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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS, tJ 1
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BEGGED HER BROTHERS
TO TAKE HER LIFE, TOO
Southern Says Mattox
Neglected Three
Rules.
ATTORNEY THOM
GIVES FINDINGS
Says It Is Up to the State
Whether Mattox Is To
Be Tried.
Washington, Dec. 18.—Official* of
the Southern railway, In a statement
given out by Alfred P Thom, general
counsel, Ox the responsibility for the
wreck at Lawyer*, Va„ on November
;9, In which President Spencer lost hi*
life, on G. D. Mattox, the operator at
Rangoon.
Mr. Thum said that the question
whether there was criminal negligence
was for the state authorities to decide,
lie volunteered the Information that
If the authorities did think Mattox
criminally negligent he could not be
orosecuted under the Virginia statutes,
but probably coujd be under the com
mon law of tho Old Dominion.
In the statement Mr. Thom says
Mattox disobeyed three rules of the
company, compliance with any one of
which would have prevented the wreck.
The first rule provided that when Pres
ident Spencer’s train passed Rangoon
•Mattox should have telegraphed to
Lawyers the time of Its passing and
received from the operator at Lawyers
the time It luissed that point.
tailing hi receive the time at the lat
ter station, he should nut have allowed
the second train to enter the block.
In his testimony before the officials
Mattox said he did not receive the time
from the Lawyers operator.
The second rule provides that In case
he could not get the Lawyers operator,
Mattox should have displayed stop sig
nals at his station. He acknowledged
having failed to do this. The third
rule required him fo ask for a clear
block, even if his block record showed
that It was clear. Muttox testified he
fulled to do this.
In summing up th* evidence present.
ed. Mr. Thom says:
Culpeper. Vs., Dee. 18.—According
to the friends of William F. Bywaters,
who was shot and killed Sunday Imme
diately following his marriage to Mias
Strothers, the whole story of the tragic
scene, where he was shot by her broth
ers. has not been told. It Is stated
that he was first shot while In the
room and did not try to escape until
after he was wounded.
When Mrs. Bywaters saw that By
waters had been slain, she became hys
terical fr{>m grief and horror, and pite
ously begged her brothers to kill her
alio, since they had shot the man ahe
loved since childhood. This version of
the tragedy. It Is expected, will
brought out at the Inquest.
Mrs. Benjamin F. Bywaters, mother
of the slain man, was not able to go
to her son'a funeral. She was Informed
of his marriage and death almost In
the same breath, and Is prostrated with
grief.
The accused men returned to their
estate, “Rotherwood," Immediately aft
e? their release. The defense will be
.. -- “unwritten
CONGRESSMAN BELL, OF GEORGIA,
GETS LETTER FROM A MOONSHINER
WHO IS IN FULTON COUNTY JAIL
Washington, Dec. 18.—Congressman
Thomas M. Bell, of Georgia, although
still in his swaddling clothes, so to
speak, as a national legislator, receives
about as much mall as any member of
the house. Not all of his correspond
ents breathe the pure, sweet air of
Georgia, and thereby hangs a tale.
Among other missives written on
Fulton county Jail stationery received
considerable mirth. It read something
like this;
“Dear 'Mr. Bell;—I'm In the Tower
again. Whisky. .Get me out and 1*1!
take an affidavit that I'll let moonshine
alone. But I did not do a thing. Seven
of my special friends will bear witness
to that. They are In Jail with me, and
they want you to get them out, too.”
Mr. Bell lightened the hearts of the
bv Ml- Hen TV VT octette and has eight affidavits In his
oy.an. Beil was one which provoked desk.
'LIFE
IS
Standard Oil Man Gets
a Threatening
Letter.
THEATERS
New York. Dec. 18.—H. H. Rogers,
of the Htandard OH Company, the
Amalgamated Copper Company, the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail
road Company, and other enterprises
with which Standard officers are ac
tively Identified, has received a letter
In which the writer threatened* to take
his life. From Mr. Rogers It was
learned that a letter written appar
ently by the same tnan, was sent to
Police Commissioner Bingham in which
the threat against the Standurd Oil
man’s life was repeated.
One of the letters threatened to blow
■ nu uV't’he “liar duty of Mattox to | Mr ,’ R °*°” * 0 . h *"‘ “ r ‘ Ro * er " " as
Stop train Xo. 37 until he received posl- not * rca,| y frightened over the con
five assurance thut train No. 33. to tent* of the misslvee, but his offices, at
was at- 88 Broadway, were guarded. It was
U-lWn i l i«y°ers 0d and Ut IUngo h on. W roport " 1 ,hat b “*‘ncss associates of
failed to do any of these, and, there*
nre, there is no doubt that he Is re-
iponslble for the wreck.
