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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. PRICE} 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 drama! I \ 0000O0O00O0000O0O000000000 o.. o O ARIZONA MINE OWNER 0 a HELD BY MEXICAN8. 0 O O O Douglas, Aria.. Jan. 1(.—Unless O O Immediate Juatlce can be secured O O for arsons Bush, an Artaona mine O O owner, local Masons may ask the O O United Btatee government to In- 0 O tercede for Bush, who le In a O D squalid prison at Moctesuma for O 0 killing a drlnk-crased Mexlcun In O O self-defense six wsekS ago. O 0 Dr. W. A. Greens, of Douglas, 0 O sent the Judge at Moctesuma a 0 O petition requesting ball for Bush. 0 0 This .document had only twenty O 0 miles to go, yet It never reached 0 0 Its destination. O O O 00000000000000000000000000 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.