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The Georgian Carrie*
The BUSINESS
And All Of It Clean
The Atlanta Georgian.
The Georgian Carrie*
The BUSINESS
And Afl OHt Clean
VOL. 1. NO. 238.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1907.
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THAW’S CHIEF DETECTIVE
BRINGS EIGHT WITNESSES;
MAY SPRING A SENSATION
Try to Prove White
Promised Not to
Molest Mrs. Thaw.
THROWS NEW LIGHT '
ON PLAN OF DEFENSE
Will Try to Prove Write
Broke Promise Not to
Molest Mrs. Thaw .
New York. Jan. 21.—One of the moet
Important facta In the defenee of Har
ry K. Thaw became known for the (tret
time today, when a eulte of roome were
leased In a big up-town hotel for eight
witnesses coming from Pittsburg.
The poettlve statement Is made that
Thaw called on Stanford White the
night before he killed him and exacted
from him a pledge that he would never
again meet or communicate with Eve
lyn Nesblt Thaw.
That Thaw had met White and ob
tained from htm thtir ptedgc less then
twenty-four hours before the tragedy
has been a carefully guarded secret of
the defense. At dinner time, four hours
before White was killed, Thaw Inter
cepted a note from White,- asking
young Mrs. Thaw to meet him.
The defenee la: "From the moment
Thaw read that note and realised that
White had broken his pledge and
atlll pursuing his young bride, his mind
was a blank. Ha has no recollection of
what Intervened from then until the
following day of the dinner at Martin's
or of the shooting."
Good Point for Defense.
This plea Includes the theory, of epip-
tlonal Insanity, that Thaw's mind was
a blank when he killed White, and also
the theory of unwritten law. This lat
ter la baaed on the tact that Thaw had
been driven to desperation thro:
belief tliat f nterd White eras'
slstently persecuting bis wife, and that
he was making every effort to get the
former artlet’s model and choras girl
to forsake Thaw and accept hie atten
tions.
Bo exasperated had Thaw become
over White's conduct that he sought
him on the night before the killing and
forced from him a pledge that he
would not again molest young Mrs.
Thaw.
The moet severe blow, the blow
which caused him to lose his reason,
was the Interception of the note from
White eighteen hours otter he had
given his promise to Thaw. After that
the plea of the defense will be that
Thaw was mentally Irresponsible, made
so by hla victim.
O'Mara Brings Witnsees.
Roger O'Mara, former chief of de
tectives of Pittsburg, Is now chief of
the detective staff employed by Thaw,
and Is coming to New York with
eight witnesses from Pittsburg. Rooms
for them have been engaged In a big
hotel, and they will be kept under
cover until railed to the witness stand.
It la positively stated that the letter
was written by White to Evelyn Nes
blt Thaw the night of the tragedy.
Truxton, Beale, the society man who
was a member of the Thnw party tit
the dinner at Martin's a few hours be
fore the shooting, has returned to New
Tork to testify for Thaw .
What Beale May Prove.
The Thaw party sat at a table near
that occupied by Stanford White am)
some of his friends. White Is said to
have then made a remark Insulting to
Mrs. Thaw and In the hearing of Thnw
Thaw made an effort to reach White
then, but was repressed by his com
panions. The authentic story of that
episode hae never been made public
and Truxton Beale Is expected to clenr
It up.
Among the witnesses from Pittsburg
nre several who will testify to Thaw's
violent temper, showing thnt such per
secutlons as he believed had been In
flicted on hts wife would make him so
angry that he would lose consciousness
and oct like a mad man.
Delay Worries Thaw,
Harry K. Thaw Is chafing under the
delay which he considers unnecessary
In the selection of a Jury to try him
for the killing of Hanford White
When he awakened today he wua
noticeably In an uncomfortable mood.
To one of hts keepers he remarked
that the examination of talesmen
becoming tedious.
“1 had lapped,'' he .continued, "that
the trial would begin In earnest Mon
day, and I am disappointed that It will
not. It aeeme now that another panel
will have to be drawn before there Is
a possibility of getting the Jury.
Censultation WJth Wife.
He appeared exceedingly anxious
thnt hla wife call on him early today
for he wanted to dlecuaa some matters
of Importance with her.
