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The Georgia Record.
VOL. 1.
GOLDEN SAYS
HE WILL TALK
And Tell All He Knows About the
Assassination of Goebel.
SPURNS TO BE CALLED COWARD
Bold Statement of Young Sergeant
Creates a Sensation Through
out State of Kentucky.
A special from Lexington, Ky.,
says: Sergeant F. Wharton Golden,
the man alleged to have made incrimi
nating statements in the Goebel mur
der case, arrived in the city Tuesday
night in company with his attorney,
Smith Hayes. They came from Win
chester.
Their movements have been kept in
the dark and their presence was not
known until several hours after their
arrival. They did not register at the
Phoenix hotel, but it is stated Golden
went through the rear door of the Phoe
nix and subsequently to his room in
the hotel.
Another stofy is that they were met
by a carriage and driven to the home
of a Goebel Democrat. As the hotel
clerk knew nothing of their arrival ef
forts to find Golden proved futile.
Many rumors are in circulation.
One is that Golden is trying to get
away from Goebel influence?/ but he
is closely watched. It is improbable
that he has given them the slip.
Another rumor is that ho was in the
city for farther conference with Goe
bel attorneys.
The stories growing out of the con
ference between Sergeant F. Wbarton
Golden, of the Barbourville company
of state militia, and the attorneys who
are managing the investigation of the
assassination of Governor Goebel have
caused a sensation throughout the
state. Golden will be placed on the
stand by the prosecution in the trial
of persons already arrested for alleged
complicity in the assassination, but in
formation as to the exact nature of the
testimony he is expected to give is
lacking.
“I will do all I can for my friends
all the time,” Golden is reported as
saying, “but I must first l»e true to
myself. When the time comes I will
tell all I know. Whatever else may
be said about me I do not think I can
be accused of being a liar, a coward
or a Democrat, and I want it distinct
ly understood that I am not here un
der guard.”
The story is published that Golden
has divulged to the attorneys the
name of the mau who fired the shots
that killed Goebel. The person men
tioned is a mulatto, who formerly
lived at Winchester, was prominent in
the French-Eversole feud and is
known as a dead shot. This man is
now supposed to be in the wilds of
one of the mountain counties.
Evidence that he was in Frankfort
at the time of the assassination was
found among papers taken from W.
H. Culton, a clerk in the auditor’s of
fice, when the latter was arrested a
week or so ago on a warrant charging
him with being an accessory to the
murder.
Among these papers were receipts
for board bills amounting to about
S3OO, incurred by eighteen men who
were in Frankfort for some time be
fore and at the time Goebel was shot.
In one of those receipts the name of
the mulatto mentioned is given. The
receipt in this case is for money re
ceived from John Perkins by Bettina
Pittman for the board of three men.
Perkins is a porter about the state
house.
GOTHAM’S, BIG DEBT.
The Net Bonded Debt of New York City
Beaches the Hundred Millions.
Comptroller Color has made public j
a statement of the New York city debt
on February 3d. The total gross j
funded debt was $36-1,195,859; the net ;
$258,312,484 and the net bonded debt
$258,340,084. There were then besides
outstanding bonds of various corpora
tions now wholly or partly included in
the city of New York amounting to
$4,385,391.
REFUSED TO CONCUR
House Does Not Agree With Sen
ate On Porto Rican Bill.
CHAIRMAN CANNON STANDS FIRM
Insista On Original Provision—Democrats, j
However, Were Willing to Avoid
Further Delay.
A Washington special says: The
house Monday refused to concur in
the senate amendments to the Porto
Rican relief bill. The Democrats sup
ported a motion to concur on the
ground that it would avoid further de
lay in extending relief to the inhabi- J
tants of the island, but the Republi
cans stood firmly behind Chairman
Cannon in his demand that the house
should insist upon its original provis
ion to appropriate not only the money
collected on Porto Rican goods up to
January Ist, but all subsequent mon
eys collected or to be collected.
When the Porto Rican appropria
tion bill was called up Mr. Cannon
moved that the house non-concur in
the senate amendments and Mr. Mc-
Rae, of Arkansas, moved concurrence.
Mr. Cannon explained the changes
made in the bill by the senate.
Mr. Mcßae said that the essential
difference between the two bills was
that the house affirmed the right of
the United to impose the Dingley
rates against Porto Rico, whereas the
senate provision upon this subject was
indefinite.
