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[VOL. XL NO. 110.
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BURNED
Millie Hogan, Foul - Years Old,
Mlothes Aflame, Ruhses From
Home Crying For Aid.
■rantic parent held
BACK BY NEIGHBORS
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MWiilie Bogan. one of four-year-old
Hpin children of W. C. Hogan, of 56
■<-■<, street, a mail carrier, was fatally
■urned ltd'-- tllls afternoon while alone
■t play about 6 heating stove In his
■ Mrs. W. vl. Davis, of 52 Mills street,
■ho, with Mrs. Mamie Strl-.kland, of
Hie same number, extinguished the
Haze quilts, was painfully burned
Hbou! the liands when she tried to
Hiield the little fellow’s mouth and pre-
Hent ' . from Inhaling the flames.
■ dr? Hoirar. the mother, made frantic
■ftoru t.. get to the blazing child, but
-
... f.-ai H.i she might be seriously
. I • ■ fellow. enveloped in flames,
■n 'creaming from the house to the
of .Mr.-. Davis and Mrs. Strick-
'ore his mother had gone just
i.- fore to return a cake
f: boy had beer. left, alone at
,:i- uiojln r intending to return
ui.ii.s diately. The manner in
H . mining caugiit. is not
■ The !■ r . .. I'Kiy was hurried to Grady
■ospital. ■ his condition is said to
fatal.
■ The Glic. twin is a little girl, Char
■wk
■THIRTEEN TEAMS TIED
IN SIX-DAY BIKE RACE
Knew YORK, Dec. 11.—The end of
sixty-fourth hour of riding in the
■ix-day bicycle race, at 4 p. m., thirteen
■earns were still on an even footing,
had covered 1,287 miles and 3
Bars.
■ Th- Suter brothers had not succeed-
in regaining the lap lost early in
■lts day and were one lap behind the
riders.
BB The former record was 1,278 mites 9
■ips. made by Root and Fogler in 1909.
■ At 5 o’clock, the 65th hour, the thir
■een leading team, in the race were 7
■J 111 ’’ and 7 laps ahead of the record
■ lth the fourteenth team still
■shind. The leaders had gone 1,305
■nlles and 6 laps. The former record
1,297 miles an( j g laps, made by
■S'e and Hehir, in 1900.
■J “HEAD RIGHTS” TITLE
| TO GEORGIA LAND BOBS UP
■ Phil Cook, secretary of state, has
summoned to appear before the
U 'w.i, court In Lake Charles, 1,a., De-
er 151 t 0 testify’ in a case involv-
■ ? some bogus land titles in Mont-
county, Georgia.
■ ie cas<- . „ m es from the old fraud
■an I , d rUdlts ” color of title to
' e < ’ eor ’ f ’ a - by the state
Kiiitr °f ' and grants early in the begin-
Ker r , ltl(r Kt ate’s history’ as a inem
■* ofthe American Union.
■title?? i' 10 " Hnd then one of these 01(1
■eraliv ° , Up some where. They gen
■"■fiia|are ' n ,tle hands of sharpers and
■carry '* nrt never have been held to
Bhc stale 1 m a ” y property ri Khts in
■ »L? c R J CE SMILES AT
NEWS of HUSBAND’S SUIT
11.—Mrs.
■rta n p„. ,rac e- against whom Eu
■orc- a) ' x- hils brought suit for di-
B*’hen inf ‘ " nan - Ga., today smiled
■lor, " iu.-d of her husband's ac
-1 " He w ani e ,
■t a.; " ann °y me further, that
■> i v " !f ’. tlraee. "And of course
■gre^,.,' d by havl ”K all the dls
■*tr n.-w1,,./ ‘' i " eS! ' Ro,le over again in
■S'.,. n( . " hatever he may say
■hail n ,., t ' me in the least. I
■n<j ' "Uth to reply to his suit,
■ ■ a,..i . '’<• necessary’ because
I hich J have brought here
!lll nate<l boon, 1 hope ”
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I and Thur » d «y; »"»«
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H ,n ’’ degrees; 12 noon,
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REFUSED 11
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Executive Considers the Case
Far Into Night, But Finds
No Cause for Action.
PRISONER FOUND SANE
IN THE FINAL INQUIRY
Governor Joseph M. Brown will not
interfere in the case against Robert
Lee Clay, sentenced to die on the gal
lows in the Fulton county Tower Fri
day of this week.
