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DR. FRANK M. RIDLEY, JR., IS SHOT AT LA GRANGE,*
TWICE WOUNDED BY HARVEY HILL, OF ATLANTA
Prominent Young Men Precipitate
Tragedy at a Wedding Cere
mony—Fight at Home of C.
B. Ridley After a Few Hot
Words—Ridley Was Getting
Best of Fist Encounter, When
Hill Drew Pistol and Fired
Two Shots.
DIRECT CAUSE OF DIFFICULTY IS
NOT YET ACCOUNTED
LaGrange, Ga., Jan. 2.—Dr. Frank M. Ridley, Jr.,
of LaGrange, was shot and dangerously wounded by
Harvey Hill, of Atlanta, at 12:30 o’clock today.
The shooting occured at the home of C. B. Ridley,
where the wedding of Mr. Hen G. Swanson and Miss
Ellie Ridley, a cousin of the wounded man, had just
taken place and while the guests were crowding for
ward to congratulate the liappv pair.
The trouble arose in the kitchen and the two came
to blows. Two shots were fired, the first inflicting a
flesh wound in the face and a powder burn, and the sec
ond taking effect in the abdomen, which wound may
prove fatal.
The woiuided man was quickly cared for while the
assailant was arrested and lodged in jail. He refuses
to talk furthcr than to say thaHt was a personal mat
ter.
Frank M. Ridley, Jr., who is a-eon of Dr. F. M.-
Ridley, waB for two years, 1901 and 1902, captain of
the football team of the University of Georgia.
Mr. Hill, who is in jail, has several bruises on the
face, where he was struck, supposedly hy Mr. Ridley,
The shooting created'a jm»h* among the guests and
immediately the house was closed and nothing of the
trouble was given out for the time.
One report is that just after the ceremony Rid-
“NO. 29 IS GONE AND SO AM 1,”
- SAYS DISPATCHER; 35 KILLED
BODIES OF VICTIMS
ATTACKED BY FLAMES
Topeka, Kuna., Jan, t.—Futaengtr
tralna No. It, westbound, and No. 30,
eaatbnund, on the Rock Iiland, col
lided between Volland and Atta Vleta
station! this morning, and, accordlns
to O. W. Rnurke. superintendent of the
Kansai division. In his report to head
quarters here, thirty persons were
killed and forty Injured. Ten bodlea
have been recovered from the smoker
of No. 23, nine of whom are Mexi
can*.
The amoker-whljh-waa loaded, with
Mexican laborers, suffered most. The
bamraxc car raised the smoker root and
lodged on the occupants, crushing
them. The baggage car. two chair
cart, and one tourist sleeper of No.
31 were burned. The fescue work Is
now being carried on.
Roth trains are known as the Cal
oppoelte directions. No. 33 left
cago yesterday morning en route to El
Paso. No. 2t) was due In Chicago to-
’be care went Into the ditch and
several of them caught fire. Many of
the bodlea of the vlatlma were con
sumed by the flames.
The Injured-are being brought to
early reporta stated that the
collision was caused by the careless.
ne*s of the agent at Volland.
OPERATOR IS BLAMED
FOR WRECK IN KANSAS
Chicago, Jan. 2.—The blunder of a
telegraph operator who failed to give
the conductor of the weal-bound train
a dispatch ordering him to wait fortho
arrival of the east-bound train was the
cause of the Rock Islend disaster near
Volland, Kans., early today, according
I In Chicago.
•tracked
at Volland until the east-bound train
passed. The order was not given, the
_ Thii pioiuee showy at Aim gepJUJ. CwaMt, la to. gssaldaRr-
Pennaylvanla railroad, and below, at the . right, James McCrs
ley called Hill to one side, saving he wished to* speak
i, where
with him, and tlie two walked into the kitchen,
the trouble began.
Both were here as at tendants at the wedding.
Mr. Ridley is a cousin to the bride, at whose wed
ding the trouble occurred. He was recently married to
Miss Hood, of Baltimore.