Members on both sides, he said,
were agreed that the duties collected
on Porto Rican goods should be re
turned, the Democrats taking the po
sition that there should be absolute
free trade between the island and the
United States. (Democratic applause.)
Mr. Bell, of Colorado, also advo
cated concurrence in the senate
amendments.
Mr. Moody, of Massachusetts, and
Mr. McCleaiy, of Minnesota, advo
cated Mr. Cannon’s motion, declaring
that the Porto Rican tariff bill pro- 1
posed to treat the people of the island
better than the people of any territory
of the United States were ever treated. ;
Mr. Swanson of Virginia denounced
the Porto Rican tariff bill as “infa
mous” and said the pending bill to
give back the duties collected under
the Dingley law w as an attempt to su
gar-coat the outrage. The power to
fix the duties on goods coming into
and going from this country w-as the
power exercised by England prior to
the revolution an dwas one of the main
reasons why the colonies threw off the ;
yoke.
The motion to concur was lost, 86
to 116, a strict party vote, except that
Mr. Thayer, Democrat, of Massachu
setts, voted with the Republicans.
The motion to non-concur then pre
vailed without division. The speaker
appointed Messrs. Cannon, Moody
aud Mcßae conferees on the part of
the house.
rooFin charleston.
Secretary of War Inspects New Forts
and Fortifications.
Elihu Root, secretary of war, ar- ;
rived in Charleston on board the trans- j
port Sedgewick Monday and immedi- :
ately went to Sullivan’s island to meet
Colonel Randolph, commanding the
First artillery, and Captain Sanford,
United States engineer in charge of
harbor improvements. At the colonel’s
residence General Nelson A. Miles
was found, he having also gone over I
from the city to inspect the forts, etc.
All went to Fort Sumter and after- |
wards visited Forts Capron and Jas- I
per and reviewed the garrison. The
usual salutes were fired and there was
music aud flags flying.
BEVERIDGIToFFERS SUBSTITUTE.
For The Porto Rican Tariff Bill—ls a
Radical Change.
Senator Beveridge, Republican, of
Indiana, offered the following substi
tute for the Porto Rican tariff bill, in
the Senate Monday:
“All articles coming into the United
States from Porto Rico or going into
Porto Rico from the Uuited States
shall be admitted free of duty, but
this act shall not be construed as ex
tending the legislation of the United
States or any part, thereof over Porto
Rico, aud it is hereby declared that
the legislation of the United States is |
not extended over Porto Rico.”
ATLANTA. GA.. SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1900.
DEFAULTER SUICIDED
Discovery of Kelly Brinsfield’B
Dead Body Clears a Mystery.
MISSING SINCE LAST DECEMBER
1 Young Man Preferred Death to Facia*
Hi* Accuser*—Dl*eorery Created Great
Sensation In Atlanta. Ga.
a
An Atlanta dispatch says: The
thick fog of mystery which has en
veloped the whereabouts of Kelly
Brinsfleld since December 29th last,
when he suddenly disappeared, several
thousand dollars shArtin his accounts,
and which has troubled the minds of
the police of the entire community
since that time, was dissipated Thurs
day morning by the finding of his life
less body lying under the front veranda
of the house at 45 West Cain street,
where he resided with his wife previ
ous to his disappearance, and from
every indication it was judged that
the body had been there since the day
he left his office for the last time.
It is presumed that Brinsfleld,
knowing full well th exposuree which
thieatened him, went to his home,
drank a narcotic poison in his room
aud then let himself down through
a trap door in a closet under the stair
way in the hall. Once through the
trap, he craw-led under the beams sup
porting the floor of the house until
he reached the brick wall near the
street. Then, overcome with drowi
uess brought on by the deadly drug,
he lay down for slee- In his pocket
he carried a nqsumably for
use should the drug V il in its work.
The body was discovered by a little
negro boy who was hired by the cook
in the house to go under the floor in
search of the source of odors which
had been annoying the residents of
the household for some time. He went
down through the trap door aud on the
supposition that he would find a rat
or dog, he began a careful search of
the space under the house and soon
came upon the body.
At the time of the disappearance of
Kelly Brinsfleld, his father, a highly
respected Methodist minister of Toc
coa, Ga., said that his son bad been
driven crazy by smoking cigarettes.