“Mattox admit, that he violated all
ft the rules laid down to prevent the
K^ck. anti no matter how loath the
railroad ruthorltles are to hold any
man responsible, there Is nothing left
f>r them to do. Mattox had been edu
cated by the rompany for the work he
nad to do, and had passed a satisfacto
ry examination before he was assigned
to duty at Rangoon.”
Mr. Rogers, numbering among them
It Is believed, William Rockefeller, and
other directors of £t. Paul, received
^ ^ letters of similar purport. Mr. Rogers
k. and” lio matter how'loath tile knew llotlllll F of threats against nny-
* ‘ * * ‘ body else.
The letters were signed “A Trader.*
It was reported thnt the writer had
been discovered as a broker who had
lost heavily in St. Paul, which this
month advanced more than 25 points
and. according to the gencrul belief,
there has been an old-fashioned squeez
ing of shoots. He characterized th*
advance In the stock as a most out
rageous manipulation.
Holiday excursions
VIA GEORGIA RAIL
ROAD.
.. ? n account of Christmas holldaya
tickets \v||| be stdd at all points south
«-r thf nhlo and Potomac and east of
1 , river, Bt. Ixiuls, Mo.,
included, ut rate of one and one-third
nnt-ciuss fare, plus 25 cents, for the
round trip.
Tldiets on sale at all stations De-
2 .° l .° 25 * 30 ’ 81 and January 1,
nn*l limit January 7, 1007.
tl v* briber Information apply to any
ticket agent, or
*• 0. JACKSON, c. C. M'MILLIN,
0. P. A. A. O. P. A.
Augusta, Ga.
TRIAL of thaw
MAY BEGIN SOON
Xew York, Dec. 18.—J. B. Gleason, of
fouiu-i for Harry K. Thaw, had a long
'*lk with District Attorney Jerome.
l >" , h refused to say what It was
but It was hinted that Mr.
and Jerome had come to some
an agreement on a date for
trial, which may be earlier than
•Mean*
Thu
" as expected.
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goggles. We have the most'complete
Automobile, engineers and motormun
line ever shown In Atlanta. Recogniz
ing how hard It’s been for you to get
something to please you, we have made
At the Bijou. ■
One of those large audiences that
they have at the Bijou witnessed the
opening performance Monday night of
Miss Anna Day a* Mary Tudor In
’’When Knighthood Was In Flower,’
and for over two hours that audience
laughed when Mary Tudor laughed and
felt like weeping when the pretty
princess wept.
Miss Day was almost tho whole show,
but surrounded as she waa by a com
pany of clever artists, the contrast waa
not ns great as It might have been.
Alfred Swenson, as Charles Brandon.
Mury’s lover, also had tho audience
with him, and he did the lover to per
fection, and was handy with his sword
at all times, much to tho delight of the
gallery. So villainous was John Alex
ander as the Duke of Buckingham that
those whose Interest In the show was
manifested by constant outbursts
greeted his appearance by disapprov
ing noises as audiences will sometimes,
while Ogdea Stevens, as that Jolly
rogue. Henry VIII, got on the right
side of this sympathetic crowd. Ed
ward Dillon, as Sir Edwin Caskoden,
also deserves favorable mention for
sticking close to Mary and her lover.
Beside* being, very charming and
sweet looking enough to make the
whole audience like one great Charles
Brandon, Miss Day had an abundance
of exquisite gowns which, with th*
other fine dresses exhibited, made th*
show nil the more spectnculnr and In
teresting. especially to the female por
tion of the audience. As a whole, the
show Is well put on and the rompany a
P. B. W.
Ons Huhdred and Fifteen Trimmed
Hats at Two
Mill
rnery i/ept--
3rd Floor
Hats for street wear and hats for more
formal occasions. Some of the best productions
of our own rooms.
ASHEVILLE CITY TREASURER
IS A3KED TO RESIGN.
Special to The Ucorgluu.
Asheville, N. C., Dee. 18.—As the re
sult of his capture In a gambling raid
last Thursday night. City Treasurer W.
W. Patton will be requeued to resign
his office, the resignation to take effect
Immediately.
Thla action wo* decided on at an ex
ecutive meeting of the hoard of alder
men held Friday night, after Mayor
clever one.
At El Dorado.
Tho Baldwln-Melvlllo. Stock Com-
pany presented at El Dorado Monday
night the old but ever Intereating
drama, "Ton Nights In a Barroom,"
to a well-niled house, and the play waa
thoroughly enjoyed.
W. H. Murdoch played Joe Morgan,
the rum-enalaved man, who haa be
come a curse to hlmeelf and family,
and he never played a part so entirety
suited to him, nor rendered so well.
The role keeps the man at a high
nervous tension during the delirium
scene, and when the curtain fell Mon
day night on this scene his effort was
greeted with u storm of deserved ap
plause.
