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Night Edition The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. 1 NO. 175.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 16,1906/
PRICK:
Atlanta TWO <
SECOND NEGRO ACCUSED;
WILL JOHNSON IS CAUGHT
AND TAKEN TO THE TOWER
Race Results
Lawyers Sav They
Know Glenn Is
Not Guilty.
dramatic scene
IN ASSAULT CASE
Conviction of Negro Believ
ed To Be Matter
of Doubt.
DEATH OF ENGINEER
70 BE INVESTIGATED
BY ROAD DETECTIVES
J. B. Pace Failed to
Survive From Blow
on Head.
STORY OF ACCIDENT
TOLD BY FIREMAN
~ ~ -v . -
Will Keep Body Until . Wid
ow Recovers From
Illness,
Officials of the Southern railway have
Instituted a thorough Investigation of
the accident which killed Engineer
Pace and will use all possible efforts
to ascertain what hit him. It was an
nounced Friday morning at the office of
the superintendent thnt the cause of
the accident is still veiled In mystery
and that they have been unablo to ob
tain any clew that would tend to shed
any light on It,
Fireman II. K. Norwood, of 152
Kirkwood avenue, who discovered En
gineer Pace unconscious In the cab of
his engine • Wednesday night about
three miles beyond Powder Springs, has
made an official report to the suiierln-
tendent, In which he snyH he has no
Idea as to the cause of the accident.
As a result of the Injury to Engineer
Pace, his engine, as It thundered along
the rails with the engineer lying un
conscious In the cab and with no hand
to manipulate II, burnt out and was un
able to proceed further on the Journey
to Chattanooga The disabled engine
waa picked up at Hiram Thursday
morning by an incoming freight train
and brought to. Atlanta. It being ac
companied by Fireman Norwood.
The ponderous locomotive failed Just
about the time the body of ttio engineer
was discovered by his fireman and tho
train had to bet pushed from that point
Into the siding at Hiram by the second
Will Johnson, the negro captured be
yond West End Friday afternoon and
bmughtto the city under suspicion of
living the real assailant of Mrs. J. N.
Camp, was brought Into tho court room
late In the afternoon. He was not
placed on the stand.
.Mrs. Woodlee, who lives a mile oast
of Adainsvllle, waa III the room and
Identified the negro as the man who
pointed a gun at her two weeks ago
today.
The description of Johnson Is exact
ly that of the man who assaulted Mrs.
Camp, ns given by her to officers. The
likeness Is even more strong than that
of tllenn, now on trial. His shoes fit
Into tracks left near Mrs. (lamp’s
house.
The trial of Glenn continues. .Wit
nesses testified to his good character.
He denies having been near the. Camp
homo.
Mrs. Cainp returned to her home aft
er her appearance In court and has not
seen the Johnson negro.
The officers are certain that one of
the negroes Is the guilty man. But
whether It Is Glenn or Johnson must be
proven hu a further Investigation.
Although In an impassioned and dra
matic statement, Mrs. Annie Camp be
fore Judge Roan and a Jury of sub
stantial men, for the second time posi
tively Identified Joe Glenn ns the negro
who assaulted her Inst Tuesday morn
ing, when she took tho stand Friday, an
element of doubt has been Injected Into
the case which makes the verdict of the
Jury uncertain If the opinions of others
who have heard the testimony can be
taken os a criterion.
The testimony of Mrs. Camp was
Ailed with dramatic statements, which
showed that aha was convinced that
the negro who assaulted her was on
trial, but it cannot be denied that this
method of testifying helped more than
hindered her case.
It took the court nearly two hours
to get down to business, for many
Jurors' names were eliminated for cause
or at the challenge of the attorneys ap
pointed by the court to defend the ne
gro. Finally these twelve men were
■elected to pass on the guilt or Inno
cence of the negro:
Mike ffhunmn, J. E. Collier, T. W,
' Johnson, A. B. Steele, G. H. Tanner,
K. C. Atkins, J. M. Alexander, A. H.
Esterley, Gordon P. Kiser, Will T.
Henley, c. Frank Malone and B. Da-
Vldaoo,
A Strong Defense.
' buries Hopkins, Lulher ftossor and
J. E. McClelland, the lawyers appointed
to wee that the negro receives a fair
trial, announced to the Jury through
Mr. Hopkins that they had fully Inves
tigated the case and hod come to the
honest conclusion that the negro was
n<»t. and could not, have been guilty.
