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ATLANTA GEORGIAN
VOL. 1. NO. 185.
. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1900.
PRTffP. In Atlanta TtVO CENT
1 JX-Ujili. 0n Trains FIVE CBN
FS?yS LETTER THREATENS DEATH;
MRS. W. H. YOUNG FINDS TWO WARNINGS
IN HER MAIL AND SUSPECTS NEGROES
Last Message Gives
Her Ten Days to
Live.
CRUTCHFIELD
IS ON TRIAL
FORTUNE FOR TURKEY DINNER;
ATLANTA’S MEAL TICKET WILL
COST HER MANY THOUSANDS
FRIGHTENED WOMAN
APPEALS TO POLICE
Double Rising From Riots
Believed To Be Cause
of Threats.
Death In u violent form Ih tho fate
J that Ih awaiting Mrs. W. II. Young, of
[ 'll7 Plant Gain street, on or before next
Sunday night, according to a predic-
I tion made In a letter she has turned
over to the detectives at police head-
(iiiarters.
She ha* until Sunday to live and in
the meantime she Ih at her little home
in fear of her life. Mrs, Young tries
not to believe what this letter suy*. But
try us she will, she cannot erase front
her memory the words contained in
that short, threatening note.
It was on Thursday last that Mrs.
Young received an envelope through
the mall. On Its face was her name
iiilUressed in a scrawling hand, and In
the light-hand corner whh an Atlanta
post mark. There was no clemyjnl for
money—simply these words:
"Mrs. Young—You will be murdered
Before ten days.”
And thin letter, or rather note—It was
written on a blank visiting card—did
not come entirely as a surprise. In
fact, Mrs. Young had been expecting
something of the kind for a day or two.
Was Second Message.
And there was reason for this, only
a duy or two before she received a let
ter, unonymoUH of course, that fore
told something of the Black. Hand
methods. This letter was a threaten
ing one, and besides making threats.
It contained many spiteful things.
Who It came from Mrs. Young had
not the slightest Idea. Hhe has lived In
Atlanta about two years und In the
East Gain street house about a year
and a half, and in that time she has
learned enough of the people near by to
suspect at least one of them—a negro
"‘ MtSl’VootrgM fttfimnurtt trrtncniaTr'hT
the . mploy of the Georgia Hallway and
Electric Company, and when he came
home from his work his wife acquaint
ed him with the facts untf showed him
the letter. But he was not Inclined to
place much faith In It. He totd his wife
to forget It. But this she could not do.
Slu* feared It would |>e followed, by
something else, and In this she was
correct.
Tbs 8tcond Letter. ♦
Then came, the envelope ^containing
tu card With the death sentence. To
►ay that Mrs. Young was unnerved by j
Hits short, but terrible, note Is to put It
mildly. Again her husband was con- |
►ulted and again he ridiculed the Idea :
of a Black Hand being at work with ;
designs on his wife’s life. J
Hut Mrs. Young could not get the
note or Its content* out of her mind.
Sim went to Postmaster Blodgett and
acquainted him with the facts, and lie.
too, reassured her and told her to pass
it from her mind. She then placed the
two letters In the hands of detectives
at police headquarters, but with no re-
>ult so far. . .
And in the meantime the time she
has to live, according to the letter, Is
rapidly drawing to a finish.
In ten days the note said she would
be murdered, and this time will expire
Sunday night. As that day approaches
Mrs, Young’s fear Increases.
Tho house In which she lives Is Just
■ iround the corner from Hilliard street
am! in tho vlclraty are several families
of negroes. And It Is one of these that
Mrs. Young believes has something to
do with the death sentence. This be
lief Is held for no other reason than ■—
Hmt the other families In her neighbor-I
hood, both white and colored, are pleas- j Speelul to Hie Georgian,
smt enough ami would give no cause Gadsden. Ala., Nov. 28.—The dead
for any suspicion. ! body of Wiley Ross, a well-known cltl-
Woman It Susptcttd. I zen n { thiM city, was found entangled
But this one negro woman bears the Jn 4 barbed wire fence which sur-
r< nutation In the neighborhood of be- rouni j H H cemetery a short distance »>c-
mg a fire hrund. Neighbors rem ^'nbei ( this city, by a fisherman at lu
* 11 " A-rrn I o’clock this morning.