HARVEY HILL ONLY SON
OF SOLICITOR C. D. HILL;
DR. RIDLEY WELL KNOWN
News of the shooting of Or. Frank
Ridley, Jr., by Harvey Illll In I.ti
ll range Wednesday nfternoon created
the most Intense excitement here.
The prominence of both young men
and tlietr families lends tragic .Interest
to It. First news came tn n long ills
•*n.ce message from LaHdingc, ami
quickly spread over the city.
Many Inquiries came to The Georgian
office from all parts of the city for par
ticulars of the shooting.
Harvey Hill.
Harvey Hill, who shot Dr. Ridley,
Is one of Atlanta's best-known young
, attorneys. He Is the son of lton. C. D.
Hill, solicitor general, who Is In Mt.
Airy, on a shooting expedition.
The new* of the shooting reached
Mrs. Hill, his mother, through long
distance telephone from LaGrange, end
she has gone there to be with her son.
Harvey Hill Is connected with the
law flrnt of Arnold & Arnold He Is
not only well known In. the legal pro
fession. but It a prominent member of
several prominent clubs of the city
and la a leader In aoclal circles.
Solicitor Hill will probably Join Mrs.
Hill In LaGrange.
Dr. Frank Ridley.
Young Ridley ta the only non nf Dr.
Frank M. Ridley, of LaGrange. G.i.
• hif!f Burgeon oftbe "Atlanta timr WesT
1’olttt railroad. He Is.alao the nephew
of R. B. Ridley, of Atlanta, a member
"f the Arm of Everott-Rldley-Rugiin
Company. He Is 23 years of age.
Dr. Ridley la well known In Atlantn
among the younger aoclet/ set and has
• large circle of friends and acquaint
ances In this city. He Is held In high
esteem by all who know him anil when
he left this city to return to IaHlrange
his departure caused keen regret to
all with whom he was associated.
Young Ridley Is an hnhor graduate
of the Atlanta College of Physicians
and Burgeons and begin his practice as
a physician last spring.' He was nlso
captain of the football teams of tsi)2
and 1303 -of the State University >f
Athene, end wee e factor In Southern
amateur athletics for sums time.
the
—.... .... . ....... ...—. ...-Cree, vice
president of the eompsny, who on Wednesday morning was ohosan presi
dent of the system. At the left is 8amuel Res, third vice president, who
iperator blundered—that was the cause
jfthetr
Assistant to President Winchell of the
Rock lalaod ayatetn.
"How the operator could hove made
such a blunder la Inconceivable. Vol
land ta a regular stop for all west
bound trains. Tbere la a water tank
near the etatlon and that train must
have atopped for water. Even if It was
not a regular stop the operator's board
should have been turned ae as to show
there were ordera for the west-bound
train.
“The east-bound train was behind Its
schedule and was running fast to make
up time. Of course the east-bound
train did not rscslve any orders In tbs
circumstances, and the engineer could
not have dreamed that the arrange
ments to give him A clear track had
miscarried.
roe i
in New York city.
IAMES MCREA
ELECTED HEAD
E
OF PEI ROAD I IIS COURT
Succeeds A. J. Cassatt; Unsteady Aim All
as President of That Saved Him
‘MOUSE' IN MARITAL TOILS;
MISS LOVETT IS MARRIED
TO JOHN S. ROBERTSON
40 PERSONS
Bodies Cremated . in;
Debris of Demolish
ed Cars.
OPERATOR FAILS
TO HOLD TRAIN
AT HIS station;
Twenty-Two Mexican La
borers Meet Death in .
Collision on Road ,.
in Kansas. . T-
System.
