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DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN IRWIN HOME
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia:
Fair today: showers tomorrow.
VOL. XI. NO. 45.
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KILLS SEIF;
BIS WIFE
WITH MT
Son of Insurance Clerk at State
Capitol Enacts Double Trag
edy at Marietta Home.
CRUSHES MATE’S SKULL,
SLASHES OWN THROAT
After injuring the skull, of his wife
with a baseball bat, Hope Irwin, a
prominent young man of Marietta and
the son of R. (’. Irwin, insurance clerk
in the office of the state comptroller,
stood before the mirror of the dresser
in his bed room this morning at 2:30
o’clock and cut his throat from ear to
ir with a razor The moon gave the
only light by which he worked.
T'ite wife is lying dangerously
wounded at the home of a neighbor,
W. I). Aderhold. this afternoon.
Sin gained consciousness only a short
■ iie ig” Hour little children are be
ing fop by relatives. One of the
vo-iiiL-w ones was in the room when
tin tta- dy occurred.
'I 1 only explanation for tite catas
tro,.!’.- is insanity. Irwin and his wife
I" ■ l -i, married for ten years. They
a'rn'? atiptuiretl happy. The only ir
f'T’t' >rity in their lives was intermit
t'-nt attacks of epilepsy he stiff.
'.'■l Irwin awoke last nig. t
o'clock at th< crj’ of her little citil the
ic'.-nt’w: to it and noticed that her hus
d was sice; Ing soundly at her side.
Wife Awakened
By Blow on Head.
Ai : o'clock this morning she was
s' i : •' by a heavy blow on the
h-1 fl. In the moonlight she could see
■r ims'ii.-'nti swinging at her with a
cl :b which proved to boa baseball bat
b-Tmgit'”- to one of the children.
s • atti mpted to escape from him.
but la continued to club her. finally
break ir.jj the bat into pieces', but not
,; nt:l -t< ■ her’kead had been crushed.
S. rushed out into the night clad
only in her b d clothes, screaming for
V". P. .Tones, a next door neigh
bo , heard her appeal and rushed to
'it rosette, lb- found iter in her yard,
blood from •;< r wounds mingling with
hr-- < re i ming hair.
ll' carried her into hist home and no
' fled the p lice.
Policeman Stumble
Over Dead Body.
I ' heeim n Ellison and Drew hastened
the Irwin home at 106 Moon street.
I' r 'V. 11. Pe-.-R in son was called to the
tv of Mrs. Irvine.
" h, n the policemen entered the bed
■ "■in of Irwin they stumbled over his
body. bloody razor lay on the
dresser.
Irwin was 36 years old. He was the
■lirietta city salesman for the White
P 'Vision Company of Atlanta.
I here is little hope that Mrs. Irvine
" ill re, over. .
Ihe coroner held an inquest this
'■"filing and the jury rendered a ver
'■ "f suicide.
STRIKEBOUND street
Railway ordered to
keep service good
- . . -
n ’’M’TH, MINX., Sept. 25.—The j
‘ ' • t railway company here is facing
a >'iue problem today. In spite of
s'r.ke of its employees which has!
a led in rioting and the destruction
roperty, it must at once inaugurate |
•'nd maintain a service equal to that I
a ’nndoned September 9 when the strike
"as called.
I writ of mandamus compelling
yt'.i,,. was issued by Judge Dibell.
J”" court held that It could neither j
‘ o, ce the company to reinstate the
'"'rikors nor could it compel the men to j
r, ‘turn to work. But the company, it ;
"as decided, under the terms of its I
itsc. must maintain a piifflcien: ,
1 'y judge intimated that if disor
broke out either tile city ot
'y 'otnpany could reopen proceed-
15 MOROS ARE KILLED IN
BRUSH WITH AMERICANS
'I ANU, a, P. I„ Sept. 25.—Fifteen I
were killed and four members of
American constabulary were
’■bced in a fight in the interior. a<’- ’
to word received at military <
' here today. The Moros
pursued into the bush after kill- !
- Eilipino. Among the wounded
•'s Lieutenant Preuss, who was in
1 -rsia with W. .Morgan Schuster.
The Atlanta Georgian
fill IMUS
STHIPUHG'S
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i Youngblood Asks Governor to
Pardon Ex-Chief of Police
So He May Claim Bride.
PROMISED FATHER NOT TO
MARRY UNTIL HE IS FREE
1 Governor Joseph M. Brown again
l has been petitioned to pardon Thomas
I'.dgar Stripling, convicted, escaped and
recaptured murderer in Georgia, some
time chief of police of Danville, Va.,
■ and now confined in the state peniten
tiary for life in expatiation of his crime.