1,1 • 1 lust seei
. THANKSGIVING FOR OUR NEWSBOYS.
On Thanksgiving day we will give The Georgian to the news
boys FREE OF CHARGE, so that all you pay the little fellows
will be clear gain to them.
Be sort o’ nice if you’d give a nickel for your paper and not
wait for the change, wouldn’t it?
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SECOND ANONYMOUS NOTE
RECEIVED BY MRS. YOUNG I
‘Walter and Jack”
Had Met Mrs.
Crutchfield.
1° cDc^-
‘LADY DETECTIVE”
PLACED ON STAND
Written, on ordinary blank visiting card, this note cams; through the
malls to frighten resident of East Cain street.
JIALICm
| Solicitor General Hill is arguing for
1 the prosecution in the Crutchfield case
at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
All the evidence was in before 2
o’clock, and argument in tha caeo be
gan at ones. It !e expected that the
case will go to the jury during the aft
ernoon.
J. H. Crutchfield, charged with as
sault with intent to murder his wife,
Mrs. Hal lie L. Crutchfield, on October
25, \vas placed on trial Wednesday
morning In the criminal branch of the
superior court before Judge Roan.
Mrs, Crutchfield failed to appear In
court to teatlfy against her husband.
Crutchfield, In giving evidence for him
self, stated that Mrs. Crutchfield had
written several letters, which he had In
ATLANTA’S THANKSGIVING
DINNER CHECK IS $59,410
160.000 pounds turkey, 23 cents $ 36,800
250 barrels cranberries, 12 cents a quart 2,<60
2 car loads of celery, 16 cents a bunch 3,000
J.ooo pounds chestnuts, 10 cents • too
8.000 quarts oysters, 40 cents 3,200
r»,noo dozen oranges, 25 cents 1,250
16.000 pounds grapes, 25 cents.... 3,400
20.000 pounds chicken, 15 cents 3,000
6.000 pounds nuts, 20 cents 1,200
Other trimmings 5,000
Total 359.410
HOW THE PIEDMONT DOES IT
American Bird Will
Get it in the
Neck.
’POSSUM AND TATERS
ON BILL OF FARE
Atlanta Hotel Chefs ■ Dis-
elose Secrets of Their t
Sanctums.
- .. htaJjMjk IftjtaUMhBttin, etat|qg that
fane did not want to pfpspgutO' him;
that she was satisfied that the shooting
was an accident, and that she wanted a
^rapbuol nation. u *Ji+***
The claim of the defense Is that
Crutchfield went to Mrs. Crutchfield’.'
apartments for the purpose of effecting
reconciliation. He had previously
been driven from the place with guns,
and fearing that he might be threat-
[ ened with guns again, he carried his
OilHltnil PrpfpVH f 1 hnvcn»M Winchester repeating shotgun with
lllglllUIl X I tltlB VMlUlgtS, | hlm . Mrs. Crutchfield thought her hus-
But They Are. Ruled
Out of Order.
Continu,d on Pag. Three.
MRS. W. H. YOUNG.
FOUND IN FENCE
AROUND CEMETERY
Special to The Oeorgiun.
Columbia, 8. C., Nov. 28.—The gen
eral conference of* the Methodist
church for South Carolina and the
expected sensation was not long In
coming. When the second question
was called, "Are the lives of the
preachers blameless?” all the preachers
and presiding elders were passed with
out comment, except Rev, W. T. Dun
can. When Mr. Duncan’s name whs
reached. Rev. c. W. Creighton arose
and said he had charges to prefer. The
bishop ruled that Creighton being un
der suspension from the conference
could not prefer charges, but that If
another preacher preferred them that
was willing to entertain them, j
HOTEL GUESTS
By JOE CANALI, Chef Piedmont Hotel.
Take a 12-puund turkey, clean and wush It well. Take two pound*
of Imported cheMtnuta, bake and |ieel them and boll them with piece of
celery until they are eoft.