The governor, as he promised the
doomed man’s sister and father, went
into the record of the case against
Clay exhaustively. He could find noth
ing tn it byway of extenuating circum
stances.
To the executive mind, it appears as
if Clay's crime was cold-blooded, ma
licious and premeditated murder. He
could find no justification for mercy ol
cjlemency In the case.
Therefore, he authorized the an
nouncement that he will permit the law
to take its course Friday.
Considers Case
Far Into Night.
The governor was deeply touched by
the petition made to him by Clay’s sis
ter and father Tuesday. The ease came
to him direct from the home of the
people concerned. It never, has
piu-’se.d' upori by■’ihff'supreme court —it
never has been referred to the prison
commission.
The entire responsibility was thrown
upon the executive, and he sat far into
last night thinking of the case and
considering it.
It was weil after 1 o’clock today be
fore he definitely made up his mind
what his duty is.
Clay must hang Friday, unless some
extraordinary circumstance arises in
the meantime to save him. And this
seems most unlikely.
‘‘l can see no reason for Interfering
in the Clay case,” was the terse and
only statement the governor gave out
for publication.
That Robert L. Clay is feigning in
sanity; that his mental condition is
normal, and that he could break his si
lence if he would, is the finding of Dr.
James N. Ellis, alienist, who called at
the Tower today and made a thorough
examination of the wife slayer, doomed
to die on the gallows on Friday, De
cember 13. ■>
Dr. Ellis made his examination fol
lowing a written request from Attorney
William M. Smith, counsel for the eon
demned man. Similar reuuests were
made of Dr. James B. Baird and Dr.
Samuel H. Green, who, with Dr. Ellis,
examined Clay prior to his trial, the
first part of last June, and declared him
sane at that time. Whether these two
experts will inafke a further examina
tion has not been learned.
Dr. Ellis declined to give out a state
ment, but, in a report to Jailer Broad
nax, immediately following the exami
nation, he pronounced Clay’s mental
condition the same as it was when the
first examination was made.
Cell Floor Littered
With Cigarette Stubs.
He said the slayer’s phj-leal condi
tion is not quite as good as at that time,
but attributed this to his long confine
ment, the constant mental strain under
which he is laboring, and the smoking
of cigarettes. Partly smoked cigar
ettes and matches in profusion were
found by the doctor on the floor of the
cell.
Clay's pulse was found to be above
normal, but Dr. Ellis told Jailer Broad
nax this was due to suppressed ex
citement, anxiety and dread.
Asked by the jailer if he thought Clay
could break his long silence and speak,
Dr. Ellis replied that he could. He said
he was sure Clay is sane, and that "the
attitude of silence is merely a feature
of the role Clay Is acting.”
Dr. Ellis explained that he thought,
as a matter of justice to the doomed
man, another examination should be
made, in order to determine Clay's men
tal condition at this time.
Clay did not utter a sound during the
examination. When told by Inside
Jailer Roberts to hold out his hand so
the doctor could feel ids pulse. Clay
made no move. The jailer then took
hold of Clay’s wrist and placed it in
the doctor’s hand. Clay apparently
took no Interest whatever in the pro
ceedings
If Clay is feigning insanity, he, in the
opinion of Jail oflli lals, will collapse on
the gallows and brenk the silence he
has maintained since he shot his wife
to death on May 12 lust.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1912.
Joe Tinker to Manage
Reds; Eight Involved In
Biggest Deal of Years
Herrman Buys Corridon From
Detroit to Fill Gap in
Cub Infield.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—It was offi
cially announced this afternoon that
Garry Herrmann, president of the Cin
cinnati National league baseball club,
had completed the deal to make Joe
Tinker manager of the Reds next sea
son. President Murphy, of the Cubs,
has agreed to send Tinker, Grover Lau
dermilk and Chapman to Cincinnati in
exchange for Third Baseman Phelan,
Outfielder Mitchell, Pitcher Humphreys,
Shortstop Corridon and Outfielder
Knlsely. The deal involves the pay
ment by Herrmann of SB,OOO to Detroit
for Corridon. who will then be turned
over to the Cubs.
dressmakerslaivolved
IN SMUGGLING SCANDAL
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. —A woman,
giving the name of Mrs. Einelie Hal
dron, was arrested late this afternoon
as she was about to board a train for
Chicago at the Grand Central station.
