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THE AUQUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME xrv., No. 345.
TWO-WOMEN KILLED, ONE FATALLY WOUNDED,
< BY- UNKNOWN NEGRO BRUTE Ell SAVANNAH
Hundreds of Armed Men,
Wild With Excitement,
Aid Police in Search For
Murderer. Jail Crowded
With Suspects. Mrs.
Eliza Grihble and Mrs.
Carrie Ohlander Mur
dered, and Mrs. Maggie
Hunter Fatally Injured.
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Hundreds of armed
men assisted the police Friday night in
the search for the unidentified negro
murderer of Mrs. Eliza Gribble, an aged
white woman, and her daughter, Mrs.
Carrie Ohlander, and who fatally injur
ed Mrs. Maggie Hunter. The fugitive
is still at liberty.
The man hunt lasted throughout the
night, and intense excitement prevailed
As the details of the tragedy became
known, they intensified the excitement.
So frenzied did the searchers become af
ter learning that Mrs. Ohlander had been
criminally assaulted before murdered that
a white man, who by accident had
scratched his face, was almost torn to
pieces when the crowd saw blood.
Fences were torn down and doors burst
In. Every obstruction in the path of the
crowd was leveled. The negro wanted,
is twenty-eight years of age, and slend
er build. Practically every negro who
answers his description has been sent
to jail on suspicion.
Several persons saw a negro entering
and afterwards leaving the Gribble home
about the lime the murder occurred. The
victims hafl been cut or stabbed with a
knife and then their heads crushed, pre
sumably with an axe.
In addition to this evidence the police
hope to get a statement from Mrs. Hun
ter, who, physicians say will likely re
gain consciousness Saturday, despite her
frightful injuries.
Mrs. Gribble was 72 years old. Mrs.
Ohlander 45 years old and formerly lived
in Montgomery, Ala., where she left her
husband about three years ago. Mrs.
Hunter is 35 years old and left her hus
band several months ago.
200 NEGROES
ARE IN PRISONS.
There are now in city prisons more
than 200 negroes, held either for pro
tection or on suspicion that they may
be connected with or have guilty
knowledge of the crime. Many of the
prisoners asked to be locked up until
popular frenzy subsides.
With daylight came no cessation of
the efforts of the officers to run down
the ihurderer. As fast as one sec
tion of the county was scoured, a
guard was established and posses left
for another.
Officers are devoting considerable
time to soothing the public feeling.
I t is realized that under the present
conditions the formation of a mob
might easily follow the even partial
Identification of a suspect.
STORY OF
THE CRIME.
Special to The Herald.
SAVANNAH, Ga. —Friday afternoon
shortly after 3 o’clock evidence of the
most brutal crime that has been com
mitted in Savannah in many years
was discovered when the dead bodies
of Mrs. Eliza Gribble and her daugh
ter, Mrs. Carrie Ohlander, were found
in their home, No. 401 Montgomery
street, and the almost unconscious
form of another woman, MJrs. Hunter,
was found in an adjoining room. The
two dead women had been slain with
an axe and the same weapon had been
used upon the head of the other wo
man, who was sent in haste to the
Savannah hospital, where she now is.
It is feared she will die.
The crime was discovered by Mr.
Oscar Smith, who passed the house
and heard the woman ■who was still
alive groaning. He called a policeman
and they entered the house together.
A bloody axe was found in the yard.
It was this weapon with which the
crime was committed. The county
bloodhounds were carried to the scene
of the murder but did not strike a
trail. It is thought the crime was
committed by a negro employed to
cut wood and clean up the yard, the
women having recently moved into
the house. This negro is well known.
He has been employed as a servant
in a well known restaurant for some
time, at night.
The two women who were slain
were past the middle age. Mrs. Grib
ble was quite an elderly lady; Mrs.
Ohlander was past forty. Mrs. Grib
ble was the mother of Mrs. E. S.
Derby, and was the widow of the late
R. Gribble. She had been living for
many years on President street west
and had only recently moved into the
house where she met her death. Evi
dence that a nameless crime had eith
er been attempted or committed upon
the person of one or more of the wo
men was found by physicians who
examined the bodies.
That a crime of this character could
be committed in the very heart of the
city without an outcry from either of
the victims being heard is scarcely
to be believed; but it did happen.
