the storm ami the crew In eminent ilnu Ker "f drowning; as no man could Imve overcome the force of the waved had he. been thrown Into the sea. “It Is luuguge such as this, as well us bravery In battle, which has mude service In bur army one of honor. "By command of Brigadier General Duvall. , IRA A. .VAYNER, 'Military Secretary.* GIRL TAKESLIFE RATHERTHAN GO TO SCHOOL Ahy LONGER Special to The Georgian. Concord, Oa„ Nov. 12.—Miss Mary Stanford, the pretty 15.year.old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E| Rian ford, took her own life this morning rather than go to school. The young girl left home fo( school under protest, declaring she did not want to study. • Instead of going to the school house, however, she retraced he# steps into the house, secured her father’s pistol and hurried unobserved to the barn, where she deliberately placed the weapon against her ear and pulled-'the trigger. A negro heard the muffled report of the weapon, but thought nothing of the mutter until two hours later, when the oody was found by the gtrl’s father. At school yesterday she complained to the teacher that she was III and In no physical condition to remain. This morning she bitterly reb. fled when told to go. but supposedly yield ed ami left the house. To llitnk that he would kill an innocent little girl like tny Grace. RuleIde, bosh! "Gillette wanted to marly that other girl. If he did not have some other reason for wanting to stay In t’ort land and to rid himself of the dear lit tle girl whose trouble he wo* responsi ble for, why did he not simply run away? "Grace would not have followed him. If he had shown any disposition to get away from tier, why didn’t'he get out of town when Grace waa home for three weeks? I will never believe but what he wanted to free himself to mar ry his old sweetheart In Cortland." Miss Benedict to Testify. Mrs. Brown had reference to Hattie Benedict, daughter of a prominent Cortland lawyer, who will tie present at the trial. By Mias Benedict, the dis trict attorney hopes to prove that Gil lette had a motive for making away with Grace Brown. But Miss Benedict tins Anally denied that she was engaged to Gillette, and Gillette, tn the only statement he made to the newspapers, denied that there was any attachmnt between him and Miss Benedict further than mutual friendship. Chicago, 111., Nov. 13.—Reports that the doors of the Immigration train, wrecked at Woodvllle, Ind.. yesterday, were locked Is being Investigan -I to day by Coroner Carrpn. of Valparaiso, Ind. Considerable evidence has been dug up tending to show that many of ' the half hundred victims of the dlsas- ter were trapped llko rats, with no chance of escaping death. Several additional victims of yester day's horror are dying In Chicago ho-- pltals today, and It Is.certain that the list of 49 dead will be swelled from the great list of Injured. Of the 128 victims taken to Chicago hospitals yesterday, unly 50 were In a condition to be moved today. Regarding the placing of the blame for the wreck. Coroner Carron said to day: "It seems to bo up to the crew of the first section at the .Immigrant train to explain how the accident oc curred.” Bankers and Financiers From Europe Visit City Under Pilotage .of Railway Magnate. A party ul about ten prominent bank, era and financiers from England and the continent will be In Atlanta Tues day afternoon as the guests of John- Hkelton Williams, formerly president of the Reaboard Air Linti, who Is taking them on u trip over the Houth on a private cap. They will arrive Tues day afternoon at 3:30. Carriages haye been engaged for taking them on a trip over Atlanta and afterward they wilt be entertained at dinner st the Capital City Club, where flic following prominent Atlanta gentle men have been Invited to meet them: W. I,. 1’eel, John Templa Graves, Clark Howell, J. R. Gray. Frank Hnwklns und Joseph P. Orme. It Is the purpose of Mr. Williams 10 show them the .advantages and the prosperity-provoking condition of the Houth. In the development of which Mr. Wllllums has been a potent factor and In the welfare of which he Is deeply In terested. AMERICAN ANARCHIST MENA CESITAL Y’S KING Naples, Nov. 13.