She is charged with being the head of
a gigantic smuggling scheme, involvln
several hundred dressmakers in this
country.
She had been followed by treasury
agents for more than a year. Commis
sioner Shields held her In $2,000 ball for
a further examination.
' " ” ' -Z Rif "/ A y '■ ' ■ > rr<\! n . ■
Im vO
Bill Smith believes he has a live wire in this big right-hander. Donneiiv was bought
from the Boston Nationals, with which team he wound up last season by winning eight
straight victories.
RACES
RESULTS.
AT JUAREZ.
First —Panzaretta, 1, first; Real Star, 1;
Bula Welsh, 4-5. Also ran: Terrible Bill,
Loan Shark and Kosiris.
Second —Calethumplan, 15, first; An
nual Interest, 7-S; Elizabeth Harwood,
out. Alsu ran: Plum Creek, Angelas,
Autumn Rose, Tim Judge, Lehigh, Golden
Agnes and Balronla.
Third—Transparent, 2. first; Odella, 1;
Salvage, 3-5. Also ran: Kitty W., Flor
ence Kripp, Galene Gale and Louis Des
eognets.
ENTRIES.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST —Selling, two year olds, 51* fui -
longs <9): xJolly Tar 98, Ernest H. 100.
Sharper Knight 100. Luke Vanzandt 100.
Loving Mose 107, KJtty W. 107, Holabird
110, Mazurka 110, King Stalwart 112.
SECOND —Selling, three year olds and
up. 6 furlongs (10>: Tom Chapman 55,
xCamarada 10L Ora McGee 106, Sanel 106,
Buss 106, Dogstar 106. Pipe Vision 110,
Autumn Rose 110, Swish 110, originator
113.
THlßD—Selling, three year olds and
up, 6 furlongs (11): Janus 98. xTwicken
ham 105, Handadero 106, Love Day 109,
Miss Kern 110, Acumen 110, Lambertha
110, Clint Tucker 110, Lilly Paxton 110,
David Warfield 110, Lescar 113.
FOURTH—Selling, three year olds and
up. five half furlongs (8): Quid Nunc
105, Antoine 105, Zinkand 105, xLucllle
Allen 105, Uncle Jimmy Gray 108, Sere
nade 110, Orba Smile 110, Gold of Ophir
110.
FlFTH—Selling, three year olds and up,
5U furlongs <7l: xAmohalko 97. xDo
minica 102. Anne McGee 104, Gtlpy 110.
Napanick 110, Colinet 113. Sepulveda 116.
SlXTH—Selling, three year olds and up.
mile (7): xMlnnelette 100. Jim L. 105,
Royal River 105, Don Enrique 105, Malsie
Girl 105. Shorty Northcutt 105, Shooting
Spray 108.
x—Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear; track good.
GETS SIO,OOO PROVIDED
HE DOES NOT REMARRY
DENVER, COLO., Dec 11.—Upon con
dition that he does not marry again Emil
Desserlch will receive the SIO,OOO estate
left by his wife, Fannie Desserich, who
died in Denver this week, Mrs Desse
rfch’s will was presented for probate in
the county court today.
In the event that Deoeerlch remarries
half of the estate will revert to his
daughter, Julia E Deaaerlch, who re
ceives nothing as long aa her father re
mains single.
I HERE’S ED DONNELLY,
NEW CRACKER PITCHER
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FILL THE EMPTY STOCKINGS
Shall there be a single empty stocking in Atlanta on Christ
mas morning?
Shall there be a single person in the richest city in the
South who can say Christmas night. “I didn’t have my Christ
mas dinner?”
It is up to you to decide these questions.
The Georgian is starting a Christmas fund, and with your
help no child will be without its Christmas joys and no unfor
tunate man or woman without a wholesome Christmas dinner.
Before an.v announcement was made of this plan, several
generous Atlantans subscribed to the fund. If you are in sym
pathy with it send your contribution to the Christmas editor
of The Atlanta Georgian. r
The progress of the work and the plans for the distribution
of gifts will be printed in this paper dav by day.