Almost back of the house stands the
five-storv building of the branch bank
THE WEATHER
Conditions favor rain in this
section tonight and Sunday with
warmer tonight.
WOUNDED WOMAN IN HOSPITAL
SAYS HUSBAND ASSAULTED HER
SAVANNAH, Ga. —Numerous arrests
have been made by the police today of
negroes suspected of being implicated in
the murder of Mrs. Eliza Gribble and
Mrs. Carrie Ohlander, her daughter, Fri
day afternoon, but the evidence against
none of them is strong. Mrs. Maggie
Hunter the third victim of the assailant
who visited the house on Perry street,
West, and left two dead women and one
unconscious behind him is improving a 1
the Savannah hospital where she was
carried for treatment. It is expected
now' that Mrs. Hunter will recover. She
has made one or two statements about
the affair all more or less incoherent, but
Entiapped in Lake of Flowing Tar,
Three Men Were Burned lo Death
PlTTSßUßG—Entrapped in a lak e of flowing tar, four men were held
fast at the McClintock Irvine company 's roofing plant, in this city Saturday
and compelled to watch the gradually approaching flames. Three were burn
ed to death but the fourth managed to extricate himself and escape the hor
rible fate of his fellow' companions.
of the Citizens bank and this build
ing contains also th° offices of the
Central. More than a hundred men
are employed in this building and
none of them heard anything to
arouse suspicion during th e entire
day. The crime is believed '.to have
been committed shortly after noon.
It was not discovered until three
hours after 1 that.
If the man who committed this
crime Is discovered lie will be given
a very quiet trial and probably hang
ed in short order.
Mrs. Hunter’s condition shows im
provement Saturday. She will prob
ably recover. Fully 25 negroes have
been arrested on suspicion, but it is
not believed the right man has yet
been caught. The city is quiet.
MURDERER IS Si
TO BE IN THE TOILS
Mr. Corisli, From Savan
nah, Who is in the City,
Says it is Understood
That the Negro Has Been
Caught.
AmoDg the visitors to the city Sat
urday was Mr. Nick Corisk, who came
from Savannah to attend the meet
ing of the South Atlantic league di
rectors. Mr. Corish stated that he
was in Savannah at the time of the
brutal murder which occurred Friday
and knew two of the ladies personally.
H e was sitting in his office at the
time of the discovery of the murder
and a reporter from one of the 9a
vannah papers came in and told him
that much trouble was happening
down the street.
Mr. Corish was very busy at the
time and was unable to go to the
scene, hut he learned all of the par
ticulars immediately afterwards. “The
account of the murder as sent out
on the press wires does not state
half,” said Mr. Corish. ‘‘lt was un
doubtedly the most brutal murder that
I have ever heard of. The location
of the house is in a most prominent
section of Savannah, and the time
was when the streets were well crowd
ed with people.
‘The police knew the murderer and
started to search for him immediate
ly, and it is said by parties in a posi
tion to know, that he was caught at
four o’clock Saturday morning. There
was some feeling displayed, but I do
not think that any attempt will be
made to take the prisoner out of jail
and subject him to mob punishment.
TIE PRAIRIE HAS
BEEN FLOATED
PHILADELPHIA. The transport
Prairie, which went aground recently
while proceeding down tho Delaware
river with 750 marine for Central
America, was floated Saturday.
For Monday’s Shopping
Read Sunday’s Herald
X-mas shopping to he done at all this year, done carefully and in
telligently, and with a saving of time and effort, must be done NOW.
It must be done this week. The final crush and jam and nerve rack
ing struggle of the last few days will be here as usual. But the real
question is—are you going to save yourßelf?
Read Sunday’s Herald carefully, take out your pencil and figure
your shopping needs for Monday—put down the items, the stores, the
hour Bales, get all the information you want to guide you and see
how easy the plan works —how much further the dollars go. This is
to your interest mightily.
IT WILL HELP YOU, IT WILL HELP THE MERCHANTS YOU
PATRONIZE, IT WILL HELP THE HERALD IF YOU SAY WHEN
SHOPPING: ‘‘| SAW IT IN THE HERALD.”
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 11, 1909.
In nono of them luis she mentioned t.ie
presence of a colored man in the house
on the contrary she talks repeatedly of
a white mri:. She told the detectives
Saturday that her husband. J. O. Hunter,
a painter and paper hanger, from whom
she had been separated was the man
who had assaulted her. On the strength
of this Hunter has been rearrested by the
police. He protests his innocence. The
funeral of the two dead women will take
place Saturday afternoon at four o’clock
The city is quiet after a night of nerv
ousness and much excitement in the vi
cinity of the murder.
