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The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. 1 NO. 175.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER, 16. 1906.
TJOfpr/. on Trtltifl FiVti CENT*
1 KIU«. U Atlanta TWO UINTa.
MS. CAMP’S OUTBURST IN COURT
MAKES DEFENSE ASK NEW TRIAL;
CONVICTION OF GLENN NOT CERTAIN
EXPLORER PEAR Y AND HIS MEN
ARE REP OR I ED SAP E AND WELL
r
Lawyers Say They
Know Glenn Is
Not Guilty.
dramatic scene
TN ASSAULT CASE
Conviction of Negro Believ
ed To Be Matter
of Doubt.
NEGRO JUST ARRESTED FITS
DESCRIPTION OF ASSAILANT;
GLENN TRIAL IS SUSPENDED
A negro named Will Johnson was
captured in West End Friday afternoon
by county officers and la being brought
to the court house to face Mrs. Camp.
He fits exactly the description of the
assailant of Mrs. Camp and had with
him several articles of women's cloth
ing.
The trial of Joe Glenn has been sus
pended until Mrs. Camp can see the
negro just arrested.
. A It hough In an Impassioned und dra
matic statement, Mrs. Annie Camp be
fore Judge Roan and a Jury of sub
stantial men, for the second time posi
tively Identified Joe Glenn as the negro
Who assaulted her last Tuesday morn
ing. when she took the stand Friday, an
element of doubt has been Injected Into
the case which makes the verdict of the
jury uncertain If the opinions of others
who have heard the testimony ran be
taken as a criterion.
The testimony of Mrs. Catnp was
tilled with dramatic statements, which I
showed that she was convinced that
the negro who assaulted her was on
trial, but It cannot be denied that this
method of testifying helped more than
hindered her case.
It took the court nearly two hours
to get down to‘business, for many
Jurors’ names were eliminated for cause
or at the challenge of the attorneys ap
pointed by the court to defend the ne
gro. Finally these twelve men were
selected to pass on the guilt or Inno
cence of the negro: '
Mike Shuman, J. K. Collier, T. W.
Johnson, A. B. Steele, G. H. Tanner,
K. Atkins, J. M. Alexander, A. H.
Ksterley, Gordon P. Kiser, Will T.
Henley, C. Frank Malone and B. Da
vidson. «.
A Strong Defense.
Charles Hopkins, Luther Itosscr and
J. K. McClelland, the lawyers appointed
to ttoe that the negro receives a fair
trial, announced to the Jury through
Mr. Hopkins that they had fully Inves
tigated the case and had come to the
honeat conclusion that tho negro was
hoi, uiul could not. have been guilty.
When both sides were ready for the
introduction of evidence Judge Kuan
ordered everyone except r .-prcaentatlves
Of the press, members of the bar und
officers of tho court to leave the room.
I’rlor to that time tho lloor of Iho room
«as packed with whlto spectators und
probably two dozen negroes were In the
gallery.
■Mrs. Camp was the llrst witness to |
iakc the stand. Hite was brought In In
a chair und wus very nervous. Her
mrves were unstrung und Iter testi
mony was frequently Interrupted vvilli
'■veiled remarks.
I <un feel the awful IiIowh now."
That black face will ulwuys be slur-
iag at me."
DEATH OF ENGINEER
10 BE INVESTIGATED
BY ROAD DETECTIVES
J. B. Pace .Failed to
Survive From Blow
on Head.
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O ENGINEER'S BODY HELD O
O UNTIL WIDOW RECOVERS,
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0 Without regaining conscious- 0
STORY OF ACCIDENT
TOLD BY FIREMAN
Will Keep Body Until Wid
ow Recovers'From
Illness.
Olflcluls of the Southern raflway have
instituted a thorough Investigation of
the accident which killed Engineer
Pace and will use all possible efforts
to ascertain what hit him. It was an
nounced Friday morning at the office of
the superintendent that the cause of
tho accident Is still vsUadJn mystery
and that they bave been unable to ob
tain any clew that would tend to shed
any light on It.
Fireman H. K. , Norwood, of 163
Kirkwood avenue, who discovered En
gineer Pace unconscious In the cab of'
Ills cnglno Wednesday *ulglit about
three miles beyond Powder Springs, has
made an offlclul report to the superin
tendent, In which ho says he bus no
Idea us to the cause of the accident.