Prominent men and women who are continually being
called upon to aid charitable causes were quick to respond to
day to fill the empty Christmas stockings in the poor homes of
Atlanta. Here is the list of today’s contributions:
J. M. Slaton $25 R. J. Guinn 5
F. J. Paxon 25 E. P. Ansley 5
R. F. Maddox 25 E. C. Peters 5
Forreet Adair 25 M. L. Thrower 5
J. W. English 25 S. B. Turman 5
John E. Murphy 25 Mrs. J. M.«Slaton 10
W. T. Gentry ... 25 Mre. E. L. Connally 10
George Adair 25 Mrs. Robert Maddox 5
Joel Hurt 25 Mrs. J. M. High 5
W. H. Glenn 25 Mrs. George McKenzie 5
E. H. Inman 25 Mrs. P. H. Alston 5
John W. Grant 10
Henry Durand 10 Total $360
GRAND JURY INDICTS TWO
LOCKER CLUBS IN MACON
MACON, GA.. Dec. 11.— Ah the result
of the Bibb county grand jury crunade on
locker clubx, two of the most prominent,
the Teutonic and the Macon, have been
Indicted for violating the prohibition law
by Helling Intoxicants to members as well
a» non-meinberH. It haw been held by
Judge Matthews, of the Bibb superior
court, that a chib violates the law if any
money iiasHee over the counter tn ex
change fur the drinks.
STRICKEN BLIND, THEN
ROBBED BY STRANGER
LOH ANGELES. CAL., Dec. 11.—Wil
liam Collier, 20 years old, a recent arrival
from Bakerafleld, was stricken blind
while drinking Ice cream soda in a drug
store and robbed of all his money by an
apparently kind-hearted stranger who es
corted him to the city receiving station.
PhyslcianH Haiti, after an examination,
that Colller’a bllndneHs was cauaed by a
hemorrhage and that probably he would
never recover his sight.
FINAL * *
CHILD KILLED
BY AUTO IN
MAZE OF
TBimc
Girl, Ten, Crushed by Delivery
Motor as She Steps Through
Line of Wagons.
DRIVER OF DEATH CAR
SURRENDERS TO POLICE
Caught in a tnaze of traffic, ten-year
old Ava Beauchamp, daughter of A. L.
Ilruuchamii, of 237 Bryan street, was
run down ami killed this afternoon by
an auto delivery wagon of the Capital
City Tobacco Company, driven by D. A.
Lowe.
A long line of stockade wagons was
making Its way across Bryan street at
the Boulevard as the little girl, running
from her home, neat by. started to cross
the street to visit her uncle who lives
on the Boulevard.
At the same time Lowe tried to get
through the stockade wagon line in
his machine, and the car hit the child,
hidden entirely from the driver's eyes.
Detectives Sent
To Investigate.
The girl was mangled and was dead
before aid reached her.
The little body was carried into the
home of the girl’s uncle, George Beau
'ctttmV, W. Boulevard, Xw Lowe pro
ceeded ttf the city stockade, where he
surrendered himself to the superin
tendent, T. B. Langford.
Chief Police Beavers was notified and
two detectives were sent to the scene
to make an investigation.
santTneeos hid
TO TINO THESE
GOMEN
Atlantans Asked to Remember
Poor Kiddies Who Face a
Cheerless Christmas.
In twenty thousand Atlanta homes
there are boys and girls busily plan
ning for Christmas, wheedling fathers
and mothers into promises of gifts es
pecially desired and making lists of
presents to be sent equally fortunate
ifttle cousins and friends.
Some of them, children of the fash
ionable streets, will be satisfied with
nothing short of gold watches or dia
mond rings. Hundreds have set their
hearts on bicycles or ponies or a newly
furnished room for their “very own.”
There will be dozens of automobiles
given to young scions of wealthy fami
lies; dozens of electric coupes for debu
tante daughters of the rich.
It is to be a Christmas of luxury, a
season of extravagance. Already the
shopping streets are filled with hurry
ing purchasers, already the show win
dows are being stripped of their
choicest offerings.
Homes That Fortune Forgot.
But there are other homes—hundreds
and hundreds of them—where the only
Christmas planning is for another
bushel of coal—for another week’s rent.
There are homes where the father has
earned nothing for many weeks, where
a widowed mother has been struggling
through the year to provide tht bare
necessities. They are not so far away
from the homes of the fortunate, for
Atlanta has no clearly defined "slum
district.” Some of them may be just
around the corner from your own resi
dence. There are many not a flve
mlnutes walk away.