MR. FLEMING’S
HOME DESTROYED
Residence of Mr. Frank
Fleming in Summerville
Burned At Early Hour
Today. Loss SIO,OOO.
Mr. Frank Fleming’s handsome resi
dence, located in Summerville about
one-half block from the first gate of
the Arsenal grounds, and near Baker’*
corner was totally destroyed by fire
Saturday morning at 12:40 o'clock.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but
is believed to have originated from
the steam heating apparatus in the
building. The family was forced to
get out of the house in haste in or
der that their lives might be saved
from the conflagration.
The Augusta automobile fire ap
paratus was immediately telephoned
for and Chief Reynolds immediately
ordered Captain Hardeman, of No. 4
engine house to respond, who imme
diately left the engine house and ar
rived in about five minutes upon the
scene of the fire.
The Fleming home is an old colonial
dwelling, built many years before the
civil war and for the last few
years has been owned and occupied by
Mr. Fleming, together with his motli
er-in-law, wife, one daughter and
three sons.
There was a big insurance carried
by Mr. Fleming on the property, al
though not enough to cover the loss.
The loss will in all probability
amount to ten or eleven thousand
dollars.
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SALLY DIRECTORS
IN SESSION HEBE
The directors of the South Atlantic
League went into session in the Al
bion hotel shortly after 2 o’clock in
one of the most important meetings
in the history of the league.
The most important matter up for
discussion is the formation of the
league for next year, and much de
pends on the outcome of 4he meeting.
Augusta is strong for a six club out
fit, while some of the other cities are
strong for an eight club circuit. An
other important matter relating to
the size of the league, is in the event
that the size of the league is reduced
to six clubs, what clubs will it he
composed of. A representative from
Rome is at the meeting and is very
desirous of getting his city on the cir
cuit, while a representative firom
Charleston Is also here for that city.
It is doped out that Columbia will
sell their franchise and in the event
that the size of the league is reduced,
the question will be who gets the Co
lumbia franchise. The directors from
visiting clubs are very non-committal
on the subject and the outcome of
the meeting will be watched with in
terest.
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Madame Zelaya, wife ot the presi
dent of Nicaragua. She was prepared
to flee with her husband if the revo
lution made it necessary for him to
abdicate. His plans to leave tho
country were upset by the presence
of American forces and Mme. Zelaya
will remain with him to await the
outcome of the disturbance in the lit
tle Central American republic.
Ml GUIS
STRENGTH 10
REBELS IIFESII
BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua—This city,
the headquarters of the provisional gov
ernment, has been thrown into alarm by
the midden realization of the strength of
the government army against which Gen
eral Estrada, the leader of insurgents
has been supposed to be making ir
resistible headway. Estrada had appar
ently been hoodwinked by Zelaya and m
one* would be surprised if the latters
troops should appear before tho city any
hour. Estrada. Is hoping for timely aid
from the United States.
A staff correspondent of the Associat
ed Press, who recently arrived here can
vassed the situation and finds it less
hopeful for the insurgents than it has
been believed. General Estrada is great
ly disturbed and has appealed to Con
sul Moffat for marines from the cruiser
Des Moines to protect the Americans.
Estrada wishes an intervention by the
United States to save tho insurgent
cause.
While General Vasquez at the head of
a handful of loyal troops was parleying
with Estrada’s envoys before Rama, the
main army of Zelaya was marching on
to Blueflelds.
A disquieting report comes from Grey
town, wbteh contains a government force
sufficient to rout the besieging troops
under General Chamorroo.
H. B. GOETCHIUS HURT
AT LOMBARD’S FRIDAY
Broken Axle Fell on
Young Man, Breaking
His Leg. Carried To
Margaret Wright Hos
pital.
H. B. Goetchiun, an employe of the
Lombard Iron Work*, sustained a bad
injury FYlday afternoon as a result
of a broken axle of iron falling on
him, bruising the left ankle severe
ly and breaking his left leg, between
the ankle and knee.
i»ir. Goetchlus wus taking a wheel
from the axle, the axle breaking and
falling dow n with much force on his
leg. Immediately after the accident
Platt’s ambulance was called and
within five minutes’ time the ambu
lance had arrived and he was taken
to Margaret Wright hospital. He will
In all probability be at. the hospital
for six or eight weeks as a result of
the injury sustained.