This time the petition comes not* in
the form of a voluminous roll backed
by scores of signatures, legal pleas,
and all of that.
The last Stripling petition filed with
I the governor came in today’s mail, and
it is signed by one name only, and the
only plea that accompanies it is one
• invoked in the name of the little winged
god of Dove. .
E. T. Youngblood, writing from Tal
lulah Falls, implores the governor te
pardon Stripling, not alone for Strip
ling’s sake, and the happiness of his
family, but in order that he—Young
blood- may claim as a bride Stripling's
daughter, Ruth May, w ho has promised
to be Youngblood's wife, but who, un
ifier former promise to her father, will
| not wed so long as he wears the stripes
|of a f l,>n.
Rer kable Letter
Extols Love’s Glories.
| Youngblood’s letter to the governor
| reads as follows:
Dear Governor:
I am a man who comes to you
with a heartbroken plea—a man
| you could make happy and save
from becoming a wreck.
Governor, this is a case I do be
lieve you will bear with me in hear
ing. You could not have the heart
to say no to what means so much
x to me, and take the pleasure of life
from one that God has set aside to
be happy. It is only through you
that we can bo made happy. God
tells me to call on you.
I am 39 years of age, and was
raised in the good old county of
Lee. I had a chance to cast my
ballot for you three times, but I
never gave this a thought, me being
a man who works for his wages,
and has to go around wherever I
can get work.
During a stay in the city of Co
lumbus I happened to fall in love
with one most dear to me. There
isn’t a sweeter or more lovely fam
ily anywhere than Stripling's. Why
make them unhappy, and keep
Stripling from his dear babies?
And w*ould you stop the enjoyment
of life for me? I could be a happy
man.
Open your heart, governor, so
that I can get this damsel who Is so
dear to me. Otherwise, I can not
get her, for her father’s request is
that she stay single as long as he
is in prison, and she is too honest
to do otherwise.
And I don't think there is an
other one in the whole world to
me like Ruth May Stripling!
Governor, man is not made to
live alone, nor Is woman. And to
most men comes a love some time
in their lives that makes or mars
them. And what wyman lives, who,
deep In her heart, does not cherish
the thought of the one who is dear
er than all to her?
Go vet nor, love rules the courts
and the camps—and the grave,
j Love rules the saints above and
men below for love is all! Love
s heaven, and heaven is love!
I am in earnest about this mat-
I ter. governor. Can I not meet you
I somewhere, face to face, and talk
the matter over in a heart-to-heart
way? I pray God may prompt you
to answer yes. Pardon Stripling,
governor!
Do not throw this in the waste
basket. Respectfully,
E. T. YOUNGBLOOD.
The governor is out of the city today
I and will not be back before Friday.
| What he will do with the communica
tion from Youngblood only the govern
or knows.
During his first term Governor Broun
I refused, after an exhaustive hearing, to
Ipatdon Stripling, when a petition,
I widely indorsed, was presented to him
I ‘‘.ir consideration.
His written and promulgated opinion
'hen in the Stripling case has since
become a state classic in Georgia.
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN ANT ADS—Use For Results.
ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1912.
•“THE WAGES OF SIN”;
• "The wages of sin is death." •
• quoted Rev. Dr. C. B. Wilmer to- •
• day when he vas told by The •
• Georgian of the suicide of a worn- •
• an of the underworld. •
• "The death of the unfortunate •
• woman is v< ry sad. But the man- •
• ner of he death is but another ar- •
• gument against the life she had •
• led. and not against the reform •
• movement." «
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POLICE CHIEF AND BOARD HEAD WHO ADMIRES HIS PLUCK
L.
James L. Beavers, head cf Atlan-
ta s po.ice, who, by his unexpected
move against the restricted district,
has virtually wiped it out.
i- a*?* at-
go. i V Im
illw" W -
Ek
A. This is Carlos Mason,
x /// PflLxV chairman ot police
board, who says he is
forced to praise the
chiefs nerve.
DISSOLUTION OF OIL
TRUST DIDN’T MAKE
THEM SPLIT OFFICES
Z \’K\\ YORK, Sept. 25. — Abner S.
t'oriell. New Yolk representative of the
Standard Oil Company of California,
which, before the dissolution, was a
leg of the Standard of New Jersey, tes
tified before Commissioner Jacobs in
the Waters-Pierce hearing today that
since the segregation he still maintains
quarters at 26 Broadway, the same as
formerly. Mr. < "orb'll was on the stand
less than a minute.