Aa the case will not be resumed
egaln until Monday Mrs, William
Thaw, mother of the prisoner, will have
tn opportunity for a much needed rest.
Notwithstanding the Is bearing up re
markably well, she Is an III woman.
One of the Tombs guards opened
Mr* Thaw's carriage door for her on
ler last visit to the prison. ■
"You are looking exceedingly well,
te related today thai he had said tn
ter. The aged woman breathed u long
Ugh.
"I presume," the replied, “I am tinder
he circumstances: but I am suffering
Ireadfully. I have not had one night a
■nmptete rest since I first learned of
tarry’s predicament, and. coupled with
PERSONNEL OF THAW JURY
New York. Jan. 2*.—Thaw Jury up to date:
No. l—Darning b. Smith, retired manufacturer of umbrella*, lives
at No. ill West One Hundred’and Eleventh street. Served m a Juror be-
fore, but never In a capital case. Is (• years old and married.
Nal—Oeorgt Pfaft. hardware. No. 121 Center street. la married,
about 41 years old anj} has served In criminal cases before.
No. 2 George H. McKee, manager, of No. tel West One Hundred and
Th'rty-flfth street. la about 45 years old, married, baa served on Juries
before, but barer in a capital case.
No. 4—Arthur 8. Campbell, superintendent, lives at No. (22 West
End aivenue, and Is married. Is about 45 years old and has been a Juror
before. .
No. 5—Henry C. Harney, manager, lives at Brook avenue and One
Hundred and Thirty-second street; Is 60 years old, and married. Has
served In criminal cases before, also on a capital case. The defendant
was sentenced to death In the electric chair. The defense there was In
sanity: The defendant's sentence was afterwards commuted to life Im
prisonment.
No. 4—Harold F Pairs, printer, of No, 22 Manhattan avenue, la a
single man. about 20 years old and never served on a Jury before In a
criminal case. •
No. 7—Malcolm F. Fraser, clothkig salesman; lives at No. 142 West
One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street. Is married and has served on
criminal cases as Juror before. He la Just 15 years old.
IS SHE HYPNOTIZED?
COWBOY IS SEARCHING
FOR A MISSING WIFE
Lost in Denver, He
Follows on Her
Trail.
BLUE-EYED BABY
HIS COMPANION
Jack Anston‘s Story Sounds
Like Real Melo
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With A bright-eyed 4-year-old baby
boy fit hie arms. Jack Ana ton, a typical
Wsaternef and rancli owner and for
years a.daring cowboy, walked Into the
police station Saturday morning and
related a pathetic and strange story of
u wearisome search of six months for
his pretty, golden-haired young wife,
believed to be a victim of some mystic
spell.
The stalwart con- puncher, whose
troubled and downcast expression
plainly showed the Intense mental
strain under which he has been labor
ing for months, has been wandering
over the country, from place to place,
In the hope that he may And his miss
ing wife, his little blue-eyed, golden-
haired boy his constant companion.
The disappearance of 'the young
woman Is one of' the strangest ever
brought to the attention of the local
police. Mrs. Anstun. who la only 24
yearn of age nnd who waa formerly
Minn Mabel Drrwry, residing In Har
lem. N. Y„ mysteriously vanished six
months ago In the city of Denver. The
last seen of her by friends we* at the
railway station In Denver, at which
time she was In company with two
strangers, an elderly man ami woman,
both people of apparent refinement.
Lost in Far Watt.
Anston. whose ranch Is situated near
Denver, began u systematic search for
his missing wife and In Ihe effort to
find her has spent a small fortune. Aft-
er'a time he struck the trail and has
now traced his wife and the mysterious
elderly couple through various places.
The cowboy and his little son arrived
Hi Atlanta Saturday morning from
Memphis, having learned that the trio
hud been stopping at one of the lead
ing hotels here. An Investigation fail
ed to reveal the object of hla search,
but he obtained Information that led
-tew day* ago for either
Brunswick or Savannah. He then call
ed on the police to acquaint thetr with
hts search, ae they might be on the
lookout. He eald he believed he woe
hot on the trail and announced he In
tended to continue hie journey south
on the ffrxt train.
According to the cowboy, there woe
not the allghteet reaeon for hla wife
to leave her hueband and child and
her home.
A Dreadful Mystery.