As a result of the Injury to Engineer
Pare, Ills engine, us It thundered along
the rails with tho engineer lying un
conscious In the cab und with no. hand'
inunlpuliite It, burnt out und wus un
able to proceed further on the Journi
uni
The disabled engine
wus picked up ul Hlruni Thursday
morning by un Incoming freight train
and brought to Atlanta, It being ac
companied liy Fireman Norwood.
The iKindcrous locomotive failed Just
alsiut the tlino the body of tho engineer
wus discovered by Ills ffremnn and tho
train had lo be pushed from that point
Into lliu siding at lllrum by tho second
O ness or speaking. Engineer J. B. O
0 Pace, of 147 West Baker street 0
0 who was mysteriously Injured on 0
0 his engine Wednesday night about 0
0 thtee miles beyond Powder O
0 Springs, died Friday morning at 0
0 7:46 o'clock nt the Grady hos- O
O pltal. 0
0 Mrs. Pace, wife of the dead en- 0
0 glneer, who Is III at her home, was O
O Informed of the death Friday 0
0 morning by Dr. L. C. Brewer, her 0
0 family physician. It Is announced 0
0 that under the circumstances she 0
O stood the shock well, although 0
0 she Is In a very nervous condl- 0
0 tlon. 0
0 Mrs. Paco requested that ghe 0
0 be allowed to see the body before 0
0 if Is burled and this request will 0
0 be granted. The body was or- 0
0 dered embalmed and held until 0
O she Is able to view It. Dr. Brower 0
0 says this will probably be about 0
0 two weeks. . o
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section of the train, which was follow
ing cl'.se liciiinil. A nmi-ml . ..Ulslon
vvaa prevented by Fireman Norwood,
who quickly notified tin; conductor and
had a flagman sent bock to warn the
second section of the danger ahead.
FIREMAN NORWOOD TELLS
STORY OF FATAL NIGHT.
The detailed statement of Fireman
Norwood in regard to-the accident Is
os follows:' ‘
"I left Atlanta'on a freight Wednes
day afternoon about 6:60 o'clock. En
gineer Pace being at the throttle. When
we arrived nt Austell wo stopped for
orders. Engineer Paco left .the engine
und obtained his orders, after which he
canto back and shook my grate for me.
As we left Austell tire were given 'white'
and started off at it rapid dip.
Ill 11 FIGHT
II
Robbers Start Battle ii
San Francisco
Bar.
ONTO THIEF KILLED;
THE OTHER HELD
The Roosevelt With
Party on Board Is
Headed For Sidney.
Two Men Are iu Hospital
and They Are Expected
To Die.
Halifax, N. S.. Nov. 16.—The Arctic
ship RoosovelL with Commander Rob
ert Peary on board, arrived at Chateau
bay, Labrador, according to a dispatch
received here.
The Roosevelt had been delayed by
heavy weather, but expects to sail at
onco for Sydney.
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O Richmond, Va., Nov. 16.—In the O
O Baptist General Association con- 0
O ventlon this morning Rev. Dr. C. 0
0 T. Taylor, one of the ablest work- O
This picture shows the ship Roosevelt, In which Lieutenant Robert L.
try. U. S. N„ went In search of the North Pole. Peary eaaehed latl-
e 87 dogrees and 4 minutes, bringing to the United Sttaes the honor
Ban Francisco, Cab, Nov. 16.--Tw
men nre dead, two others are dying un
another Is seriously Injured na the re
suit of,a pistol battle In Uieatlemi.tr.
hold-up of tho saloon of George O'Cou
noil, at Sixth and Brnnnan streets.
All'compiled with the oi.i-t i
up their hands except George O'Con-
nell, a retired policeman, who shot nt
one robber. Botli thieves then began
firing.
When the smoke of the buttle
Cleared away four nten were lying on
the floor of the saloon—O’Connell with
two bullets In hts chest; Stephen
Iiyneh. shot twice In the abdomen.
Louis DeLutour, with hlx Jaw turn
away by n bullet, and Michael Ken
nedy, ahot In the ear. on the sidewall
oppoalte the saloon the body of one of
tho robbers was found und idontliini
os that of Frank Burke, on cx-con-
vlct.
O'Connell died auon after being taken
to a hospital, where It is said 1
of having penetrated "farthest north" In the history Of Arctic exploration.
- * i pole, or 34 miles higher than the point
He was within 206 miles of the pwi<=, —* s...
reached by the Duke d'Abrusal’s party. The diagram mop or the Areuc
region shewing Lieutenant Peary's course, with a photograph of the com-
tnander ut the left. The below cut shows Lieutenant Peary, Mrs. I eury
uhd their daughter.