Philadelphia, Pa, Jan 2—At n ape. 1 St. Louis, Mu, Jnn. 2.—Incensed
clnl meeting of the board of dlmdors 1 ;*?»*«"" '■> “ port I lion sun
, ,, .... , in Hu* entitle «*f iit*r father, Augusta
of the I ennsylvanla Railroad < nmpuny \V«.||, Miss Rosit Well attempted to
held today, James Mct’rea, vice prcsl- aasasslnate Judge Jes.e A. McDonald,
lent of tho Pennsylvania Railroad In the clmilt court, today. Ml*» WuU's
•ompany, In charge of the lines mi iunsteady, and the bullet
HARVEY HILL. OF ATLANTA.
Who shot Dr. Frank M. Ridlty, Jr„
et LeQrenge Wednetdey.
ID ARE KILLED
IN FEUD BATTLE
IN OLD KENTUCKY
L©xlngt«>n, Ky., Jan. 2.—Harrison
Rloan© nn«l Walter Hunk* were. killed
At Pine Top yeetenlay as the result
<>Panother outbreak tn tbe feud be
tween their famine*.
succeed the late A. J. Can watt. Hi* showed wonrefut componure, ,m»l
Prealdent McCrea authorized lhe fol. I after the excited woman had l»* • n
" tft,rrn ** nt: • i <»\erp«»\vered and the revolver torn fn>m
•’The policy of the Pennsylvania road I her hands. ordered her taken to the
doon not depend upon any one man. It private ofYlce of the nhorlff. J urine Me-
continue* unchanged from year to year, hi nnltl then renttmeri firming • <urt
•mote, a* j nudlon*.
vlll he
bent I can, the camo pr<>Rrevive de
velopment which was conducted *.>
ably under Prealdent Cassatt and I
the presidents who preceded him."..
her
I -UKlit to
* heal'd to
Clara, \
i court
ive got him." Mir.* Well
xclalm an *he and Her
to had bean sitting r.* ar
were taken fr**:u the
M’CREA IN NEW YORK
TO TALK WITH FRICK.
New York, Jnn. 2.-vJnmes MeCren.
the newly-elected president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, who
In to nucreed the late A. J. Cassatt an
president. In In New York for a «*•»«>-
ferenee with Henry Frlek. The
pfdlcy of extonnion lnauKurnte<j hv Mr
Cannatt will. In the main, be rjosrly
followed hy Mr. McCrea. It In In the
matter of the relation of the railroad
with Itr customer* and nuhnhllnrv r«un-
panlea that a radical departure will he
made.
Whether or not the present bond j
rhcme_ot_the-Pennsylvania, lnv**»v- i *v«-«inl to Tin
...i «...
OF
Miss Josephine Lnvatt and John 8.
Rohertson, both of "The Lton snil the
Mouse" Company, which played at the
Grand Mondny and Tuesday, were
married by Rev. Rush R. Bhlppen.
l-iator nf tho Unitarian church, shortly
after 11 o'clock Tuesday night at the
residence of the minister, 63 West Ra
ker street.
The announcement of the wedding
came n* a surprise even to the mem
bers of "The Lion and the Mouse"
i ’ompany. Two of the Intimate friends
of the couple were present to witness
the -ceremony.—The- members of .the
entire company tenderd Mr. anil Mrs
Robertson n wedding dinner at the
Piedmont after the ceremony. The
company left on an early morning
train Wednesday for Columbus, Ga.
In the performance of 'The Lion and
the Mouse" Miss Lovett Is Shirley
Rossmore. "the mouse," and her delinea
tion of-this character won unstinted
tlnn of hundreds of Atlanta theater
goers who gathered At the Orand Mon
day night and Tuesday matinee and
night. Miss Lovett wrs at her best
in her scathing denunciation and re
buke of John Burkett Ryder, "the
lion," the climax at the end of the
third act.
The groom. John 8. Robertson, ap
peared In the same production as lion
Ftttroy Uaglry, an Kngllthman nnd
secretary to Mr. Ryder. Mr. and Mrs.
Robertson have been together In sev
eral other theatrical organisations. He
Is an Englishman and a native of Aus
tralia. Roth have appeared In troupes
In Australia and New Zeland.