"My wife loved me, and this little
fellow here was simply the light of her
life. This thing la all a mystery to
me. I can't understand it. l am satle.
lied my wife must be under a hypnotic
spell or that some other terrible In
fluence Is being exerted over her. I
am positive she would never have vol
untarily acted this way. I Intend to
spend the laet cent of money I have
In the world and uae every effort at my
command to find her and solve the
mystery of that etranga couple with
which she left Denver. No one In
Denver seems to know anything what
ever about these people or where they
catne from."
As he recited his fruitless efforts to
find IBs missing wife, the big, strong-
hearted cowboy broke down and wept
blllerly.
Fondly caressing the little chubby,
golden-haired boy, he sobbed:
"I know ehe would never have vol
untarily left this child."
Anston stated that he. married his
wife In Western Montana, when she
was IS years of age. He auld the young
woman moved from New York to Mon
tana with her parents and had resided
there a number of yearn. Anston was
at that time following Ihe life of a row.
boy on the ranch of hie father, a
wealthy and Influential rmmhnmn of
that aectlon. After hla marriage An
ston purchased a ranch near Denver
nnd moved there with hie bride.
DOWN NEAR ZERO
MERCURY WILL GO
• BEFORE M0RNI1G
Cold Wave Predicted for
Sunday by Weather
Bureau.
Waxtifngcnn - crwiinr - the - Del«-
ware weather U coming. The kind
that makes you wonder what Peary
eeen jn the game of hunting the north
pole. The coal man'* all emllea and
the Ire trout magnate la hoping the
weather won't queer hla tale or next
nummer about the shortage of the Ice
crop In connection with high prices.
The forecaat:
"Pair Faturday night; much colder
with a cold wave—minimum tempera
ture about tr» degree*; Sunday fair,
continued cold.**
The temperature*:
? a. in
8 a. in *
S a.
m..
I p. rti
• antinued on Pt|« 1» Ceoond Seotion. 2 P* ni...
... K degree*.
.. .<5 degree*.
...14 degree*.
...II degree*.
.14 degree*.
... IB degree*.
.1? degree*.
ENGLISH mDON"
TOUCHES SEVERAL
FOR SMALL LOANS
Invites Easy Marks to Call
at ^js Ancestral
Home.
There'* another "Klngdon Gould" in
town.
only thl* time he i* a "retired llrlt-
l*h army officer." M leaat that** what
he tayit, and on th<» »trength of It and
hi* alleged relatlonxhlp wrlth th»* head*
of various Kngllah lire Insurance com
panies. he la doing a little “panhand
ling."
Within the pn«t few week* thl* Eng
lishmen—he I* an Kngllnhtnan all right
—ha* been calling upon Atlanta agent*
reprenenilug ■Rngllah Insurance i
nle* and after reciting the fa«t that hi*
relative* own the mmpanle* or some
thing Uks that, he gently nek* for a
small loan.
It’*,a different *t«»ry In different
flee*. Hornet!toe* the diaft fro
hasn't arrive..’ and at other pl«*
Iiolll'
h*
. .33 degrees, has lost hi* wallet or his peisonu! ef-
The Star, Chattanooga’s New Daily,
Makes its Initial Bow to the Public
Chattanooga. Tenn.. Jan. 24.—The Chettnn'-'Xn Star (net to preoa at 1
o'clock thlo afternoon with 41 pages and w111 be delivered to an anxious
ly waiting public.
Bulletin' BokMs hnvs been established tn various places over the city
IHistlnc the Hearst Sarvlee.
The Star appreciate# the good wishes uf The Atlanta Georgian, the
Itveat wlr* In the Ian4. which The Blur will lie proud lo follow.
More papers like The Georgian menu a higher civilisation. The Star .
sends greetings to Its much esteemed contemporary. May Its columns
never grow lees.
Death of Jos. Minitree
Results From Com
plicated Diseases.