" hen both sides were ready for the
introduction of evidence Judge Roan
ordered everyone except representatives
nt the press, members of the bar and
officers Of the court to leave the room.
J’riur to that time the floor of the room
"as packed with white spectators and
probably two dozen negroes were In the
gallery. i
Mr*. Camp was the first witness to
,itke f he stand. SHe waa brought In In
!l ' huir and was very nervous. Her
ti. ivf.s were unstrung and her teatl-
"ny was frequently Interrupted with
• '< it.-d remarks.
I cm feel the awful blows now.”
1 hat black face will always be star-
at me.”
'Jh. the agonies I suffered!"
Him face! oh, that face!”
Faces the Negro.
f ‘ it it was when the negro, who, laid
h-ioi to that time been in the deten-
[ i " n ru °h» attached to the court, was
**>ught out that she gave vent to her
flings in the most dramatic way.
G n* was no doubt that she at least
’•‘■i* ved that she was confronting the
who had assaulted her.
Gun Gl»*nn was first pointed out
hatles* behind the attorneys,
... he was not the negro. Then
» ’ *• "'"Rnded that he walk out before
• and as he did so she burst Into a
111 nd,. „f rtbuf€>
., s that Is him! You low down
, ’ , nip! You’re the one who
•'■"• •I me ho badly! I can see them
j* ”>'*•. °h! Gh! «ih!” Then she
t h ® r ch« |r . almost faint.*. J^n^nvlnced that this negro Is not
her hUa ^ antf came oVel * m, j guilty. U that testimony is allowed
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0 ENGINEER’S BODY HELD 0
0 UNTIL WIDOW RECOVERS. O
0 0
0 Without regaining conscious'- 0
0 ness or speaking, Engineer J. B. 0
0 Pace, of 147 West Baker street, 0
0 who was mysteriously Injured on 0
0 his engine Wednesday night about 0
0 three miles beyond Powder O
0 Bpring*, died Friday morning nt 0
0 7:45 o’clock at the Grady hos- O
0 pltal. 0
0 Mrs. Pace, wife of the dead en- O
0 glneer, who Is ill at her home, was 0
0 Informed of the death * Friday 0
0 morning by Dr. I*. C. Brewer, her 0
0 family physician. It Is announced 0
0 that under the circumstances she 0
0 stood the shock well, although 0
O she Is In a very nervous condl- 0
0 tlon. 0
0 Mrs. Pace requested that she 0
0 be allowed to see the body before 0
0 It Is burled and this request will 0
0 be granted. The body was or- 0
0 dered embalmed and held until 0
0 she 1* able to view It. Dr. Brewer 0
0 says this will probably be about O
0 two week*.
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section of the tntiii. which was follow
tng close behind. A rear-end collision
was prevented by. Fireman Norwood,
who quickly notified the conductor and
had a flagman sent back to warn the
second section of the danger ahead.
FIREMAN* NORWOOD TELLS
STORY OF FATAL NIGHT.
The detailed statement of Fireman
Norwood In regard to the accident 1;
follows:
I ,left Atlanta on a freight Wednes
day afternoon about 5:80 o'clock. En
glneer Pace being at the throttlo. When
we arrived at Austell we stopped for
orders. Engineer Pace left the engine
and obtained his ofders, after which he
came back and shook toy grate for me.
As we left Austell we 4 were given *whlte’
d started off at a rapid clip.
'That was the last time I sa*
Pace until 1 discovered him uncon
scious In the cab at a point about three
miles beyond powder Spring*. We
didn’t stop at this station, Shortly
after passing ‘here, the engine com
menced to exhaust as though In back
motion and I at onc e realized something
was wrong. The boiler of the engine
BENNINGS.
Washington. Nov. 16.—Here are the
results of today's race*:
FIRST RACE—Six and a half fur
longs: Nlblock. 110 ‘(Miller), even,
won: Yada, 108 (Beckman). 5 to 2, sec
ond: Toscan, 108 (Lieber), 5 to 2, third.
Tima, 1:28 S-L
SECOND RACE—About two miles:
Souvigney, 13G (Terry), 4 to 5. won;
The Colonel, 122 (G. Wilson). 1 to 2.
second; Acolyte. 182 (Skuguthter), out,
third. Time. 4:20.