Have one pound of sausage meat, two pound* of white bread crumbs,
two exits, one ohopped and fried onion und ■ hopped parsley, mix well
together, stuff the breast and sew with a needle so ns to give a good
shape. Put In a pan and baste with butter and hake in a slow oven for
two hours. Haste frequently. At the end of two hours tho turkey should
have u golden color. To tnako a good gravy spread a little flour In the
pun and add some stock. This will also give good flavor to the turkey.
LOOKS GOOD AT KIMBALL
By EUGENE WE8T0N,Chef Kimball House.
Roast turkey with chestnut dressing: Take one chopped onion, a
pinch of celery, mix and fry In two ounces of butter until a golden col
or Is obtained; add one-quarter pound of sausage meat, one-half pound
fresh bread crumbs, one-hulf pound cook’s chestnuts, removed from skin
and cut In small squares: the yolks of three eggs, half-pint of milk, n
pinch of sage, a pinch of thyme, a little grated nutmeg and a pinch of
chopped parsley; mix well together. Then tuke a 12-pound turkey which
has been cleaned In the usual way, stuff with this mixture, put In a mod
erate oven and roast for about two hours, basting every now and then.
Serve with cranberry sauce.
ARAGON SOUNDS APPETIZING
By JIM JACKSON, Chef Aragon Hotel,-
Select a good-slxed turkey—say, II to 13 pounds—clean In usual way
and till with the following stuffing: Take a little bread and souk In
chicken broth; chop a few onions, mix a little raw ham. chopped fine, and
fry until It gets u gold color; take the bread out of the broth, squeeze,
season with salt, pepper ami sage or poultry dressing, chestnuts and a few
pistachio nuts. The turkey should then lie sewn up, laid In a clean roast
ing pan, with a nlco piece of lard on top, uml roasted In a moderate uven
foe about 3 1-4 hours, hosting every live minutes. Tuko gravy left In pan,
throw some over bird und servp remainder In sauce howl; cranberry
sauce to lie served on side.
POLICE GUARD HOUSE
RENTED TO NEGROES IN
RESPECTABLE LOCALITY
It will take a mighty big meal ticket
to satisfy Atlanta’s hunger on Thanks
giving day. And this ticket Is going to
coat a fat roll, too.
Homethlng like 330,000 or 370,000—
that’s all.
This price doesn't Include the folks
who will dine on greens and pork. It Is
the meal ticket which >wlll feed those
who are going to have one of tlioso
real, old-fashioned .kind of Thanksgiv
ing feeds—the kind your grandfather
told you about.
And to satisfy all that Atlanta .
hunger for turkey—the national blnl of 1
feed—thousands of the gobblers will
get It In the thorax. Home 16,000, ex- ,
peris say, will be necessary to satisfy
Atlanta and these birds are coming
from a large area of the country.
Now, the proper kind of a Thanks
giving bird Is the genuine Vermont or
Rhode Island turkey and while sotno
folks may buy birds with this kind of
a laliel on them, don't bo fooled. It’a
all right to tell the friends you have ,'
Invited to dinner that the bird was ]
bred In old Vermont or Rhode Island,
but on the quiet, forget It. Tha bird
probably camo from the wilds of Ten
nessee nr North Carolina, If a good
old Georgia farmer didn't raise It.
’ Turksys Ara High.
Good turkeys will cost anywhere front
20 cents to 25 cents a pound. Of course !
the kind that come from Missouri and
are killed aome weeka before and uro
soaked In cold storage, may be pur
chased cheaper. But they are not like
the kind that come from nearer home
on the foot and that are sent to their
doom the day before Thanksgiving.
Big preparations for Thanksgiving
have been made In Atlanta and store
keeper! are having no troublo In get
ting rid of tho turkey supply they pur
chased, The hotels especially have laid
In a goodly supply of the national bird
of feed. All their guests will have- it
good dinner on that day.
The Piedmont hotel alone will uso
150 turkeys, while tho Kimball house
and Aragon will have about as many.
Not only the guests will feed well on
that day, hut In tha case of the Pied
mont hotel the employees will not ho
forgotten. Every employee of the
Piedmont, both white and colored, will
be served with a delicious regulation
turkey dinner, nnd as a result there Is
Joy In the ranks of the Piedmont force.