HOTEL MEN WILL
MEET IN VALDOSTA
ATLANTA, Ga. —On next Wednesday
the Georgia Hotel Men's association will
hold Its annual convention In Valdosta.
Between seventy-five and one hundred
hotel men from the different J.owns and
cities will he present. The first day will
be devoted to business and the second
day to pleasure. The officers at pres
ent are: ,
President, G. L. Keen, of th# Pulaski
hotel, Savannah; Vice President, J. Lee
Barnes, of the Aragon, Atlanta; Fred If
Houser, of the Aragon hotel, Atlanta;
Attorney Lee M. Jordan, Atlanta.
POSTMASTER KILLED SELF
NORFOLK —Wesley M. Wilson, post
master of Princess Arina court house,
committed suicide Sal urday, shooting
himself with a shotgun.
Illl'S PUG
to HE m
mam
Board of Education De
cided, Saturday Morn
ing, to Have U. S. Flags
Over Every School in
Richmond County.
Every school in Richmond county will
display from a staff erected in a suitable
position, a large United States Hag. as
a result of a resolution offered by Mr.
W. R. Johnson, and unanimously adopt
ed at the meeting of the Board of Ed
ucation Saturday morning. In his reso
lution, Mr. Johnson asked that the Sec
retary Lawton R. Evans be instructed to
secure suitable flags, have poles erected
and provide an appropriate program of
exorcises to be conducted at the first
raisng of the national ensign.
In his second to Mr. Johnson resolution
Mr. O. G. Lynch tated that he thought
the*move a splendid one, and would do
much for the teaching of patriotism
among the pupils. They would become
more familiar with the Hag and its
meaning and thus would make better
citizens. Mr. Evans stated that some
of the schools, among them the John Mil
ledge school, were already provided with
flags, and that to equip the others wnul(l
mean the expenditure of but little mon
ey for an excellent purpose. It will be
interesting at this time to learn*that the
first flag ever placed on a school bulb!
ing In the state of Georgia wigs furni*«he 1
by Mr. O. G. Lynch for the Enterprise
Mill school some twenty years and sln*'o
that time Mr. Lynch has always glidly
renewed his gift to that school when
ever the occasion demanded. Mr. Evans
told the hoard that he would secura the
flags Immediately and would begin at
once the preparation of a program of
exercises for Hag day similar to the pro
gram prevalent in schools throughout tho
country, where such an occasion is ob
served. There are at present thirty schools
in Richmond county, all of which will
display flags.
Other than the matter of the procuring
of flags for the schools and the Offl'nan
routine busines of the meeting, there
was little of Interest. Mr. G. H. Mur
phey offered two resolutions, one of
which concerned tho appointment of tho
High school committee was losi and the
other In regards to reports on the efflc
ency and lien Ith of teachers was referred
to the city conference board of tho
Board of Education. Mr. Murphey moved
that the high school committee be limit
ed to a member from each ward of the
city and a member from every militia
district having a high school within its
hounds. This would if passed have mad 1
the committee consist, of a member from
each of the five wards of the city and
one from Hcphzihah the only rural dis
trict having a high school. Iri explain
ing his resolution Mr. Murphey stated
that all of the high schools of Richmond
county with the exception of the one in
Hephzibah were located in the city of Au
gusta. Mr. Evans explained that were
the resolutions passed, Mr. Hickman the
present capable chairman of the High
school committee would be disqualified,
and when the question was called it was
found that the resolution was defeated by
an unanimous maJorTTy.
The other resolution offered by Mr
Murphey was that the principals should
report upon the efficiency and health of
each teacher annually to the secretaiy
of the Board. It was decided that th»s
referred to the teachers In the city
schools and a motion was passed *hnt
it be referred to the city conference
Board.
Secretary Evans announced that tho
schools of Richmond county located in
the city of Augusta would give a two
weeks Christmas hollduy, and the rura’.
schools a holiday of shorter duration
probably a week.