THIRD RACE—Five furlongs: Re
gal Lad, 112 (Notter), 6 to 1, won;
Theodorla. 109 (Schilling). 4 to 1, sec
ond; Speed Queen. 109 (Englander), 3
to 1. third. Time. 1:04 2-5.
FOURTH RACE—Columbia Handi
cap; seven furlongs: Oxford, 126 (Mil
ler). 8 to 5, won; Welbourne, 108 (J. J.
Walsh), 4 to 5. second; Pater. 108
(NottJr), 7 to 5. third. Time, 1:28 1-5.
FIFTH RACE—Six and a half fur-
longs: 107 (Mi-lumii’li, 7
to 10, won; Brittonby, 111 (Creamer).
5 to 2. second; Narelle, 105 (Miller),
even, third. Time, 1:23 2-5.
SIXTH RACE—Mile: Woolwich, 97
(Miller), 5 to 2, won; Ivanhoe, 103
(Johnson), even, second; Welrdsome.
103 (Notter), 1 to 2, third. Time, 1:43
3-5.
LATONIA.
Latonla. Ky„ Nov. 16.—Here are the
results of the races here this after
noon:
FIRST RACE—Sir Vagrant, 7 to 5,
won; Saga Panak, 10 to 1, second;
Ben True. 3 to 2. third. •
SECOND RACE—Daring, 6 to 1,
won; Simon Kent, 7 to 2, second; Lord
Dixon, 3 to 2, third.
THIRD RACE-—Beau Brummell, 11
to 5. won; Crafty, 2 to 1, second; Miss
Lido, even, third.
FOURTH RACE!—Lady Jocelyn, 3 to
2. won; Peter Becker, G to 1, second;
Profitable, 3 to 1, third.
FIFTH RACE—Temple, 11 to 1, won;
Beatrice K., 4 to 6, second; Globe
Runner, 3 to 2, third.
SIXTH RACE—Henry O., 8 to 1,
won; Gamester, 4 to 1, second; Dan
McKenna, 3 to t, third.
AFTER FIGHT
III HIS CELL
Robbers Start Battle in,The Hanging Is LX
Continued on Pago Thro*.
WITH HER DRESS ABLAZE
TINY BERNIE TELAFAIR
RAN OUT INTO STREET
Screaming In agony and with her
dress a sheet of flame, little Bernle
Telafalr, of 40 Rhlnehart street, rushed
into the street early Friday morning.
A woman neighbor who saw the lit
tle girl dashed a bucket full of water
on the flames and extinguished them.
The child was ssnt to Grady hospital
In an ambulance and Is not expected to
recover. She Is horribly'burned about
the body.
The little girl Is eight years old. Her
mother, Mrs. Unnle Telafalr, Is a
widow and Is employed In a cot
ton factory some distance from
their home. Friday morning the moth
er went to her work, leaving the little
Bernle In charge of a slx-year-pld sis
ter.
While the children were standing be
fore the Are the dress of the elder child
became Ignited and she rushed Into the
street, where the wind fanned the flames
Into even fiercer Close. The passing
of a neighbor saved her life for a short
time at least.
Train Wrecked
By Broken Rail;
Fifteen Injured
Buffalo. N. Y., Nov. 16.—A broken
rail caused a wreck on the Grand
Trunk Just Inside the city limits of
Woodstock, Ont., today. Fifteen per
sons are Injured and It is feared some
will die.
The train, due at 4:16 a. m., was late
and running fast to make up time
when the accident happened.
The engine and tender got across
the break, but the baggage and express
cars and the three coaches left the
rails. . . j i
One of (he coaches rolled down an
embankment, while the others were
torn from their trucks and thrown
across the tracks. The Injured were re
moved to the general hospital.
JAP TRIED TO HALT
LAUNCHING OF SHIP
Toklo, Nov. 16.—It Is reported that a
large amount of money was wagersd
that the launching of the new Japan
ese battleship Satusma would not he
successful. It Is alleged 'bat u work
man has been arrested, c.-arged with
placing obstructions on the ways,
which, however, were discovered by
inspectors In time to prevent a serious
accident.
RESPITE FOR KENNY
STAYS EXECUTION
gpeeSat to The Georgian.
Charleston, H. L\, Nor. W.-Georgo Ken
ny. ueutenced to hang here today, will not
dl«*. Ileeeipber 28 la the day fixed fur.the
CX The t caae may go to the .supreme^ court.
Ill* lawyer* got the execution stayed.