’Possum and ’Tatere.
There are some people In Atlantu.
and Its environs, who are not going to
be satisfied with turkey alone. They
must have aoma Georgia trimmings— ■
the kind that ure not served way down
Eust where the Unit cabin passengers
of the Mayflower landed.
They must have 'poaaum and aweot
potatoes and this has caused the ‘pos
sum market to be somewhat shy. 1C
you have not already made provlilon
for this feature of a Thanksgiving din
ner It will be a case of hustle, for '|Jbs-.
sums cannot be picked up with the ease
of turkeys. Most folks who are going
to eat 'possum have already a cqgtlve
Creighton retorted hotly with bearlyir* ■ • a It ■
suppressed feeling: "If a man then Is [ blUVcltlOn AmiV HOt^I
condemned to be hang he has no right {
Bums in St.
about midnight
n<i tell about the way this negro worn,
ui acted at the time of the riot*. ” hey
• ill-talk about the way this woman,. . , , u
Winded Kant Cain st«-eet and Hb „Jncr caused no alarm until
■• ■uneed the whites and told what she afternoon, when a search
"“Id do were she a man and hud .i; |nstl t u te«l for him. but no trace
. Mr. ] could be found. It Is thought lie wan-
'• it ing.°nnd 'they* are °th I ngs* she cannot
•rget and things which she connects
"ith the mysterious letter—the letter
'•Licit sentence* her to death on or be-
h»re next Sunday night. s
Mrs. Young’s husband works two
• t*ks nt night and two week* during
Hit; day. At present he Is working In
Hie day time, but on Sunday at noon
changes and begins working nt
• light. Is it possible that the sender of
•he Black Hand missive know* this and
plans to deal out death to a defenseless
nnan—the mother of a bright little
■ hap of eight years—at night while
‘ i husband Is at work? .
Mr*. Young and some of her neigh- ,
t. 1 _l f.lamld liol (>VP
lly deranged.
The body was slightly scratched by
the wire and had the appearane
having been dead twenty-four li
or more.
MY. Ross was about 4o years of age.
and Is survived by a wife and
lied daughter, Mrs. John Htlllwell, both
of whom reside In Birmingham.
this, null take the view of my husband
and Postmaster Blodgett, hut 1 Just
cannot get the thought of those awful
words from my mind.
"Even now In the day time, when I
whVare herYlose'friend* believe am alone and my little boy Is ut school.
'••is to be the case.
She believes that this negro woman
v ill not henltate ut anything, and so
• her neighbors. They believe, too,
• t the*e same negroes want to get
'• house Mrs. Young occupies aftd
■ "• nt the fact that she moved Into the
• ighborhotsl.
Mrs. Young’s home before her mar
; <k»* was In Statesboro. Ga., and her
father and mother arc living there to-
*>, and they ar» among the best |»eo-
in Bulloch county. They are *•**
>'! Mrs. Joseph H. Roberts, und Mrs.
feurs that they might learn of
-ive,
ha*
Concealed From Family.
I wouldn’t have those dear old peo-
harn of this for the world.” *Jie
1 Wednesday morning. "My father
Ih» in Atlanta o» the next train
ul.
I am startled at every unusual noise,
and I dread to think w'hat It will he
after Sunday at noon when my hus
band begins working at night. All I
i nn do Is to pray that the sender of this
terrible sentence will not carry out the
threat.” , *.
Ho far the detectives have been un
able to learn anything about the mat
ter. and every effort has been made t
keep ft a sco**t.
*'•>’ not to believe there Is any tiling in bug.
„ In fact. Mrs. Young
said nothing shout It. except to tin? of
ficials and her husbund. until Monday
night and wt hen she could hear the
strain no longer.
Mrs. Young says she has no enemies
and cannot think of any one who would
he suspected, unless tt Ih: the negro
woman mentioned.
And until Hunday night * •ones and
g.K-s, she will continue to sh in her
little parlor, fearful of an assassin’s
bullet or al night the torch of a flre-
ondernnecl to be hang he has no right
to appeal to the supreme court?"