And these homes have children, too —
children with hearts just as hungry for
Christmas joy as the boys and girls
within your own nursery, children who
face bravely the ordeal of insufficient
food, and clothing worn thin and awk
wardly patched; the suffering of long
days and nights in half-warmed, thin
walled rooms, but whole eyes flu with
tears at the thought of a Christmas
without a Santa Claus.
So the people of Atlanta, not only the
Continued on Page Two.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
M. CLEGHORN
DYING FROM
COCHRAN’S
BULLET
Tan, Not So Dangerously
Wounded, Rests Easily at
Home Near Ashburn.
MARCHMAN CLANSMEN
SWEAR OUT WARRANTS
ASHBURN, GA., Dec. 11.—The rural
quiet of the peaceful Amboy district
has been transformed today to seething
excitement, following the second clash
of the week between the Cleghorn and
Marchman clans, in which Tan Cleg
horn and his brother, Marlon were
grievously wounded by W. J. Cochran,
brother-in-law of Minnie Marchman.
the belle of Amboy, whose mysterious
death lighted the fires of feudal hatred
between the families.
Marlon Cleghorn is dying from the
shots poured into him from the gun of
Cochran. Tan Cleghorn has been hur
ried to his home, seven miles from Ash
burn. Peace warrants against eight of
the Cleghorn brothers have been sworn
out by Cochran and L. D. Marchman,
his brother-in-law, and in the meantime
the kin and friends of the two factions
are figuratively sleeping on their arms.
Call for Doctors
To Attend Wounded.
Telephone messages this morning
from Amboy district, near the home of
the Cleghorns, called for doctors from
Ashburn, saying Marlon Cleghorn is
growing rapidly worse. Tan is resting
easy.
After persistent persuasion on the
part of their friends here, Cochran and
Marchman agreed to swear out peace
warrants.
"My reason for objecting to this
step,” said Cochran, who did the shoot
ing yesterday, "is that I have to admit
I am afraid of them, which is not true.”
Deputy O. B. Jannan placed five of
the eight Cleghorn brothers under ar
rest last night. Three of the five were
unable to make bond and are now in
Turner county jail.
The two wounded men—Marion and
Tan Cleghorn—were carried seven miles
to their home by Deputy Jarman late
last night.
One of Cleghorns
Carrying His Gun.
One of the Cleghorns was seen late
last night at his home armed with a
shotgun.
"I have carried my gun constantly for
the last two days,” said he, "and. I ex
pect to continue to do so.”
Deputy Jarman is out after the three
Cleghorn brothers who were not ar
rested last night and expects to arrive
with them as prisoners this afternoon.
A warrant was also issued for J.
*'rown, a relative of the Cleghorns,
from north Georgia, but he left imme
diately after the clash yesterday and
has not yet been located.
Cochran and Marchman are about
their work today, as if the clash had
not occurred. They, are not the least,
bit disturbed as to the outcome. They
will stand commitment trial before.
Judge J. C. Fincher here tomorrow, ar
which time they expect to be freed.
Second Outbreak
Os Week in Feud.
The shooting on yesterday grew
out of the recent mystei-ious death of
Minnie Marchman. sister-in-law of
Cochran, sister of Lee Marchman anti
sweetheart of Tan Cleghorn.
Intense excitement prevailed in Ash
burn yesterday afternoon and last night
foilwing the second outbreak of the
week of the feud, when Cochran, .ac
companied by Marchman, shot Tan and
Marion Cleghorn, when they and two of
their brothers made a demonstration
toward Cochran and Marchman, who
were about to leave town for their
homes in Amboy district. After the
shooting Cochran and Marc.hman gave
themselves up. Officers took the
wounded Cleghorns into custody. The
others hastened to their home in the
country, where officers late last night
arrested live members of the Cleghorn
family. All were, brought to Ashburn
without show of resistance.
Sentiment here is largely with Coch
ran and Marchman.
Both Sides
Ready for Clash.
Cochran and bls b®tlier-in-law, Leo
Marchtnan, came to Ashburn early yes
terday morning and were followed by
four of the Cleghorn brothers, tv ho ap
parently came purposely to get Cocli
ran and Marohman.
Tlie shooting took place at 3; la
o'clock on one of the main streets ot
the city and was witnessed by a doser