Kenny whs eon vie ted for the murder of
Stockade Guard Stello in Auguat.
AGAINST DAMAGE
TO CITY STREETS
OP'RS, DEMAND
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 16.—A report
has been received that 600 Western
Union telegraph operators In Chicago
have presented a |>etltlon to the com
pany. demanding a 10 per rent Increase
In salaries, and threatening to strike
If their demand Is not granted.
Many protests were heard Friday
afternoon by the street committee of
the city council from cltlxens residing
In the western part of Atlanta who are
opposing the petition of the Gate City
Terminal Company for authority to
temporarily close certain streets In or
der to facilitate the construction of the
line of the A., B. A A. railroad Into the
city.-
The- committee room adjoining the
mayor's office was crowded with men
and women protestnnts. The company
was represented by President Ark
wright. Knglneer McDonald and coun
sel.
Among those who made speeches op
posing the company's petition was Mrs.
Stokes, secretary to Postmaster Blod
gett. She Is a widow and resides with
her child on Mangum street. Others
who sjRike were Madison Bell, repre
senting his mother, whose home la on
Bush street: J. H. Ellsworth and W. I-.
Scruggs.
The speakers declared that they
would be Inconvenienced and their I
property damaged If rertaln streets charge of assault of battery with In-
were closed, even temporarily. ,, , tent to kill, cutting Henry Pearson,
:—i—11 ■ »: v -- the colored proprietor of the Victoria
Negro Fugitive Arreeted, ; hotel .Monday night, has been arrest-
Special tii I'bi-ltciicalitii. | «d In this city. Pearson le I,Id to he' In
Spartanburg, S. C. Nov. 16.—Abe , a eerlous condition' and h1s deutli Is ex-
BroolnlUld, wanted In Asheville on the j peeled at any moment.
STRIKERS ARE CONFIDENT.
Houston, Tex., .Nov. 1*.—The strike
situation among tho telegraphers em
ployed In the local Western t'nlon of
fice remains practically unchanged. It
Is said by^nrttars thot thrsg men who
were brought here by the Western Un
ion returned to their homes last night
when they learned that a strike was
on.
S. J. Gray, secretary of the local un
ion of telegraphers, ssys the striking
operators are confident of victory, and
that the utmost harmony prevails In
their ranks. Many assurances of as
sistance, he saj-s, have been received
from different parte of the country.
San Francisco
f . Bar.
Sa'n Francisco, Cal, Nov. 16.—'Two
men are dead, two others are dying and
another Is seriously Injured as the re-
layed More Than
Two Hours.
Kpet’lnl to Tin* Georgian.
Milledgeville, Ga.. Nov. 1G.—3:20 p.
m.—The trap was sprung at 3:05. ten
suit of a pistol battle In the attempted | "J 1 Inutes after the negro wai taken from
hold-up of the saloon of George O'Con-1 * ho cc ' , . w,! • ul,en a,, * r being
nell, at Sixth and Brennan streets. ! c «"<l“«rad th » cell and did not talk
All complied with the order to hold on P' fl ”orm.
up their hands except George O'Con* | ** wai ** fteen minutes after the trap
nell, a retired poljceman, who shot at w * ien t ie negro was pronounced
one robber. Both thieves then begun dead.
By the time the execution was over
When the smoke of the battle lhe
news had spread and 200 people
f had gathered about the jail. There
1 was considerable excitement over the
affair
cleared away four men wero lying ....
the floor of the saloon—O’Connell with
two bullet* In his chest; Stephen
Lynch, shot twice In the abdomen:
Louis DeLatnur, with his Jaw torn
away by a bullet, and Michael Ken
nedy, shot In the ear. On the sidewalk
opposite tho saloon the body of one of
the robbers was found and Identified
as that of Frank Burke, an ex-coii-
vlct.
O’Connell died soon after being taken
to a hospital, where It Is said Lynch
and DeLatour cannot recover.
John Byrne was arrested later as,
the robber who escaped. A revolver i unsuccessful, though
with two empty cartridges was found I himself considerably,
under his bed. *
Milledgeville. Ga.. Nov. 16.—At 2:55
o'clock Mims Devereeurf, the condemn
ed negro who had defied the officers
for moro than two hours, was taken
from his cell and led to the scaffold.