Richard Tinsely, treasurer of the
Standard* of New York, testified that
his company had made loans to John
I). Archbold and C. H. Folger, Jr., of
the Standard of New Jersey, but re
fused to name the amounts.
It was announced that Archbold
would be subpena'-'i the moment he
arrives in this country from England,
lie is expected to testify next week.
AGED MAN, VICTIM
OF DRUG OVERDOSE,
BEGS TO BE SAVED
<’ \V. M» »*ks, an agp<l man living at
209 Marietta street, is dead today as the
result of an overdose of strychnine
Mocks was found in a dazed condition
in his room, and was rushed to Grady
hospital. wlipfM h< died <»rtly afterward.
Before losing consciousness Meeks told
hospital physicians that he had no recol
lection of having taken poison, and begged
piteously that they save his life.
’ TWO DEATHS ACCIDENTAL.
LA GRANGE, GA., Sept. 25. After ex
amining witnesses for two nights, a coro
ner’s jpry here found that Sim Hardy and
Sam Newman, who were killed on the
Atlanta and West Point tracks on Sun
day, had come to their death bx being hit
by passenger train No. 36 Newman was
buried at R< ar.oke and Hardy’s body was
interred at Flat Shoals cemetery, thi
BROYLESBACKSBEAVERS IN
RESORT WAR; GIRL A SUIQDE
$15,000 DEFICIT FOUND
IN DELEON'S ACCOUNTS
The liabilities of Moise DeLeon, the
contractor who disappeared from At
lanta two months ago< exceeded his
assets by $15,801.29, according to tin
report of the receivers Hied in court
today The report showed that thr
business of the missing contractor was
not nearly in so good a shape as had
been anticipated.
DeLeon's assets, including real es-
SHOOTS DOCTOR WHO
QUARANTINED HIM TO
COURT WIFE; IS FREED
CHICAGO. Sept. 25. 'Timmas L. Reeve,
charged with attempting to kill Dr. Paul
E. Kelley, was acquitted today. Reeve
shot and wounded Kelley, charging Inti
mao between the ■•♦ or and Mrs. Reeve
He testified that Dr. Kt'llex kept him
out of his own home through use of
quarantine regulations while the physi
cian was making love to Mrs Reeve.
•••••••••••••••••••••••••a
• Archbold Saikt Sick •
• Os 'Being Bothered" •
• _— •
• SOUTHAMPTON, ENG., Sept.
• 25. Guarded by three men toward •
• off Interviewers. John I>. Archbold, •
• of the Standard Oil t’ompany, •
• sailed for New York today on the •
• Majestic. Mr. Archbold said on •
• sailing that he Is "sick of being •
• bothered about political exposures ’" •
tate. stocks and bonds material on
hand, cash ami the Surrender value of
his life Insurance policy amounted to
$45,015.19. Ills -liabilities amounted to
$60,316.47, a difference of $15.501.29.
No word has been heard from De-
Leon since he disappeared. His court
house contract is being carried on by
his bondsmen-and bls friends have
practically abandoned hope of bls re
turn.
WORLD’S SERIES TO
OPEN IN NEW YORK;
FIRST GAME OCT. 8
NEW YORK, Sept. 25. The National
baseball commi.-sion this afternoon set
Tuesday, October 8, as the date for
opening the world’s series. The Giants
and Boston Red Sox will play their
first gamy here on that date.
CHINESE, G. 0. P. NOMINEE
FOR LEGISLATURE. FOR T. R.
BOSTON. Sept. 25.—Charles Shue,
a Chinaman, the first to seek public
office In the United States and who was
named as representative to the state
legislature by the Republican organlza
| tion In Ward Seven, declared today that
he is a supporter of Colonel Roosevelt.
Shue was nominated to oppose John
L Donovan. Democrat
Shue is 39 years old, a native of the
United States, born in Seattle, married
and has three children.
Mayor and Police Board Head Not
Consulted, But Praise Chief’s Closing
of Tenderloin—Woman Ends Life,
Declaring Nothing Is Left for Her.
Allanta today discussed hut one topic—the order of Chief .Tame’i
L. Beavers closing the resorts in the restricted districts. Develop
ments have followed thick and fast since The Georgian yesterday aft
ernoon announced that the places were being closed by the chief.
The suicide today of a woman inmate of the district was the most
dramatic incident of the new regime. This unfortunate, ordered out
ot her house, slashed herself to death with a knife. “I have nothing
101 l to live for." she wrote in a note which was read by the coroner.
