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TEN ERGINEER TOLD Of 81HIS LIFE Defense Surprised When Attorney for Mrs. Brokaw Rested His Case. NEW YORK —The defense was tak en by surprise Friday in the suit of Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw against W. Gould Brokaw. miner and yachtsman, when Arthur J. Baldwin, attorney for Mrs. Brokaw’, suddenly rested his caxe at Mineola, L. I. J. Bullard Blair, brother of the plain tiff, was the first witness called, find when he left the stand Baldwin an nounced that he rested. The court refused to entertain a motion made by Attorney Mclntyre to dismiss the case. Young Blair, on the stand, went over the Brokaw** dispute in France, in which the husband threatened to di vorce his wife for abandonment un der the French law’, according to tin plaintiff. "Mr. Brokaw told the hotel mana ger to Intercept all my sister's mall and to have her followed,” Blair said. "When I taxed Mr. Brokaw with this he denied It. The manager, however, admitted It, and told me ho had told Brokaw to go somewhere els* to get someone to follow my sister.” When the plaintiff’s case was rest ed, Attorney Mclntyre sought to have Attorney Baldwin say whether the separation was asked on the ground of cruelty or for abandonment. He sought to have many passages of Mrs Brokitw’s testimony stricken from the record. Justice Putnam decided against him time after time. Harry Knox, an engineer who prom ised to take care of Brokaw at High Point, N. 0., on New Year’s Eve, 11*08, was the first witness for the defense. Knox was Invited In October 1007 to go there to meet Mrs. Brokaw, he said. "They wqre living In a log cab in while the main house was being renovated. Their conduct was charm ing—they acted as a bride and groom should.” He painted a glowing picture of tur tle doves, and said the situation was the samo when ho returned In Decem ber. “Everything was rose-colored and sky-blue,” he said. About the time of Mrs. Brokaw*e at tempt on her life, Knox said, he found Brokaw walking In the hall outside of her room, wringing his hands and cry Ing. “Mr. Brokaw acted as If he were mentally unbalanced. For three or four days he remained in a frenzied condition—frenzied with grief. i>r Battle recommended that they sepa rate and forget their childish quar rels,” continued Knox. FEW) THAT KELLNER GIRL IS MURDERED L/OUIBVI].I.E, K.v. —Fearing that 8 year old Alma Kellner, thought to have let»n kidnapped, has been murdered, the authorities Friday turned their attention to a search for her body. Particular attention wna paid to new er*. Four crews of city employes, jpn der the direction of street Superin tendent Shumate ami the police, went through every street and alley and ex plon d the sewers for six blocks about the Kelinerr home. Hours of work re vealed nothing. The IROO reward of fered by Governor Willson and oth ers has brought no response, It was announced Friday. CHARACTER WITNESSES CIN'T HELP ALLEGED NIGHT RIBER Those Cloar anti Johnson Had Were Either Rel atives or Persons Not Knowing Them Well. * UNION CITY. Tenn. —Arthur Clear Md Garrett Johnson, defendants In tho night rider trial, Friday fell back tin diameter witnesses, and an at. tempi to provo alibi conclusively. The charactor of tho men accused of netnK uspectlvely a member and the leader of the gang that killed Cspt. Quentlne Rankin at ReeUfoot l.ake, on October 19, 1909, was tee titled to by witnesses who proved no lie their relatives or persons living far front them. One admitted that he "its a trustee of the night rider fund Some ' of the witnesses denied ever seeing a night rider. AVIATOR OGILVIE INJURED IN FRANCE DOVER, England. -Thrown to the ground by a plunge ol his speeding aeroplane. Aviator Ogllvle was badlj hurt Friday near Rye. The plane was almost demolished. Ogllvle, who was eieklng a trial (light, was hurt about the hesd and faee. REPORT ON COOK’S RECORD’S SATURDAY COPENHAGEN. The examination of l>r. Frederick A Cook'* data re garding his alleged discovery of the pole Is almost completed. It was as sorted this afternoon that the find ings of the University of Copenhagen committee might he returned Satur day. The committee Friday declined to consider the statements of Capt. A. W Loose and George H. Dunkle, of New York, who declared they pre pared his data for Ur. Cook. WESTERN ENGINEER KILLED. EI.I.KNDALE, Minn.