CHARLESTON ELKS
PLAN SPRING FAIR
CHARLESTON, B.C. —The Charles
ton Lodge of Elks have begun ar
rangements for the holding of a big
fair in the spring, just after Easter
for the purpose of raising sufficient
money to clear their handsome home
on Wentworth street of debt. The
order is large and representative in
character numbering over 300 mem
bers and with the assistance of their
lady friends the promoters of the fair
look for satisfactory results.
Advertisements That Make
Strongest Appeal.
I have watched the billboards, have
read circular letters, have perused
mall sent, to my office and to tny
house to see what In advertising ap
pealed to me most. I have come to
the conclusion that the thing which
talks to my pocket Is the thing that
strikes me the hardest. 1 have also
come to the conclusion that the thing
which I met along with my reading
matter has a more substantial appeal
to me than merely the hand bill put
under the door. Somehow the latter
method always seems to me a little
cheap; It. Is sort of an effort to sneak
In when a competitor Is not noticing.
I always like a man who will come
out before the world and advertise
his goods as though he were conff
dent he had the rest of the community
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
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of Portugal, who will shortly pay a
visit to France.
MISS WARDLAW IS
PLACED ON TRIAL
Auut of Bath-tub Tragedy
Victim Facing Charge
of Murder in East
Orange, N. J.
NEW YORK.—Miss Virginia Ward
law, the aged aunt of Mrs. Ocey W.
M. Snead, the victim of the bath tub
tragedy, who has developed ho many
mysteries In tho investigation of the
young woman’s death, was arraigned
Saturday before Recorder Nott, in
East Orange, N. J., on the charge of
murdering hor nice.
The accused woman wuh pale and
worn from (he effects of incarcera
tion.
Dr. Cornelius Jjovo, of Brooklyn,
who attended Ocey Snead, wan pres
ent. to testify she showed signs of be
ing drugged. Other physicians and
handwriting expert, by whom the au
thoritles expect to show that tho note
pinned to the dead woman’s clothes,
incidiating suicide, was forgery, will
be witnesses.
Miss Wardlaw, heavily veiled, sat ip
court beside counsel Franklin W. Fort.
Sh© seemed to resent the scrutiny o|
the crowd which packed the court room.
Hho shielded her fa<.»• with a newspaper.
Her features were undlstinguishabh
through a thick veil.
The first witness, Herg<*ant Cannlff, de
scribed the discovery on November 29 of
Ocey Snead’s body in the bath-tub of
tho East Orange house of death. Phy
sician Simmons told of his visit to the
Wardlaw house and described the a|>-
pearance of the dead girl. He said her
body was greatly emaciated. Ur. Sim
mons said as they body lay in the tuh
the girl’s head was under water. He
told of the finding of a note pinned to
the dead girl’s skirt, which said sin? was
going to take her life.
County Physician McKenzie, who per
formed the autopsy, when asked to
state the exact ea.u.«p of death, made
an explanation of the condition of lie* In
ner organs. He said the lungs were con.
gested and that death was possibly due
to drowning, lie gave the opinion that
the girl was alive when she entered or
was placed in the bath-tub.
CONGRESS TO TAKE
II LONG HOLIDAY
WASHINGTON.—Congress will ad
jmirn for the holidays on Tuesday,
the 21 hI Instant, The Christmas re
cess will continue two weeks, term
inating January 4. it Is probable that
the army appropriation hills will be
presented before the recess.
beaten a block. If he makes any
statements then that cannot be sup
ported, his competitor will pick him
up. When he comes sneaking Into
my house with a circular letter no
one sees It but him and me, and he
may make statements I hat would not
bear the light of criticism.
Since I like that open kind of ad
'vertlsing, I figure that the small deal
er likeß It also, and so I believe Iri
going to hlrn In the regular channel,
telling him what I have and letting
him compare It with others If he
pleases. But above everything 1 like
ithe kind of an advertisement that ar
gues the thing out. It proves, for
one thing, that the man really knows
the merits of his product.—Dan Howe
l ln Black Diamond.
■1 IN SKID
EASE 15 KNOWN
S? AUGUSTINS
Miss Wardlaw Had Broth
er Who Preached in Au
gusta. She is Connected
With Prominent Car
olina Families.
Special to The Herald.