"1 can only Interpret the law as it Is. *
said Bishop Wilson. ”lf you want It
changed you must change It. If any
on* else wishes to make the complaint
fiber .preferred any
plaint and Rev. Duncan was passed on.
At the appointed time R^v. W.
Duncan reported the Investigation of
the Creighton case and said a trial wa*
deemed neci ssary
The bishop accordingly appointed a
committee, consisting nt thirteen
preachers and their first sitting I* to he
had during this afternoon. The ses
sions will be public.
Greetings Received.
There are about 3oo preachers, mem
bers of tin* conference and 4S laymen.
Two Interesting incidents of the morn
liig .session were greetings from the
Baptist convention, now In sessi-
Spartanburg, and one from Governor
Kllatt Ansel. Both were returned In
kind and Rev. J. B. Tray wick, and
aged membef* »»f the conference,
Recalled that 30 years ago the con
ference had prayed for Hampton in the
dark days of 1876, Governor Ansel’:*
greeting was prefaced with a request
that the conference would pray for his
success as a ruler of the people.
An Invitation was received nnd ac
cepted from Columbia College, a Meth
odist institution for girls In Columbia,
Thursday night.
Louis.
8t. Louis, Mo., Nov. 29.—The Light
House hotel, a three-story building, at
the corner of Market and Ninth streets,
utilized as u .Salvation Army barracks,
was damaged by fire early toduy, while
Threats- to Dynamite
Two Houses by
Citizens.
The indignation of citizen* in the vi
cinity of Mnngum nnd Mitchell streets
over the action of \V. K. Wimpy In
renting the two-story residence ut 120
Mnngum street to a negro woman for a
500 homeless men wet*e lodged within negro boarding house reached the cu
lts rooms. j max Tuesday night when It became
feature of the conference worjc will
be dally, lectures on the teaching of
Hcrlpture by Bishop Wilson at noon.
In the afternoon Rev. Tillett, of Nash
ville, lecture on the doctrines of tho
Methodist church.
Half a dozen of the lodgers are dead
and probably thirty-five are in hospi
tals, more or less seriously Injured.
Home of them are expected to die.
Four were burned to dentil and their
bodies could not be Identified. Two oth
ers died front Injuries received In
Jumping from upper windows.
Six Are Unconscious.
Six others of those who Jumi>eU are
still uncon*c|ous und there 1* hut a
slight chance thut any of them will re
cover.
The dead:
FOUR UNIDENTIFIED MEN. »>o«llee
burned beyond recognition.
. OSCAR F. DAVIS, aged 76. old sol-
An*'Interesth*»gj of Quincy, III., Jumped; filed at
hospital.
G. D. ROSE, Jumped; di^d at hospi
tal.
Fight for Lift Lints.
The fire started on the third floor
iinal swept rapidly through the old
j building. The inmates fought at the
OOOOOOOOOOOOOC>O0OO0OOOOOOO; windows to secure tin* life lines which
O • Oi had been put up by the firemen so that
O LOSES JOB FOR MAKING O I they could slide down to the street.
necessary to have the house guarded
throughout the night by a detail of po
lice to prevent It and It* occupants
from being blown to utoms with dyna
mite.
The sensational information that a
quiet, but determined, movement*was
on foot aiming certain of tho Incensed
citizens to dynamite both the negro
boarding house and the home of W. E.
Wimpy. In West End, accidentally
leaked out late Tuemluy afternoon and
created Intense excitement. This news
was quickly communicated to. Chief of
Police Jennings and the chief in turn
had a conference with Police Captain
Jett, Instructing lilm to guard the
house.
Captain Jett, with a detail of eight
policemen, went to the scene at 6
o'clock und remained on active duly
until 6 o’clock Wednesday morning,
guarding the property from any possi
ble violence. Two of these policemen
were stationed In an alleyway along-
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O RIGHT AT ALTAR. O
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0 Tm'iv Haute, 1ml., Nov. 26.— O
O When the Rev. J. II. Carnes, at O
O Sullivan, asked Miss Fannie O
0 Crawford, who stood before I)ltn O
O with Andrew Haynes, If she would O
0 "lake this nmn to be your lawful 0
0 husband," she said: 0
0 “No." 0
0 She explained that she had O
O changed her mind. O
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RACE8 MARCH TOGETHER. O: but so great was the exelteinent of I .pje the house. Two other* were ae
—— O those In the burning building that the I ,-reted In the Temple Haptlat ehuren.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 26.—C. C. Oiropse were of v’erv little tlxe,,and those ;it Mangum and Weat Hunter atreeta,
" ' ~ short distance away. Two others
6 Marshall, superintendent of the O who could not escape liy the atalr,woy
O public school at Coralpolls, n sub- 0 leaped from the windows.