—Alfred Kud ton, of Cedar Rapid*. lowa, engineer, was killed and tils fireman, John Johnson of Albert Lea, Minn,, hadly Injured In a rear-end collision on tin Rock Island road Friday. FRENCH MYSTERY GROWING DEEPER Police Work on Amazing Theory That Gouin Mur der May Have Con nection With Steinhell Case. PARIS. The mysterious death of Mine, (iuoln, widow of the late Gov ernor of the Bank of France, Edouard Gouin, baffled the police Fri day but they worked on one amazing theory that she was murderer! ;ih ;-n aftermath of the recent trial of Mm*-. Marguerite Ste inhell, acquitted of the charge of murdering he r husband and supmothcr. The- death of Mrne. Gouin, according to this latest Information, reaches back Into the days of the Dreyfus case and involves se-en ts m the utmost Importance-. The theory Is that Mrne. Gouin, whoso body was found by the rail road true-ks near Kontatnebleu, was thrown from a railroad carriage whiio on her way to Pari* with Information that would throw new light on the Btolnheil and Dreyfus cases. The disappearance* of some? of Mrne. Gouin s Je-wels Is believed to be mere ly a blind and the theory of suicide hardly credited. SUGAR TRUST CASE IN JURY’S RIOS Judge Martin Told Jury to he Governed Entirely by the Evidence. NEW YORK. Tho fate of the six men charged with defrauding the K <JV eminent while employes of the sugar j trust Is In the hands of the jury. Judge Marlin completed his charges shortly after the defense had finish ed summing up and tho Jury retired at 12:45 p. in. Five of the defendants are Oliver Spltzer, former dock superintendent; and former assistant weighers Thos. Kehoe, Ptrlck J. Iltnnessy, John R. Coyle, Edward A. Boyle. The sixth and most Important Is James E. Ben dernagel t formerly cashier at the Brooklyn plan of tho American Sugar Refining company. The trial started November 29 in tho United Slates circuit court, a week after tho blanket Indictment handed la last spring had been amended. The men were tried on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the govern ment of customs duties. Judge Martin's Instructions were ro garded as slightly favorable to the government’s cause. "You are to be governed entirely," ho concluded "by tho evidence against these six men. It does not make any dl iTsirenco whether you think they were the chief beneficiaries of their evil doing. If you And evidence of this conspiracy and fraud you must return a verdict of guilty.” Prose cutor Htlmson admitted Friday that the trust oftlchU arrested Thurs day and released on SIO,OOO ball was Krnest W. Oerbraht, former superin tendent of the Williamsburg plant. It was reported Friday that a higher ot llelol will soon be indicted. COLUMBIA WILL GET SEMINARY Lutheran Seminary which la at Mount Pleasant, Near Charleston, will he Moved to Columbia. Special to Tho Herald. COLUMBIA, H. c. Secretary Moor, man of tho Coluinblß Chamber of Commerce, got back from Salisbury Friday, bringing the news that Co lumbia had won the Lutheran Sem inary In tho contest with Charleston, Salisbury and Charlotte. It was af ter midnight before the committee reached a decision and fourteen bal lots wtrt necessary. Tho final vote j was: Columba q>, and Charleston and Snlshury 4 each, Charlotte beng out of tho running. DEATH OF J. BUFORD AT BLYTHE FRIDAY News was received In the city Frl- j ' day morning of the death of Mr. John j Buford at Blythe Friday morning. : Air. Buford was a man of 50 years of Hup- dud had been sick only four i d —s. Surviving him are (wo daughters, | Mrs. William Franklin and Mrs. Os- : ear Bast on, both of whom reside at No. 1559 Walton Way. The funeral j arrangements will be made after the arrival of the body In Augusta on the Friday evening train over the Au gusta Southern railroad. NOMINATED HIMSELF, LAWYER IS ARRESTED BOSTON. — John C. Hadlock, a law-< yor who filed impel* nominating him self for mayor of Boston was arrested Friday on un Indictment of forty j counts charging him with violating ihe chnstlon law In tiling false* paper* I of nomination. CHATTANOOGA MAN COMMITTED SUICIDE ' CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.—Jos Cow ell. aged 60, killed himself early Frl j day morning by taking earbollc aetd. He was a carpenter. I—■ REWARD OFFERED j REWARD OFFERED TO PARTY Minding and returning to O. A. Dur ian. 1259 Kills street. black Oolite dog. with white ring around neck, cot tar on when lost. dl9j» Millionairess io Wed Poor Man * Mbs* Fleetra Ilavcrmeyer, daughter of the former Sugar Trust head, and heiress to n largo portion of his $20.- 000,000 estate, who is to be married to Jus. Watson Webb, a young man who has flouted wealth for two years, pre ferring to earn a living by hard work. He is connected with the Chicago and Northwestern railroad nt Milwaukee. Jlo begin In overalls, but now holds an offa »• tori;ion. LEOPOLD WILL BE BURIED WEDNESDAY Bitter War Between Leo pold’s Wife and His Dis owned Daughter Broke Out Immediately Aftex* Death of King. BRUSSKI.S -Scarcity had the bocry of Leopold 11. klnj? of the Belgian., who died at 2:35 o'clock Friday morning, been arrayed In the uniform of a lieutenant general to lie rn state, before a bitter war between Baroness Vaughan, Leopold's wife and long-time friend, and his disowned daughter. Princess Louise of Saxe Coburg, broke out Friday. Under the direction of Princes* Louise, an attorney closed