SPARE RIB CHOKED LANIER; -
LAST OF THREE BROTHERS
TO MEET SUDDEN DEATH
Washington. Jan. 26.—Colonel Jo-
srph Minima for fourteen years pur
chasing agent of the Houthtm Hallway
Company, and on* of the beat known
rallrodl i-Illclal* In the Houth. died yr>-
terdny at 4:15 ml hi* r<*Kiil«*n' ••
In thl* o‘f . He vtu 67 year* <>M
The death of Colonel Mtnltree r**Milt-
el from .1 complication of Inteetlnul
dUt-Hhc*. after an Him** of a wcvk
Thurrdav, In hope* of p&l otiging hi*
Ilf.*, an opt ration was perfinrimnl, hut
It affi idi*d no relief. When death came
he wa.< .• urrounded by hi* wife nnd
chWdrett
Forty year* a* a railroad official gave
Colonel Mlnttree a wide actiuatniunce
r tl.e l nlted Hinton. «*|w<iHll> In
»n. where he had mad** hi*
n for the (Mint fifteen year*. l*AHt
A tiny piece of bone from a bit of
pare rib caused the death Friday night
f David B. 8. Lanier, of Hast' Knd.
the third of three broUiet* to meet
sudden death.
.Mr. Lanier wo* Heated at hi* supper
i table with several friend* and was en*
| Joying a bit of apart* rib, a favorite
dl*h. A small piece of the bone he-
' came lodged In hi* throat and Mr. I*n-
fnler began choking suddenly. It wa*
j found ImpORHlble to dislodge the hone.
• though ssveral of the hup|>ei party used
every effort.
j Finally the suffi n r. with u might ef
fort, succeeded In swallowing the hone.
It was thought that this,would end the
danger, b6t In u few moment* he be
gan gasping again und died wtthhi a
few minutes -
David 8. 8. lainlcr was the third of
three brother* to meet sudden death.
One of thtM*. c. Lanier, was found
dead In hi* bed In Kant Knd a week
front la*t Sunday, from no apparent
enure. Another brother wo* killed sev
eral your* ago In the court house at
IkYRtur, and a man named Perry wa*
bunged for the crime.
The leuly of Mr. Lanier will he sent
to hi* former home In Gwinnett county
for Interment.
fed* In a lire at Houston. Tex.
on** of thone touched by the {Eng
lishman wu* an Insurance man who
sited him up a* a grafter and put the
police on t*> hi* trail. He *ald he wa*
hungry, and for that reason the
touch-ee gave him a dollar to get hi*
supper.
In another place the caller wa* «»f-
feretl a quarter and got Insulted and
left. He talk* about hi* experience* ‘n
the Iti»er war and Invite* thonn wh »
donate to visit him at hi* ancwtral
home in F.ngland He I* also well
(Minted «in golf and pick* out vnthuM-
it * of thl* game for hi* victim*.
Thl* smooth fakir wa* local* <1 on
Saturday by (teorxlan reporter* anil
the p dice were tipp d off again by .Mr.
Cole a* lo HU wtut*about*.
j nlglu «X|-re**lon* of regret were uni
versal. Many called at the residence
t.» extend their sympathy In person,
an! numerous telegram* were received.
Atm.ng i)o caller* was hi* life-long
- frierd. «'ol *nel t*. H. bowman, "f Rich-
i tnnnd, Vo.
Ross to High Offic*.
j At the close‘of the war Colonel Min-
, tree began hi* career In railroad work.
| being appointed purchasing agent of
I the Atlantic. Mississippi und Ohio rail-
m.ul. nnd the Norfolk and Western
: railroad, which position* he held from
Im»H to IHX2. Then he became pur-
■ . having agent of the Richmond ami
Dur.vlllc railroad. In 1893 he was made
purchasing agent of the entire Southern
railway nyaiem. He continued In till*
pHNltion until his death.
Colonel Mlnltree never lost hi* In-
1 terest In politic* In Virginia, und dur
ing hi* life wan often mentioned In
j connection with position* «»f rcgtmnxl-
tdllty and honor. He wa* a member of
i the Royal Arcanum. Knight* »>f Honor
and A I*. Mill cutup ot Confederate
Veterans.
RECEIVED STAMPS
EROM SAEE BLOWER
IS CRARGE MADE
Special to Tb»* Georgian.
Chattanooga. Tenn.. Jan. 2*.—Post-
office Inspector William* ha* rectlvM
notice here of the arrest of ff. Rudolph
Habeas, at Charleston, 8. C„ charged
with receiving several hu^lred dollars'
worth of stamp* from safe-blower*
who blew open u safe at Newry, 8.
Cq recent I:*.
II PERTH
Investigation of- Geor
gia Railroad is
Asked.