—Gabriel Lauselto, a Paterson, -N. J.. anarchist, hun been arrested here on a warning from the American police that It was laiuzetto’s Intention to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel. R was also learned that a plat had been hatched In New Jersey to kill the Duke and Duchess Aosta. t PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY 600 MILES FROM COLON Immigration Confer ence Elects' Officers For tile Year. to The (Icorf(alia . ... yj Xf&livlIlB. Term.. Nov. 13.—a i>< imn- nent oi'Rnnlsation for the work of * n- i-ouraglnK Immigration to the South wan tho feature of the busy session of the Houthern Immigration and Indus trial Association today. Governor D. C. Heyward, of Houth Carolina, wus chosen president for the coming year, and it was decided to hold the meeting next November In Rlrm- Inghitm. Governor Heyward accepted the honor und then uskeri Governor Cox to resume tho chuir for the re mainder of the session. The business of the conference will be conctud*‘d to day. Immigration was the subject of discussion today und there was un»v- nimtty In the belief Hint the future of the Industrial South demand#* the en couragement of h!gh-clnss Immigration from Kurope and the North. The association adopted the itport of the committee on Immigration, urging the Houthern states to **.**t:it»iiM|i pu is of Immigration, as Houth Caro lina has done, for the purpose t)f giving out Information and inducing immigra tion. Washington. Nov. 13.—A wireless message from the president, sent last night,at 8 o’clock, reports the Louisians 800 miles from Colon and all well. L LIKE OE DEFENSE IN THAW CASE TRE CUSTOM AND NIGHT OF TERROR New York, Nov. 13.—Preparations for the defense of Hatty K. Thaw, of Pittsburg, slayer of Stanford White, were begun In earnest today’when Del phln Michael Delmar, leader of the bar on the Pacific coaat. took charge of the case. Justification under the "unwrit ten law'," It Ik definately stated, will be the defense. The trial will Jrobably open Dec. 3. • Mr. Delmarha s come from Califor nia t<> participate in the trial. Yester day he made an engagement with Mrs. William Thaw and received his re tainer. Half and hour later he was with Thaw In the Tombs, whsn the plan of defense waa outlined. Mr. Delmar has a national reputa tion, earned In many hard fought cases. He has been successful In sevemi In stances of clearing clients under the "unwritten law" plea In California. It reported he will receive $100,0000 for his services. Hpccial to The Georgiau. Columbus. Ga.. Nov. 13.—A Gretna Green wedding oeOurred .In this city Sunday In which It developed that the usual proceedure In,such affairs was reversed, the bride having stolen the groom from his dissenting parents In stead of being stolen herself. The couple was Ernest Hmlth and Mar garet Hence, both apparently well-to- do farmer folk, and they came from near Dadevllle, Ala. The young man’s parents objected to the match and the couple came to this city to wed, accom panied by the brother of the young girl. After being married by Justice Hennard they returned home on the I * venlng train. 1 The Hinall slse of the shot and the spreading effect of the window pan** U all that kept J. W. Bryant, forincrlv on the county police ebpermimerary list, from being killed by an unknown person ubout 9:30 o'clock Monday night. .Mr. Bryant and his sister. Mi-** Maude ilryant. were sitting before ih** fire at their home about two miles \\ei*t of East Point, when a shot earns from the darkness und both were struck, but were not seriously Injured. Ml*s Bry ant got four of the .-mall bird .-hot In her fare, but the charge received by her brother wns much more serious. He barely escaped losing his eye as ;i ie- sult His sight will, however, not be greatly affected. After the shooting Mr. Bryant fell over unconscious and apparently dead. Mrs. Nan Bryant, his mother, fainted and the young ladles of the family were left to shift (or ttthaMtfvm ■They . al lied their motner up stairs and sp**nr a sleepless night wrapped up In the »►<*«! clothes and thinking that their brother was dead. At dayllgln Tuesday morning Mr. Bryant was found to be alive. ,«n<] i>»* George Trimble was summoned from East Point. An examination *.f the wounded man proved that he yuim not very seriously wounded. No rime Bryai • fa i fill the Mr.