Ho had defended himself with a piece
of iron and some beer bottles, one of
which he broke and tried to commit
suicide by cutting his throat. The at
tempt to commit suicide, however, was
an scarred
LAPSE OP MEMORY
TWINS ARRESTED
FOR MAN'S DEATH
New York, Nov, 16.—Thomas and
William MoMalion, the ' 21-year-old
twins, one. of whom Was driving the
touring car wh|eh ran down and killed
Wlggu Brndt, another rhaffeur of the
McMahon's party of six, ast a result of
an alleged attempt to hold Up Milton
Roblee, tho hotel man, /in a. cab, was
arrested today as they came out of
their home at 29» West 6Jd street.
The McMahons were taken before
Coroner Dooley who Is conducting the
Inqnlry Into the death of Brandt.
I’LL BE ACQUITTED,”
SAYS HARRY THAW
New York, Nov. 16.—Horry K. Thaw
was In a most optimistic mood In his
call In the Tombs today. He told his
wife, when she calied to see him, that
he was confident his trial would be
short and that he would be liberated
In time to take his Christmas dlnnet-
with her at the Borrelne, If. not-before.
I know I shall lie free,” declared
Thaw. "I know that whon I have told
my story to the'Jury I shall be ac-
STANDARD OIL
STOCK SLUMPS
New York, Nov. 16.—Fifty shares of
Standard Oil stock this morning sold on
the curb market at 550. It was said on
the curb that several shares were sold
at 510 per,share, which Is 20 points
under the closing price yesterday and
36 points under yesterday's highest.
Shortly before the noon hour today the
s(ock was selling at 615. ,
On November l,< this stock was sell
Ing at 631. In January, of this year
It sold at TOO which Is the record price
for this year. '
The Government Expert Be
lieves Chisholm Is
tin'
rgliii
16.—When
ntty of Al-
qultted. 1 knuw.lt, 1 am sure of It.”
John Heltmsn,- who refused to Iden
tlfy himself further then to give his
name, called on Thaw today with
O'Marn, the Pittsburg detective, and
Thaw's wife and mother, Mrs, William
Thaw. This Is the first time Heltman
has appeared In the case and his mis
sion to Thaw was a mystery.
The elder and younger Mrs. Thaw
left the prison after a half hour, Mr.
Heltman and the detective remaining
behind.
land all protested against proceeding
further with the trial after such an
outburst, but Judge Roan overruled
them on the grounds that tile Idehtlfl
cation would not have been any less
positive had ll been more calm.
Mr. Rosser was especially earnest In
protesting against a Jury which had
heard such a statement having to
loss on the guilt or Innocence of the
u*cu*ed.
"This 'Is a case In which I would not
take part had 1 not been appointed by
the court.” said he. "but now that I am
Into It 1 Intend to see that so far as In
me lies this negro has a fair trial.
Through an Investigation which should
not be pluccd before the Jury we have
The
| to go In I tell you that as for the bal-
through walked back -oi^'h ,mt by niclilneTy-thl.
i... u IDmut a word. 1 would have no more chance thanu
U " fry was ordered to leave .the be**-! ofTatg w7 aTe
11 h' 1 the attorneys defending the ' mo'iwre simply !" K° through the form
>" asked that a new trial be granted | „r sending this negro to lhe gallows.
1 of Mrs ''amp's outburst ' ^,, urr ro give him a fair trial. Hit
Asked New Trial. ! t„, ,is I am , . uc rned f believe that
ossco new trie*. .far as l . ,
Hopkins, Jlos-ci ami McClel- 1 the rest of thl» trial, If that evidence urdm.
la admitted, will be a mockery and a
travesty. The result Is a forogofle cbn-
elusion.”
Officers Tell Story.
Ckjunty Policemen Koblnson anu
Dunbar told, respectively, of how they
had captured the negro and taken him
before Mrs. Camp, In practically the
same terms as stated In The Georgian
on the day of the crime.
E. A. Pinion, one of the men. who cut
the piece of belt-lacing from' around
the woman’s neck, said that he had
carefully examined the tracks made
by a negro whom he had seen running
from the Camp barn when he came up,
but that the shoes which the negro
wore In court—the same he -wore on
the day of his capture two hours after
the crime could not have made them.