Little I.ottle Salshury proved a little
great surprise. She played.the part of
Little Mary, Morgana child, and ren
dered her Itnca In such manner aa to
dress the part with a splendid signifi
cance. She presents the lines with ex.
cellent- effect, and her Inflections are
perfect. This Utile one made a strong
Impression.
The other parts of the play were In
entirely capable hands, balancing tha
play to splendid affect. Seymour Silver
played Sample Switch*!, and ho han
dled It In excellent and enjoyable man
ner, not nt any time overstepping the
bounds of clean comedy Into horse
play.
’’Ten Nights In a Barroom" will ho
the offering Tuesday and Wednesday,
matinees and nights, and then the mil-
Hats That Were
7.50 to 12.00
at 3.00
Chamberlih-Johnson-DuBos? C9.
Hats That Were
12.50 te 25.00
at 5. 1
productions, will bo rendered without
the assistance of later day atage set
tings, to which those who seek real art
or the stage object.
Barnard had Informed the aldermen W
that Treasurer Patton had tlgured In a
gambling raid, and under the name i t
“Andy Jenkins” had been lined 81 In
the iiollce court. There was unanimous
opinion among the aldermen that Mr.
Patton's usefulness wus ended and that
he should at once vacate his office.
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for the last of the week..
“Th* Msrehant of Vsnies.”
The Ben Greet players will conclude
their Atlnnta engagement at the Grand
on Tuesday night, when “The Merchant
of Venice" will be preaented. "Every
man," the old morality play, of which
four productions was given, so com
pletely captivated discriminating play
goers that there Is every Indication
that "The Merchant of Venice" will
he greeted by a capacity house. Aside
from the excellence of "Everyman,"
and the hundreds of friends Mr. Oreet
made while here laat summer, the
rompany has a world-wide reputation
for excelling In the rendition of Shake
spearean plays. It waa In this field of
endeavor that Mr. Greet and hla com
pany first won, and later maintained
fame. The piece, like all of th« Oreet
“Bsauty and th* Bssst.”
“Clear the stage for action." Such
was the telegram Manager DeGIve, of
tha Grand, received from th* stage
manager of "Tho Sleeping Beauty and
the Beast," which Is booked to play
Wednesday and Thursday nights and
Thursday matinee. Thoughts of trou
ble ahead, such as a little fistic fiesta
between th* two leading comedians or
possibly a war of words with some
pretty eoubrette flashed through his
brain as he pondered over and over
again to locate the meaning of the
wire. He consulted his dope book and
burned the midnight oil to try and flg-
ure out whlch-was the bet, but not un
til he received a letter two days later
did he. And out what It meant to dis
mantle his theater of everything from
footlights back to the wall, before the
arrival of “The Sleeping Beauty and
the Beest" company, ea they carried
for this ponderoui production every
thing from roof to sub-cellar. You ran
realise the vast amount of scenery
used, when It will take thirty-two
horse loads to move It from tho depot
to the stage door, one hundred work
ing men to handle It and four baggage
care to transport It to the next stand.
It la the entire Drury Lone theater
production, and when you realise that
this house Is the one and only big
spectacular producing theater In the
world, this alone speaks for Itself.
The local management not only uaed
all their tact and energy possible
secure this attraction for their patrons,
but have made big Inducements. "The
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"
prove In thla city as everywhere else
one of ill* bonnet attractions of tho
season, even surpassing the record* of
"lien Hur.”
At th* Star.
Monday night’* performance of the
new bill at the Star Theater was pro
nounced a complete auccees.
"The Old Sport" was applauded
through almost every line, and then
the Star chorus of comely young wom
en In dainty costume* who furnished
a good part of the evening’s entertain
ment with their singing and dancing,
enme In for a large share of the ap
plause.
The manner In which the perform
ance started seemed to put everybody
In a good humor, and kept them laugh
ing. too. ^
There were the usual number of
T—
PEARY TO USE JACKIES
IN DASH FOR POLE
Doesn’t Want to Run
Risk of any
Mutiny.
New York. Dec. 18.—With a plck.-d
crew of United Slates blue jackets,
Commander Robert E. Peary, will make
another attempt to reach the north
pole.
Mutinous and Incompetent aids, who
were recruited mainly from New
Foundland, hampered Peary on his last
trip, when he succeeded In getting far
thest north—87 degrees, 6 minutes.
Peary’s determination to make an
other try for the pole Is against the
wishes and advice of his friends and
Mrs. Peary. He has consented to di
rect the dash for the pble from tho
Roosevelt Instead of leading It himself.
He Is now Cl years of age and his
health has suffered by tha rigors of
arctic climate and the deprivations to
which he has been subjected.