Strangely coincident with this declar
ation is a circumstance connected with
the discovery of the body. By the
side of the body lay a box of matches;
clutched in his fingers was a half I
smoked cigarette, and in his pocket
there was a box containing fifteen of
the tiny roll of tobacco, each with a
bright tip of gold paper on the end.
Kelly H. Brinsfleld was the kook
keeper for the Manhattan Life Insur
ance Company in /Atlanta for more than
a year before his disappearance. On
Friday morning, the 29th of last De
cember, Brinsfleld left the company’s
office in the Prudential building, and
mysteriously disappeared.
It was not known that he was short
in his accounts, but the mysterious
manner of his disappearance excited I
the suspicion of Mr. Prince, the south
ern manager of the company. It was
also found that before leaving the of
fice Brinsfleld had changed the com
bination of the safe, and it was neces
sary to bore a hole through the Lek
before the door could be opened.
The amount of Brinsfleld’s shortage j
was not know until only a month or so
ago. Mr. Prinee had an expert to
work on the books for several weeks,
and as a result of the work it was an- I
uounced that Brinsfleld’s total short- j
age whould foot up to about 87,000.
Brinsfleld was bonded in the Fidelity I
and Deposit company for $5,000.
Brinsfleld was counted as a young I
man of exemplary habits, his only
fault being his great fondness for |
cigarettes. He had only been married
a short time, the ceremony which |
made one of the city’s most lovable
young women his bride having been
performed by the groom’s father at
Payne’s Memorial church iu Atlanta
on September 6, last year.
The couple bad many friends in ths
city, and they had started out in life
under the most promising auspices.
Collodium Exploded.
One person was killed aud four seri
ously injured by a terrible explosion
of collodium in the photograph supply
establishment of Thomas M. McCollin
& Co., on South Eleventh streets,
Piladehlphia Thursday,
REDMOND RAMPANT
■ Leader of Irish Nationalists Talks
at Banquet In London.
; QUEEN’S-'W#T WILL BE. UNAVAILING
*-/ -
In Kliinnatinff Irish Hat
Practical Grievance*
Great Britain.
At a national banquet at
: Cecil, in London Tuesday evening,
John Redmond, leader of the nation
alist party in the house of com
mons, who presided, said he regarded
the last nine years of publie life in
Ireland as a hideous nightmare.'!
“Our reunion is sincere,” hft
tinned, “and there is notlxfiiH;-IffiF.
inanely speaking, which the
six Irish members of parliament Mw
not obtain from the exigencies of the
British parties. It is incredible that
British statesmen can be so blind to
the teaching of history as to imagine
that serious practical grievances can
be mitigated by a royal visit to Ireland
or by a British celebration of St. Pat
rick’s day.”
Mr. Redmond denounced the war as
the “most damning of which there is
any record in history;” but he evoked
tremendous enthusiasm when referring
I to the gallantry of the Irish soldiers.
Edward Blake, member of parlia
ment for South Longford, who pro
posed the toast, “Ireland, a Nation,”
was greeted with hostile cries.
A disturbance ensued and the police
w . .e called iu to restore’Order; ’
Amid the uproar, stewards were
sent for to secure quiet. A scrimmage
follow-ed aud blows were exchanged.
After a sharp tussle quietude was ob
tained.
Later, while Edward McHugh,mem
ber of parliament for South Armagh,
was speaking, a small coterie renewed
the interruptions, which developed
into a free fight. Many ladies were
present and became greatly alarmed.
Ultimately the police overpowered
the disturbers and ejected them.
DEATH CLAIMS BAILEY.
Victim of Cobb County Mob Succumbs
to Wound*.
John Bailey, the negro who was tak
en from the Cobb county jail at Mari
etta, Ga., by a mob Saturday night last
and riddled with bullets because of his
assault upon a young lady a few days
before, died in the jail Tuesday morn
ing, and his body was turned over to
his family for burial.
The exhibition of vitality shown by
Bailey was simply«marvelous, and the
fact that he remained conscious from;
the time of shooting until au hour or
so prior to his death is still more won
derful.
Baily had one ball in his head back
of the ear, two in his left arm, one in
his left leg below the knee, three in
his right lung, one in his loin and one
near his spine in the smali of his back
and in addition to this had a large
deep cut in the top of his head caused
by a blow with a piece of iron in the
hands of some one of the mob. In
this condition he lived for 56 hours.