In the play "the mouse" become* the
wife of young Ryder, the son of "the
lion," nnd, who, at the same time Is
engaged to a senator’s daughter, who,
In turn, I* really In love with the Eng.
Ilsh secretary. The secretary and the
senator’s daughter, however, elope; "the
linn’s" wishes are disregarded, but hi*
consent Is Anally gained by the sheer
audacity nf "the mouse,” which com-
applause and -commanded the adtnlru-manda his admiration.
TO FIX BLAME
FI
Ing French loan*, In to bo cnrrh «Y
tui* not brm gone intrrit* yet tnit re
main* a mutter which will hlng*
(treat extent on u conference t.« h
In a few day* which will *oek to a*,
certain the view * of J. I*. Morgan ami
other prominent flmtnclrr* Interested in
the Pennsylvania.
Home Cleaning Planned.
Not only will Mr. MrCrva *ucceed
the Incumbent'* office* with hi* per
sonal *t«fr. It I* asserted. but the hou*o
cleanlUK will reach Into all the execu
tive department* which wen* ti nned in
la*t June’* invcMtlKtiflon. or which will
need readJu*tInK becau*e of an** future
under*t*ndlnK arrived *t with Mr.
Frick ami other* of the director*. —>
Mr. Mefreu will be the Pennayl-
Vania’* *lxth prenldent. He hu» an at
tractive personality. In per*cn he |* a
stalwart man. hut not quite
WunhlnKton, Jnn. 2 — Coroner Nevltt
today began an Inqueet at the munici
pal morgue to nxccrtaln the responsL
blllty for the disastrous wreck on the
llnltltnore and Ohio railroad Kumlay
m Terra Cotta, In which 4.'» per*on*
I out their live* ami nearly twice a*
nmn> wen* injured. Many wltnesiie*
wen* culled and the taking "f testl*
tinmy continued throughout the day.
District Attorney Raker, one of
I those Injured In the wreck, was unn-
I hie to be present at the Inquest, hut an
J assistant from hi* office aided the
coroner in conducting the examination,
j The member* «»f the *deud head"
xtra -miL that plowed through the
Ittrfnlnghnm, Ain. Jun Mystery j .«,»nmm«HluUon trntn from "Hw rear,
irrouhil* CTie ~TinUhg T.T Ttrifnitpy p , wrrr hnatiHrt--from the Tenth Precinct
1h» held Hlackhurn. a former d«*|>m\ HherlfT at
Warrior, late hint night He wa* shot
from umbunh. but »tuhb*\inly main
tained a Silence about th» whole thing
until death came at 1 «»vi *. k torin> It
w n* said he knew' three .-f four men
who waylaid hltn, Just outMde of a sa
loon at the mining rnmp noth of h©r*\
A whluvf anil four children survive
him.
• I and mu*- j
bright
tnche.
like to call them, ar© of the fa*hlon af
fected by jAtne* J, Illll nhd Andrew
Carnegie. He I* a man of quiet hut
determined »*peot. quick on hi* feet
. and w ith * habit of shaking hand*
. - tall a* warmly, and the trait of meeting man,
Mr. CuMgtt w us. He bus ruddy,cheek* woman or child cya to eya.
station, where they •have been
held n* prisoner* since the wreck.
operator Phillips, of the Tnkomo
rftitttnn. who I* out oh ball* atuled Hull
tie had bean on duty 12 hour* when the
accident happened. .<
••At 91.31,” he said. "I heard the ex
tra train whirling for a signal. I set
the red light nnd there was m» answer.
Ing signal. There ought always to Ik*.
I then sent a message to t’ntvendty
station saying:
* '2P»4 Ita* gone by iny red light
hi* frit>B<is I Rkv h—.’
”1 <h> n.'t tH'lkvi* that Englnr*r Hit-
•Irbraml saw the signal. I have bi-en
tn the service *>f the cttmitnny for 31
yenrs mut Hint night was the foggiest
nntl worst for trainmen 1 have seen In
my career.