Late this afternoon the police declared that they had evidence
that the girl s death was a case of murder and the suicide letter a
"plant. ' Policemen Louis Whitley said the woman late last night,
had told him and Patrolman Corley that on Sunday a man had at
tempted to chloroform her, but she had awakened in time to save her
lite. She asked them for a policeman’s whistle to summon aid in case
id sudden need and they promised her protection. A man seen to
enter the house shortly; after is being sought.
Mayor Courtland S. Winn and Chairman Carlos Mason, of the
police commission, say they were surprised at Chief Beavers’ act.
Neither was consulted by the chief, but they will give him support in
his evident sincere desire to rid Atlanta of vice.
Broyles to Back Chief to Limit
Under Chief Beavers’ direction the police today began a wrir on
so-called “hotels" which arc in reality immoral resorts. Two men
and two women were arrested in a “hotel" in South Pryor street, and
other arrests will follow.
Recorder Broyles announced that he would hack the chief to the
limit with stockade-sentences.
John .1. Eagan and Marion M. Jackson, two leaders in the Men
ami Religion Forward Movement, which has been waging a spectac
ular campaign against the social evil, began today a canvass of the
city to secure homes and positions for those of the outcasts who are
willing to make the attempt toward leading decent lives. They will
visit the district and ascertain how many women will promise to leave
their Careers of vice, and learn what, work will be most suitable and
acceptable to them.
Atlanta politicians were dazed. The order by Chief Reavers ex
ploded like a bombshell in the political camps in the very height of the
municipal campaign, and supporters of the rival candidates are won
dering which way to turn, and how the new conditions will affect, the
respective candidates. Nobody ig willing to discuss the situation. The
reticence of public officials is indicative that, they realize that the
order will affect the political situation in an important way, and they
do not know whether it is wiser to praise the chief or denounce him.
The one thing most evident today is that the act of Chief Beavers
was absolutely free from the influence of politics and entirely inde
pendent of Mayor Winn and every other official of the city. Not half
a dozen persons in Atlanta knew of his order until The Georgian
reached the streets. He had consulted nobody, had asked no official
advice. He was chief, there was the law, and he obeyed it. And it is
a strange commentary on things political that the enforcement of the
law by an official sworn to enforce it could bring about such a storm.
Vice Commission Sidesteps Issue
Candidates for mayor say today that the matter is something
which will be settled before the new administration takes office, and
decline to give any opinion on it. The vice commissioners, whose re
port on the evils in Atlanta has been formulated after months of argu
ment, refuse to discuss it, and their report sidesteps all reference to
the Manhattan avenue district and merely urges a general reform.
On the street the topic is all-absorbing. There are many who sav
the move of Chief Beavers was a mistake; that the women who are
driven from a ‘‘regulated’’ and supervised restricted district will drift,
into residence districts and good citizens will be living next door to
disreputable resorts and in the same apartment houses with objec
tionable characters without knowing it until the disorder becomes
flagrant. But the chief says the women will be watched and the home
districts protected.
The order closing the resorts in
the restricted district is but a step
in the cleaning up of Atlanta.
The announced determination to
drive disreputable ''hotels" out of busi
ness wa* followed early today by a raid
on the Albtan hotel In South Pryor
street by Officers Sturdivant and Al
len, plain clothes men, under the direc
tion of Chief Beavers. Jack Goldberg
the proprietor, and Harry Hoodley. a
clerk, were arrested and held under
S2OO bond for ‘‘disorderly conduct.” Two
women, one from Raleigh and the other
from Asheville, N. C., were arrested in
the house. Goldberg has faced the re
corder several times before. ,
"Chief Beavers has made the great
est display of nerve, backbone and
courage ever shown here by a city of
ficial." today Is the opinion of Chair
man Carlos Mason of the police com
mission. in speaking of the action of
the chief yesterday in suddenly swoop
ing down on the tenderloin district and
JXTRY
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P 4; R N B O
virtually wiping ft off the city map.
"The chief worked this whole thing
out In his own mind, and then did what
he thought to be his duty, without con
sulting any other official or organiza
tion of any kind. His action is strik
ingly remarkable in this respect. He
never informed any member of the po
lice commission of his plans, and re
ceived no instructions from the com
missioners, either Individually or as an
official body. What he did was done
at the dictation of his own conscience.
He has shown himself a man of un
questioned bravery and courage.”
And then Chairman Mason added:
Chief’s Move Was
Surprise to All.
"Some time ago the police commis
sion voted that the chief of police
should be chief in fact as well as name.
That Chief Beavers is making good as
a real chief there is no question. His
single-handed extermination of the ten
' derioin demonstrates it thoroughly.”
Other members of the police com
mission express themselves along ’the