Bailey made a full confession to
She»iff Bishop and Bailey’s father
Sunday, but Mr. Bishop had promised
that he would not divulge the confes
sion until after his death.
Bailey told Deputy Sheriff Anderson
and several others that he passed
along and frightened th© girl, but did
not make a full confession to them as
he did to Sheriff Bishop and his fa
ther. To them he confessed the crime
as had been told by the young lady
and fully corroborated her in every
particular.
PRINTERS FIGHT JOHNSTON.
New Paper Put Under Ban By Birming
ham Typographical Union.
The Daily Democrat, a new after
noon paper issued in the interest of
Governor Johnstpn’s senatorial candi
dacy and published in Birmingham,
Ala., has been put under the ban by
the Typographical Union of that city.
The new paper carried the label of
the Knights of Labor, which or
ganization is not affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, as the
printers’ union. The Knights of La
bor are, therefore, inimicable to the
printers’ union,hence the action taken.
NO. 39.
NEBRASKANS
■ FOR BRYAN
Democratic State Convention Is
Held at Lincoln.
POPULISTS ARE ALSO IN LINE
Delegates to National Convention
Selected By Both Parties.
Bryan Makes Address.
In effect William J. Bryan an
nounced at Lincoln, Nebraska, Mon
night to the Democratic party and
fl to th'e nation at large the platform
,'JiWUihe considers best for the’jßemo-
especially upon whiyh he
i desires to stand if nominated at the
; Kansas City convention.
1 The platform which was adopted by
the Nebraska Democracy in their state
convention, with the greatest enthus
iasm, reaffirms the Chicago platforp,
declares for “16 to 1,” opposes a large
I standing army, denounces the action
of the Republican party on the Porto
Rican tariff bill, declares against
, | trusts and “imperialism” and favors
■ the choice of United States senators
■by popular vote. The platform is
I practically the creation of Mr. Bryan.
' He did not write it personally, but he
! was consulted concerning it, and be
fore it was read to the convention he
! 4- ife ihrtnigrhem't. *-
The platform adopted by the Popu
list convention was substantially the
same as that adopted by the Demo-
I crats. It differs somewhat in form,
but conflicts in no essential point.
I Both conventions were enthusiastic
I for Bryan to the last degree and every
mention of his name was greeted with
cheers of delight and approval. In
-1 structions were given to both delega
tions to stand for Mr. Bryan in the
Kansas City and Sioux Fall conven
| tions.
| The Democratic state convention
was called to order at 8:15 o’clock by
' Jas. Dahlman, chairman of the state
I democratic committee. He announc
ed that Thomas J. Nolan had been se-
! lected as temporary chairman. Mr.
I Nolan took the chair and after being
presented to the convention made a
j lengthy address.
The temporary organization was
I made permanent and a committee on
resolutions was named. While that
i committee was out Richard R. Met-
I calfe, of Omaha; W. D. Oldham, of
! Kearney; W. H. Thompson, of Grand
Island, aud A. G. Tibbetts, of Lin
| coin, were chosen as delegates at large
to the Democratic national convention
at Kansas City.
While the convention was in the
midst of a row over the choice of al
ternates to the delegates at large, Mr.
Bryan appeared in the hall. The sight
of him put a stop to all business, and
the delegates went wild as he mount
ed the platform.
Mr. Bryan’s speech dealt almost
entirely with the three questions which
he has been discussing in vatious
parts of the country—the money ques
tion, the trust question aud imperial
ism.
He said that the ratio of 16 to 1 was
the only ratio that was discussed and
the only ratio for which any consider
ble number of the people of the United
States were working. He denounced
the currency feature of the financial
bill and said that the Republican par
ty had never in a campaign advocated
the retirement of greenbacks and that
it would not be able to defend that bill
before the country.
The Populist convention was turbu
lent from the start. There were nu
merous candidates for every position,
and objectors to every measure.
The committee on credentials de
cided against the claims of the middle
of-the-road Populists from Omaha to
be classed as delegates, and barred
' them from the convention.
After being denied admission as del
egates to the Populist convention the
middle-of-the-roaders held a small con
vention of their own aud appointed a
Nebraska delegation to attend the
Populist convention at Cincinnati.
They also decided to hold a state con
vention in Nebraska at some date after
the Kansas City convention.