O lull of this cltj, will be asked to O A large number of those who Jumped
C n slgn because of an order Issued O were caught In nets, but many did not
O by him compelling while • hflitren O! wait for tho nets to lie spread and were
O to march with negro pupils. OI
O O .
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were stationed at Mangum and Mitch
■ II streets, while the remaining two
patrolled Mangum street In front of the
bearding Itou'e.
Woo No Outbreak.,
The presence of the notice put u
quietus, temporarily at least, on the
proposed demonstration and there Was
no outbreak of any kind. It I* expected
thut n similar guard will be maintained
about the house again Wednesday
night.
■voiding to the Infnrmnilon that
leaked out about the plana fur revenge,
a meeting of cltlxens, on the onler of a
gathering of the old Ku Klux Klan, was
called for Tuesday night at 10 o'clock.
Where this meeting was to be held Is
not known.
After assembling at tlft appointed
place, tho cltlxens were to proceed
quietly to tho boarding house anti
wreak summary vengeance. It Is said
that the Intention had been expressed
by them to then go to tho home of W.
E. Wimpy for a similar purpose.
It Is understood that two sticks of
dynamite had actually been procured
and the statement made that one was
to be used In blowing up the Mangum
afreet house and the other to iierform
the same function at the Wimpy home,
in West End. Whether the secret
mooting was held Tuesday night could
not bo learned.
t'hlef Jennings stated Wednesday, in
answer to questions, that Mr. Wimpy
has made no appeal to him for siieclal
police protection.
Tho feeling I* still at fover heal nnd
every effort will he made to prevent
|s>sslble trouble. Tho negroes liqve as
yet made no move toward vacating the
animal In the back yurd wherefeald
captive has been fattening for several
days past. But ‘tla not well to <lw<ll
upon such thoughts. They make the
mind wander back to tho tall timber •:
Georgia wilds and. the mouth water.
While dealers who have been con
sulted give Ilgures aa to what Atlanta
will consume on Thanksgiving day In
the way of turkey, chickens and a few
stereotyped trimmings, there are lots of ;
other good things for dinner which aw
not Included In the list’and these will
probably swell the dinner bill by sev
eral thousands. Even at that, 370,01'"
Is rather u good price to pay for u din
ner, but then nothing la too good for
Atlnnta folks. Possibly 3100.000 for tho ,
Thanksgiving feed bill would nearer .
lilt the mark after Ole 150.000 Atlantu
folks get through satisfying their
hunger on the day of giving thanks for
blessings received.
But what's the use of bothering about
expense? The day only cornea onco a
yea i'.
FIVE ARE INJURED
Freight and Work Trains
Crash Together, Wreck
ing Loaded Cal’s.
B|hh ini to The Georgian,
Mm-oti. Ga.. Nov. 28.—A i‘oliixlou be-
uveen a regular freight train siul n wrack
ing tralu on tin* CVntral of Georgia rail-
roitil. lionr Itolliii(l»roki, at 5 nVInt’k this
nnirnliig. In n«l<Utlon to l»k*:klng tin* trains.
Injur***! live iuimi, none aertonaly.
It. K. Tomlinson, engineer, of Macon.
T. J. Brown, of Macon.
S. S. ttflfofi. of Mn«*on.
Foreman of the Wrecking Tralu G.
Bolgtit
A train hit ml of M.icoii. a
Flrctusn John Itulbcrfoni
Evan KotiiJrick.
Uoth tin* cHglin** were iMilly ilninugoil,
au«l Flrvtaan
of oyaiors.
The «>nirul Iraln* uaeil the
Imki for a while foiloy.