The attorneys for the defense are
training their evidence to prove that
the crime lay at the door of a tall, black
negro from the railroad camps who (Its
almost exactly the description furnish,
ed by Mrs. Camp. »
The trial will consume practically all
of Friday and may run over until Bat-
ADMITS THA THIS WIFE
WAS FOUND IN HOUSE
WITH SENA TOR PLA TT
Busby, However, Says She Didn’t Know He
Was There Till Raid Was Made-- Sen
ator May Be Asked to Resign
Birmlnffliam, Ala., 7*
tin* InveHllgHtlnn of tli<
exunder IL Chisolm, charged with em
bezzling nearly $100,000 from ths First
Xatlonttl Bank, was resumed In th»
' ill . "in i i"iIn v, I>i\ Fi .ink !■:. N.»-
boro, of thl* city, declared on the wit
ness stand that he did not believe ths
prisoner was sincere In his answers to
questions that had been put to him. He
doubted the genuineness of the "laspe
of memory” on the port of Chisolm.
Dr. C. H. Clark, the government ex
pert, I* also, of the.opinion that Chis
holm is sane.. 9 , ’
The Investigation is still in progress.
GAME WITH INDIANS
CERTAIN FOR VANDY
flpurfsl to Thu Georgian.
Nashville,' Tenn., N.ov. 16.—The fol
lowing self-explanatory telegram was
received this morning at Vanderbilt,
thus clinching the game with the In
dians: '
"Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 16.—Have
been unable to hear from Cincinnati
about changing date. Will play No-
vember 22 In case »c cannot give you
November 24. Will do all 1 can- to gtt
24th for you and can let you know
Sunday.
(Signed) "A. M. VANNB,
"Manager Carlisle Indians.”
PEARY AND HIS MEN
ARE REPORTED SAFE
Hpio'lnl to Tin 1 Goo-glnu.
I Miiledgeville. Ga., Nov. 16.—Av/aksn-
| ing to a realization of the fact that
: there was no means of escape from ths
j OS Hews, Mtms Dovereaux. the con-
: damned negro, prolonged hi, life for
I more than two hours by s fight with
I Sheriff C. C. Crosser and his deputise.
1 The negro had exhibited an indiffer.
enco during the forenoon and up tilt
the time for tho oxecution (12 o'clock)
arrived. At that hour Sheriff Croaeer
and one deputy v/ent to the coll to load
the condemned man to the scaffold.
I When they reached the cell and un-
ilocked the door the negro equered
I himself in one corner of tne cage and
' with a piece of e bar defied the men.
He raved and pitched like a mad
man and- at 2:10 o'eleck had not baan
taken from the cell.
Other deputies had been called in,
but they could lend no assistance in
disarming him.
About 100 people were waiting out
side of the jail to hear of tho execution'
end did not know of the fight for life
the negro wee making for some time,
when it became whispered around that
the execution had not yet occurred.
Refused to Commute Sentence.
For tho second time tho prison com
mission declined to commute the sen
tence of .Minis DeversHUX. the Baldwin
county negro who killed ahulher negro
over a crap game dispute. 1 • ,
Thursday afternoon tho commission
refu 1 * d to Interfere and the governor
approved ■ this decree. ■ DevcreauX wqs
respited thirty days ago. after the com
mission had dcllnad’to Inlcrferere. The
showing was mud" before the governor
that newly discovered evidence haJ de
veloped, mid the respite wuh-granted to
permit Devereoux’s friends opportunity
to present these facte.
This evidence was not sufficient, li'" -
ever. In the opinion of tin-, commis
sion, to Interfere with the exeeutlon
of the ueglo.
New York, Nov. 16.—Mrs. Winslow
E. Bushy, of Highland 31111s, Is the
handsome young woman who was In
Mrs. La Slonte’s house at 214 West
Thirty-eighth street, at the time Mrs.
Platt, her coahman, J. K. Hedges, and
private detectives smashed their way
through a door and found U. B. Sen-
Vtor Thomas C. Platt In a handsomely
furnished rear apartment
■This Information Is given by Mrs.
Busby’s husband, who declares that his
wife’s visit to the house was perfectly
Innocent and that It merely waa a co
incidence that Senator Platt was In
the house at the same time.
Want Platt to Resign.
It la asserted now that as a result of l**d me to eay so.
the raid o» the Thirty-eighth street I ' -'Ire. Busby was not there to meet
house. (Trum which wax triumphantly the senator. She did not know he tvaa
carried a pair of woman's shoes as evl- *“ ■ , "" 1 “***
prlate thing for him to get out of the
senate foi; the credit of the party and
the state and that now Is the time to
do It. as both branches of the legls
lature are Republican and the election
of a Republican as his successor Is as
sured.