The new plans of the explorer con
template sending nut sled parties over
the Ire for the 460 miles that wilt In
tervene between tho pole and Capo
Sheridan, which will be the base of the
expedition.
8p*elel Train for Student*.
Special to The Georgian,
Spartanburg, S. C„ Dec. 18.—The
Southern railway w ill operate, a spe
cial train from Spartanburg to Colum
bia next Friday for the accommoda
tion of the Wofford College students.
This train will carry only students of
Wofford College.
high-class vaudeville specialties to Oil
In tho time and everyone seemed well
pleased with the performance. As a
closing feature, u musical specialty. In
cluding the Star chorus and brass hand,
was Introduced and this one feature
alone was well worth going to see. This
bill will be presented all this week.
CONTEST FOR CHIEF
FIERCEST IN YEARS
Hpo^lol to The Ororftlati.
Macon, On.. Poo. 18.—At tho musIoii of
tho city roanrll thla evening olTIrlula will Ik;
rlrrtofl for tho earning term, anU'aomu In-
trrratlng rout out a an* on.
Tho pollro foroo nml the tiro deportment
will In* luuiu'd, na nlao will the chief of
l»ollc<* nml chief of tho tiro department. Tho
hoard of health will lie named, uud all tho
mminlttooN of tho rlt.r council will Ih> ur-
ramrod by Mayor Smith.
A live content In on for the nflfloen of
hlef of police and chief of the Arc depart
ment. Chief !«. M. Joiicn will lu all proba
bility nueoeed hlm*elf na head of tho Art;
department, doatdto tho fnrt thnt offortM
have I well made to elect another mini. Chief
of Police Granville C. Coulter In very proba
bly to bo IiIn own PQCeoasor. The
COLLECTOR 18 ARRE8TED
BY HI8 EMPLOYER.
Special to The Georgian.
Spartanburg, 8. C., Dec. 18.—William
P. Sharp, employed at Claxon'* murbte
yard, has been arrested on the charge
of breach of truat, It being alleged oy
G. E. Claxon, proprietor of the marble
work*. that Bhnrp collected between
$1,000 and $1,200, which he fulled to
turn In to the office.
Sharp hae been In the employ of
Claxon for five yeurs.
■■!... A -I!I il.J
BURGLAR IN JAIL
SAYS BIG REWARD
STANDS FOR ARREST
SpcclnI to The Pcorglnn.
Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 18.—On Sun
day night at the town of Candler, a
burglar wns captured In the store of
Vleteh Roberta. Hla detection was flrst
made by W. A. Roberts, who wa* on
hla way home and In passing the store
saw a light In the place. He went to
the home of Fletcher Roberta, whom
he brought to the store to keep watch
until he could go to the home of Jo*
Webb, another neighbor, who came to
the store. Webb straggled up to the
store door and tut It had been unlocked
by the burglar, Webb found hlmeelf
sprawling on the floor Inside the store.
Opportunity offered a shot from a
window ut the burglar, which waa
made by Fletch Roberts, the man on
guard. However, a serious wound was
not effected on account of an obatruc-
tlon In tile path of the bullet. Webb
struck a match, seeing the burglar dart
under a counter, and covered him with
his gun. The two Roberts rushed In.
The burglar aurrendered and three pis
tols, two ruxors and a pocket knife, to
gether with all the money there had
been In the money drawer, were found
In his possession.
Bailiff Brock brought the prisoner to
i this plncc and lodged him In jail.
From appearance this tnan Is 88
years old and goes under a fictitious
name. He statea that three Is a large
reward for his capture and expresses
his good wish tciwaid these officers In
securing it. Opinion here la that thla
Is one of a number of burglars who are
In a gang operating on the towns be
tween Birmingham and Chariote.
In the fiercest light ever seen before
a Peoria Club. Billy Papke, of Soring
Valley, knocked out the "Original Kid
Farmer," of Chicago, In six rounds
Monday night nt Peoria. III. Farmer
wns terribly punished, while Papke was
unhurt.
HOLIDAY GIFTS FREE
Tho Atlnnta Dental College Operatory remains open through Saturday,
22d, of this week, nnd after Wednesday, 26th, of next week, continuously.
The only holiday gifts worth having are gold and other filling opera
tion*, given free by the Atlanta Dental College during the holidays and
through January, 1907. Corner Ivy *tr» « * mid Kdgrwood avenue.
THE ATLANTA DENTAL COLLEGE
Help the girls at the stores by being patient and kind in the holiday rush—they
have trials enough. Buy early and give them a chance—they have sweethearts,
mothers and loved ones, too.
Don’t fail to read the Christmas Tree puzzle page that will
appear in Wednesday’s Georgian—we offer $5.00 and ten
other prizes for the correct solution. 1