COLUMBIA. S. C. —Miss Virginia
Wardlaw, who is being held by the
grand jury at Orange N. J., in con
nection with the Ocey Snead bath
mb murder mystery, which is attract
ing so much attention throughout the
country, is well known in Columbia,
and is related by blood or marriage
lo most of the old families of the
state which shaped the business, po
litical and social life of Ihe common
wealth in the old ante helium days,
among the South Carolina families
related to her by blood or marriage
ties are the Wardlaws of Columbia,
Abbeville, Yorkville, Augusta and
Virginia, the McGowans, the Perrins,
llio Moormans, ihe Lewises, tho Per
rins, the Virginia family of Smith
settling in South Carolina, the With
erspoons and others. She is connect
ed In the same way with many of
the old families of Virginia and Geor
gia.
Miss Wardlaw was the daughter
of the Itcv. John 11. Wardlaw, of Ogle
thorpe, Gil., where her sister married
Fletcher T. Snead, a Confederate vet
eran and prominent lawyer. The wife
of the Rev. Mr. Wardlaw was an
Eastern woman. Ho was for a quar
ter of a century prominent in the
Georgia Methodist conference. The
Wardlaws and the Sneads were very
reserved people and their mansion at
Oglethorpe became known among tho
neighbors as the "house of mystery.”
A few years ago the surviving mem
bers of Ihe family left Oglethorpe and
did not give their destination. This
caused a deal of Idle gossip, a thing
the two families appear to have suf
fered from recently in the east.
Known in Columbia.
Miss Wardlaw was in Columbia in
April, 1905, with tho Ogden party on
Urn occasion of the meeting here of
Hit! Conference for Education In the
South, and she and her mother, Mrs.
Martha Wardlaw, who was in Colum
bia with the accused teacher, are
pleasantly remembered by many Co.
lumbians. The visitors stopped at
one of Ihe Columbia hotels.
Miss Wardlaw is a sister of the Rev.
Dr. A. (i. Wardlaw, a Presbyterian
minister al Union, who has Just re
linquished ills charge there on ac
count of what Is said to tie rather
unjust treatment of him in connec
tion with some cotton mill stock In
one of (ne mills which failed there.
A long distance phone message to
Union revealed that he had just left
for Virginia, in the Interest of hia
sister II Is thought. The Rev. Mr.
Wardlaw has accepted a call to Pa
la tka, Fla. lie at one time had a
charge in Laurens, after which ha
preached several years in Charles
ton, going to Union from Charleston.
He lias a son, John B. Wurdlaw, liv
ing in Spartanburg.
Another brother of Miss Wardlaw,
Ihe late Rev. John 11. Wardlaw, who
attained literary distinction, is also
well known In tills state and Geor
gia He was originally a Methodist
minister, but after a course at Prince,
ton changed Ills faith to Presbyterian.
He preached for a number of years
in Augusta, where now reside a num
ber of Ids relatives by the name of
Wardlaw. He won the Literary Fel
lowship at Princeton in 1878.
A picture printed in the New York
World of Mlsk Wardlaw with her class
of grailuai.es at Soule College was
instantly recognized when shown to
Columbians who had met Miss Ward
law when she was here with the Con
ference for Education in the South.
Tho splendidly defined features shows
her to In- a woman of refinement and
breeding. At the time of the finding
of Mrs. Snead's body Miss Wardlaw
was in the north trying to raise mon
ey for tier college.
Miss Wardlaw Favored.
Recent accounts In the New York
newspapers In persuit, of a solution
for the mystery Indicate that the
tide is turning strongly in favor of
Miss Wardlaw, ami it Is believed she
v/l!I be released In a few days coin
pletoly exonerated. According to her
New York friends the efforts of the
police to connect hor with the crime
is nothing short of an outrage and Is
believed to be the outcome of curios
ity among neighbors who could not
understand the well bred reserve
| wtilch kept them at a distance. Mrs.
Mary Snead, mother of Fletcher W.
I Snead, who deserted the dead wo
man, and who is a sister of Miss
: Wardlaw, Is out in a strong statement
! defending Miss Mardlaw, and in this
i connection an agreement signed by
i Fletcher Snead is published explain
ing Mrs. Martha Wardlaw’s interest
'in the life Insurance policies on the
life of Mrs. Ocey Snead. Fletcher
j Snead assigned them to Mrs. Ward
| law In consideration of financial aid
he and his wife had received at the
I hands of Mrs. Wardlaw. The theory
! that Mrs. Snead committed suicide
'seems to be gradually strengthening.
jThls feeling here Is that Miss Ward
llaw has been outrageously treated.