What Husband Says.
Mr. Busby said:
"My wife and Mrs. La Monte have
been friends for six years. They have
spent much rime.In each other’e com
es! Baden together. They contem
plated taking another trip to West Ba
den this 1 winter and were It not for all
this trouble they would be there now.
"My wife does not deny being at the
house at the time and she has author-
d-nre. Mrs. Platt, In addition to the
agreement of separation, lias obtained
11,1)00.000 from the senator. As an out
come of the sensational happenings In
the Platt family. Republican leaders
are now looking to Ptott lo resign from
the United States senate.
They aye considering prcmntlhg lo
him their view* that It U an nppro-
In the house until after Mrs. Platt and
her coachman and the detectives forced
an entrance Into the •enatdr's’ rooms.
Naturally, she inqulred”what the com
motion was all about, and then, for the
Halifax, N. 8, Nov. 16.—Tlie Arctic
ship Roosevelt, with Commander Rob
ert Peary on board, arrived at Chateau
bay, Labrador, according to a dispatch
received here.
The Roosevelt had been delayed by
heavy weather, hut expects to sail at
once for Sydney.
RIDGWAY'S DROPS
TEN CITIES FROM
LIST DF FOURTEEN
After till* week Kldeway'* will be
printed In only four. Instead of four
teen, cities, as has been the cn«e aim «
the publication began.
In the foreword to the l*»ue fur this
week, which will-be on sale Saturduy.
this Important announcement is made.
It Is not stated what four cltlen will
l>e thus honored, but tho presumption ks
that Atlanta and New Orleans will be
omitted. It Is proposed to leave uut
the purely local features In the future,
and concentrate on two or three big
crusade*.
Efforts to *ee Joseph OhL the editor
of the Atlantu RIdgwuy*H, were unsuc
cessful Friday.
»
ELECT
NEW' OFFICERS
then took them away for evidence In
her divorce case. Is a diabolical He.
My wife sew Mrs. Platt In the recep
tion room, where she was talking tdwut
her trip with Mrs. La Monte. If Sirs.
Platt had any suspicion that my wife
had been In the senator’s room, she
did not make that accusation there.
“I understand that Mr*. Platt-picked
up a pair of shoes in the closet oppo
site the bath room which divides the
senator’s room from the reception room.
I also understood from Mis, La Monte
that the shoes belonged to one of her
colored servants. When my wits met
me that afternoon at the ferry en route
for Highland Mills, she had her shoes
on. and I will swear to It. It’s awful to
tell such outragcoi/s lies about peo
ple.” ' * * •'
Coachman Greets Mrs. Platt.
When Mrs. Platt returned to Tlogu
1-rodge with her daughter, Mrs. Car* I
mody, after a day in the city, they were INSPECTORS DISAGREE
met at the railroad station by Coach-1 AS TO RESPONSIBILITY
man J. K. Hedge*. Hedges, who was Norfolk. Va« Nov. 16. Following
driving the Platt carriage, shouted ui their Inveitigation of the collMon In
greeting to them and holding the reln*» | Hampton Roods between the I’. S
In one hand, warmly shook hands with battleship Virginia and the Old Doi.iin-
Mrs. Platt. ‘ . j ion New York Liner Monro*. Fnlteil
When Mra. Platt and her daughter; Stute* I»cal Inspectors .»r Steam Ws-
. hod climbed Into the back seat, lie yds Tnpley und Bray todu> lls;tgieed
Arm lime; she len/ned-that the een*- tucked the robes nrmind them. Mr* on the llai
Platt talked rapidly to him and all the Monro.
three seemed jubilant. Mrs. Plutt re-| lhe ktwr ti
New officers for the Assml
Charities tvere elected Frida* aftm
at a meeting of the organization In
council chamber-st the city hall.
The officers are:
Dr. T. D. Long!no, president; l
Dr. W. W. Landrum, first vice-pr
dent; Joseph .HIrscli, -'vond viee-pr
dent; James \V. Kngllsh, Sr., third
president, und H. M. Atkinson, f«*i
vice president. , ; ,
tor wav iii'thc house.
Were Not Wife's Shoe*.
"That story that Mr*. Platt found my (fused to be Interviewed and the three ln*!>«vto
wife’s shoe* in the senator's room and (drove off for Tioga Lodge. I for ilech
mder
lulng
11 let.