the villa at Laeken, near tho Palms Pavilion m which tho king died, where Baroness Vaughan had been staying. Agalnsi the protests of the baroness the villa was legally sealed, and its occupant forced to vacate. She hurried quietly to Ballincourt. In spite of tho fact that tho Pope announced at Rome Friday that Leo pold’s marriage to Baroness Vaughan was valid in ttie eyes of the church, and that the widow would he glv-n tho protection of the Vatican Prin cess Louise by this move announceu tho outbreak of a bitter war. He ob ject ts to drive the baroness from Bel gium and Into seclusion. The funeral of King Leopold will take place Wednesday. The following day Prince Albert will take the oath of office before tho assembled parliament, and swear to uphold tho constitution. TAFT FAVORS THE CHANGING OF DATE President Using His In fluence to Have Date of Inauguration Day Changed. WASHINGTON. D. C.—The presi dent Is using his influence in a quiet way In favor of the bill now pending In congress to change the date of tho Inauguration Of presidents of this country from Marh 4 to the last Thursday in April. With the aid of the administration there scorns to he little doubt that the measure calling for an amend ment to the constitution to accom plish the change will bo adopted by both tho house and the senate. SISTER IN LAW OF PRESIDENT DEAD Mrs. Horace Dutton Tnft Died After Operation In Johns Hopkins Hospital. IIALTIMORF., >ld. Following a second operation. Mrs. Horace Dut ton Taft, sister-in-law of President Taft, died early Friday at Johns Hop kins hospital Mrs. Tnft was first operated on here six weeks ago. latter ! she started for Florida to recuperate, but was again stricken. The second 1 operation was performed a few days | eso. Mr. Taft Is the head of tho , Taft school at Watertown, Conn. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, Gjfl. JURY OUT EIGHTEEN HOURS IN LARCENY AFTER TRUST CASE On?- of the most interesting cases that has been heard at the present term of the superior court is that of thf- State against liattie Holmes charged with Larceny after trust, thv. charge against her being that she “te;,t" a lawyer or in fact two law yer, out of $lO, and then the late* r,> opment after the case had gone to tii? jury which was after eighteen hours unable to decide upon a verdict, and consequently a .mistrial was d? red. Hattie was represented by Mr. E. Foster Brigham, the you*.* lawyer who was recently admitted to practice in the courts of Georgia, this being his first case in the superior court, and the case went to the jubj at 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon. The PRESSING CLUB THIEF SENTENCED James Tolbert, Who Sys tematically Robbed Pat rons, Gets Heavy Sen tence. James Tolbert, the ..pressing club thief,” pleaded guilty in the superior court Friday morning and was sen tenced on six charges at the rate of SSO fine or three months for each. Tolbert, it will be recalled, had, when conducting a pressing club, a system of not returning the clothes of his patrons and when detected he had a number of charges entered against him. FIVE INDICTED 010 NOT APPEAR Judge Hammond Issued Bench Warrants For Ar rest of Parties and Or dered Them Placed in Jail. On the opening of court Friday morning it was found that five pet sons were Indicted by the grand jury for trial for various offences and were out on bond were not present, and Judge Hammond issued bench war rants for their arrest. The sheriff was Instructed to arrest the parties and place them in Jail without the privilege of giving bond. BOND CASES END SUPERIOR COURT All of the felony cases docketed in the criminal superior court with the exception of the cases of persons now out on bond were finished Thursday morning. The bond cases will now receive the attention of Solicitor Gen eral Reynolds. The case of tho State against Thos. Green alias Sid Vance resulted In a verdict of "not guilty” for the defen dant. Vance Is an expert crap shoot er and the charge on whFh b» was hailed to court was for killing a com. panion in a game at a place outside the city limits. It Is expected the present term of the superior court will be closed dur ing the present week. The grand Jury will meet on the third Monday in Jan uary for the purpose of preparing a report on county affairs and will also make a presentment of cases to be tried at the January term of the court. HARDWICK WANTS TO KNOW HOW MUCH WAS SPENT ON ASTOR Introduced Resolution in House in Effort to As certain Ho w Much Money the Government Frittered Away. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Represents tive Thomas W. Hardwick, of Georgia, has gone on the trail of the govern ment to find out just how much money was frittered away In the hunt for the yacht of Col. John Jacob Astor, when It was recently reported to have been lost In West Indian waters. He has Introduced In the house a resolution which has been referred to the naval affairs committee calling on the secretary of the navy for in formation as to how much money was spent In the search for the Astor craft. Best selected stock of Books in city at Pendle ton’s Book Store. CHATTANOOGA GETS PITCHER MIEEER CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—Fred Mil ler. the .star south paw twirler of the Sally league last year who was r<»- called from Columbia by Mobile and I later drafted by Brooklyn has been turned over to the local club. Scotty i Alcoek lias also been turned over to the local club by Brooklyn. Secretary Farrell has announced that Mobile will secure Catcher Meek, by draft from the local club. Cut prices on Calendars and Pictures at Pendle j ton’s Book Store. Jury remained out all Thursday night and Friday morning when it came into court it surprised Judge Hammona and every one else in court when they announced that they were unable to agree upon a verdict, the jury standing seven for and five against conviction. It was almost ridiculous to believe that a Jury would be lockeo up all night In such a case, and Juago Hammond expressed himself as being much surprised. It was alleged by the state that Hattie had gone to see a friend at the jail and from the latter had re ceived $lO with which she was to re tain services of two lawyers to get out. The rest of the story allega tlon Is that Hattie failed to deliver the retainer to the lawyers. LABOR LEADERS PROBABLY WON’T SERVE SENTENCE WASHINGTON, D. C.—There is a belief among lawyers who practice before the United States supreme court that Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, the officers of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, who are un der sentence to jail for contempt of court will never serve a day of the* sentence. These lawyers, who have read the j-ecord, which is now before the su preme court for review, are of the opinion that the injunction granted the Bucks Stove and Range company by the supreme court of the District of Columbia was Improperly Issued and will be so held by the supremo court when that body hands down its decision, which may not be looked Kir until several months. The belief is the case will be remanded for a re trial. It will be no surprise if the supreme court is divided on the case, the main question raised being a con stitutional one. THE ELVIRA TODD CAGE POSTPONED Young Woman Will Re main Out on Bond Until January Term of Court. In the superior court Thursday af ternoon it was agreed to postpone tho trial of the case of State against Elvira Todd, the young white woman charged with assault with intent to murder, until the January term or court, the counsel for Mr. Watson, the young man who was shot by the wo man, being averse to prosecute the case. At present Miss Todd is out on bond, which will be extended until the January term. JIM ALIEN CASE IN SUPERIOR COURT Among the cases that will mark the closing of the November term of the city court was that of the state against Jim Allen, who is charged with assault with Intent to murder. Allen on October 16, 1909, started a disturbance In a store on Twiggs street and cut a negro named Shack Shepard. The case was brought up for trial Friday morning and prom ised to occupy the attention of the court for the entire day. E. FOSTER BRIGHAM RECEIVED IN COURT Promising Young Bar rister From South Car olina Received at Geor gia Bar. In the superior court Thursday morn ing Solicitor General J. S. Reynolds made S' motion that Mr. E. Foster Brig ham. a resident of South Carolina, who Is now engaged in the practice of law In this city be received Into the courts of Georga. Judge Hammond at once as firmed the motion. Mr. Brigham is a graduate of the Uni versity of Virginia and In addition to hl3 license in the courts of South Carolina he has been admitted to practice in the supreme and other courts of Virginia and also tho courts in the District of Co lumbia. Immediately upon his admission to the Georgia bar Mr. Brigham was as signed to a criminal case by Judge Ham mond. SEABOARD TRAIN *IS WRECKED IN CAROLINA No One Was Hurt in Wreck Near Raleigh Friday Morning RALEIGH, N. C.—Seaboard Air Line train known as the “Seaboara Florida Limited” No. 92, northbound, was wrecked two miles north of this city Friday morning. The train was moving slowly, just getting out of the Raleigh yards and only the mail and baggage cars left the track. No one was hurt All northbound trains are held here until the track can be cleared, which will be about noon. t ~, De Tamble, the durable car. A Xmas Suggestion In the way of a Sensible and Appropriate Xmas G ift A Year's Subscription lo THE HERALD There’s many a household here in dear old Augusta with some loved one away—far away from home, and the family and old friends. 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