EIGHT ROADS
ARE MENACED
Peoria, III., Jan. 2—"Arbitrate or
settle the Southern Pacific strike or
Htiffer a walk-out of firemen on all your
line*," I*, ftn brief, an ultimatum sent
K. H. Ilarrlman* Tuesday night by
Orand Master John. J. Hanrthan, of the
Urotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Engineer*.
Fnles* an Immediate reply la rv
colved from Mr. Hnrrlninn. the fire
men on the following lines will he
called out;
Illinois Central, Union Pacific, Chi
cago and Alton, Ilaltlmore and Ohio,
Oregon Short Line, Kansas City South,
ern and all lines of the Southern Pa
nic not now affec ted.
The 'brotherhood Is preparing Itself
or a tong struggle and Is feeling the
pulsr of men on the other Hnmtnan
lines.
would not say anything to Incriminate
him."
The Interstate commerce commls*
slon's Investigation of the wreck will
begin on Friday morning and will be
of the most searching ever under*
taken by that body.
The most Important feature of the
Investigation was the development of
the fact that the llnltltnore and Ohio
officials have as yet started no Investi
gation Into the wreck nnd Its causes.
Questioned hy Cnhrner Nevltt. Su
perintendent Hobbs said:
I attribute the wreck to an Infrac
tion of the rules."
Asked what particular rules, he stmt-
Htlderbrand has always ©<t that he had not as yet had time to
h*«n ah excellent engineer and 1 develop thia.
Cottnoil Grove, Kan., Jan. 2.—
Thirty-five persons were killed ^
und it is estimated forty were in
jured in a head-on collision be
tween two Chicago, Rock Itdand
and Pacific trains near Volland. ^
at 4:50 this morning. Five cars
were burned.
Among the dead are 22 Mexi
can laborers, who were riding in-
the smoking car. Many of the in
jured are alw> Mexicans. The op
erator at VollRnd was responsi* \
ble for the wreck.
Train No. 29, west bound, was
traveling in two sections. The
dispatcher at Topeka notified Op
erator Lynda at Volland to hold
the second section and let No. 30,
cant hound, from El Paso, pass it
there. Instead, the operator let
the-first section of No. 29 pass, ^
and probably forgot about the
aeeoml section entirely.
Operator Is Blamed.
At any event, the second seo-
t ion passed the station where it <
should have been held and rushed
into a head-on collision.
The operator realized after the
second section of No. 29 had
passed what would happen, and
before the wreck had occurred,'
sent the following message to the
dispatcher at Topeka:
"No 29 is gone and so am I.”
All e(Torts to raise him since
that time hnvc been unavailing.'
It is reported in Volland that tho
operator has fled.
Hit at Full Speed.
A list of the dead and of the in-,
jured is not obtainable at this
time.
The trains met at full apeed on
a curve four miles east of Alta
Vista. Till 1 west hound train was
carrying extra ears for the heavy
honteseeker excursion .traffic and
consisted of ten coaches.
This train is known to have got
the full force of the shock.
DEAD MAY NUMBER SO.
The baxaaae ears, mall car, amoket
un<l chair car were entirely demolished.
Fiu*cntcnt la each of ihetra oars were
more or less Injured. The can were
Ailed with Mexican laborers.
. One paaaenser, who walked fretn hi!
ear a tew minute, baton tha craah, aalj
R eeemed to Mm there wen flv, pa,-'
•enter* In thla car tor ovary double
*e«t. Report* hav% It that not mote
than 30 escaped from the car.
If thl* I* true, the death llat will
total nearly 60. Both enalne* were
Ink u* many a, 30 bodies were burled
In the coachea. Fifteen bodies hav,
been recovered, aom* unrecogntaabM
by reaaon nf their burn*.
ENGINEER FATALLY HURT.
, Tha enfinemen of both train* aa.
raped by Jumptnr except the enctaM
Continued On Ratta Threw,