HEAVIEST TRAINS,
CHEAPEST TRACK ]
Startling Petition Before—f
Railroad Commission L—j
Is Filed. i -
Alleging that th. roadbed and 1*4
Ing .tack of tb. Georgia railroad' la
unaafa and a manaoa to public safely
and welfare, Mon. Bowdre Phlnlsy, ef
Augusta, haa prewntad to’the Georgia
railroad commlulan a sensatlasml patl.
tlon'calling for (weeping lnveellgation.
Ha aake for a detailed Inquiry "into
the condition of the roadbed, the -foil
ing (lock end operation carried .os-In
thl* elate by 4ba Louisville and V
villa and the Allan U ~
der ihe name of the Georgia "
Company."
Mr. Phlnlty declare. In hie petition
that the two road, named are operating
the Georgia with great profit to the
leeeees, tut delays and wrecks and the
Injury to the public are constantly .In
creasing. He says:
'The policy of the preeent lessee*,
who, unlike their predecessor*, do not
care to Icaeen the business of. the rood
by diverting truffle to competing llow,
ha* been one of pure revenue CMir
elm he* been to run the largest not
heaviest trains potelble over tb* smejl-
est and cheapest track, and thnt oca-
vert a lease thaf-*an for many years
an expense to l
of ewollen end I
commission of
The petition
of figures ae to wrecks
uo the-’Georgia r *
great emphaeM 1
gerous condition. „.
and traffic on it la-
expeditions." Exhibits ore .
showing the gross earnings of t
and expenditures for
and operation. ■ .
.For the period embraced wlihln 1404
and 1104 the gross earning* Increase*
(7,9 per cant and the net earning. 1*1.*
On the other hand expenditures tar
maintenance and Improvements In
creased only II J-l per oent In 1MC
over 1415. Trains are tadee ee heavy
as ten year, ago, and freight tonnege
haa gained 105.1 per cent. The num
ber of passengers handled has Increas
ed 120.1. The total mileage haa In
creased only (O '
wssai
In spite of these enormous
states the petition, the amount spent
each year for ItOt, 1004 agd 100* dwin
dled and dwindled until It amounted to
only (10.(1* for the year* named.
Pointing out these existing condition*
th* petition appeal* to. the railroad
commission to apply the probe: to call
on the officials of the rood for tacts
und flgurse^for the past ttaelve-months—’
on wreck*, derailment* rietays, god-
dents of all kinds and causes tot the
**A*thorough Inspection of the Phyetcnl
properties of the road la .asked at the
hands of the commission. The p*~-
ent lessee* of th* oeorgl* rood or* the
Louisville and NexhvlUe .and tb* At
lantic Coast Line.
The commission will take up the pe
tition for consideration at Its meeting
J a nU vKl| , *nve*tlffat* Every Aet
When Commie*loner O. B. atevens
..'os asked about this petition, he talk
ed freely.
"For over a year I have done prac
tically nothing but travel over the rail
roads of Georgia, at my own expense,
examining their road beds and rolling
stock. Where I have found condition*
bad or needing attention I have called
on the officials for remedies, and In
moet Instance* they have responded
readily end with effect.
“I shell make a persona! investiga
tion of the properties of the Georgia
railroad If l have to walk over every
foot of It to do It right. If I And con
ditions a* set forth In thl. petition aa
set forth In thl* petition, why then w*
shall demand Ihe lmprovement*.
"Conditions are bettering, all the
time. 1 investigate many -complaints
in person and adjust them wlihoat
having th* long tedious proceae of pe
tition* before the commission. This
le my work and I am doing It to the
beet of my ability. Only recently there
has been much complaint of certain
sections of th* Atlanta and Birming
ham. I took th* matterVup and the
owners are remedying th* condition*
a* rapidly as possible. We will hear
this petition on January *0."
JUDGE WOLFE DIES
Of HEART FAILURE
Special m The Georg ten.
Dublin. Go- Jen. **.—Judge John B.
Wolfe, on* of lb* pioneer rtlleen* <rf
Dublin, died last night of heart taller*.
He w-a* M years of age. and wa* a
prominent Mason and a deacon la th*
lleptlet church, and had Ailed ynrlon*
positions of honor and trust. Hts —
umlne will bo Interred tomorrow.