•That wan the last time I saw Mr.
Paco until 1 disco'
ivered him uncon
scious In tho cab at u point about three
miles beyond Powder. Springs. We
didn’t stop nt this station. Shortly
utter passing there, the engine com
menced to exhaust as though In back
motion and I at once realised something
whh wrong. The boiler of the engine
ADMITS XHA THIS WIEE
WAS FOUND IN HOUSE
WITH SENA TOR PLA TT
O ora In southwest Virginia, salil ho _
0 saw no use In shouting and the 0 „ _ „ „ ,
O habit of "wallowing before tho O vnd DeLutour cannot recove
pulpit or crawling around on the O | John Byrne was arrested
hands and kneea. o | the roblier who esenped. A
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late
Continued on Pago Three.
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fac«! Oh, that fare!**
Facet tha Negro.
Nut It was when tho negro. who luol
I'Hor lo that time been in tho deten-
»*"n room attached to tho court, whh
l, rou ffht out that aho k«vo ven^to her
frHingn in tho moat dramatic way.
i h* re won no doubt that who at leant
Mleved that tdie wan confronting the
who had unsuulted her.
" h* n Glenn wus flnt pointed out
• Htet] hat lean behind the attorney*,
\ ne ho wuh not the negro. Then
, ,e demanded that ho walk out before
'° r . nnd1 on he did ao she burst into a
Bade of abuaa.
’Yes, that ts him! You low down
‘lack scamp! You're the one who
rcaled me so badly! 1 can see them
"it eyes. Oh! Oh! oh!" Then she
caned back In her chair, almost faint-
as her husband came over amt
aiothed her.
Hie negro took ull this calmly, and
'ii' ii she was through walked back to
o', sf at without a word.
in« Jury was ordered to leave the
“bd tho attorneys defending the
"* r 'i asked that a. new trial be granted
icc.iuHc Mrs. Camp's outburst.
Asktd Nsw Trial.
Messrs. Hopkins, Rosser and McClel-
m. l all protested against proceeding
arther with the trial after such an
'ilburst, but Judge Roan overruled
h,M ol > the grounds that the Identlff-
a,lon would not have been any less
.sitlve had It been more calm.
•Mr. Rosser was especially earnest In
“'testing against a Jury which had
card such a statement having to
°5 the guilt or innocence of the
. 'T»ed.
.This Is a case In which I would not
‘He part had I not ■been appointed by
}? oourt. said he, "but now that X am
** 1 Intend to see that so far as tn
,,e * this negro has a fair trial,
iirough an Investigation which should
"t be placed before the Jury we have
convinced that this negro Is not
“lily. If that testimony Is ullowed
’ go In I tell you that as for the bal-
1 CB , 0 / * hta tr *al You had Just us well
inil It out by machinery—this negro
owlet have no more chance than a oa-
vy bird tn a basket of cats. We are
, llHr * simply to go through the form
'ending this negro to the gallows.
* ar " here to give him a fair trial. .So
>' -t* I am concerned I believe that
“ rest of this trial. If that evidence
admitted, will be a mockery nnd u
“'"sty. The result I* * foregone con-
u*lon"
Officers Till Story.
t-’-ainly i-jlictmcn iioblm-on ami
WITH HER DRESS ABLAZE
TINY BERNIE TELAFAIR
RAN OUT INTO STREET
Hcreuiniiig ill agony and with her
dress a sheet of iiaine, little llemlo
Tclafalr, of 40 Rhinchart street, rushed
Into the street early Friday morning.
A woman neighbor who saw tho lit
tle girl dashed a bucket full of water
on the flames and extinguished them.
Tho child was sent ’to Grady hospital
In an ambulance and Is not expected to
recover. She Is horribly burned about
the body.
The little girl Is eight years old. Her
mother. Mrs. Liiiulo Telafalr, Is a
widow and Is employed In a cot
ton factory some distance from
their* home. Friday morning the moth
er went to her work, leaving the little
Bernlc In charge of a six-year-old sis
ter.
While the children were standing be
fore the Are the dress of the elder child
became Ignited and she rushed Into the
street, where the wind fanned the flames
Into sven fiercer blase. The passing
of a neighbor suveil her life for a short
time at least.
By Broken Rail;
Fifteen Injured
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 16.—A broken
rail caused a wreck on the Grand
Trunk'Just Inside the city limits of
Woodstock, Ont., today. Fifteen per.
Dunbar told, respectively, of how they Tn^iw
hud captured the negro and taken him E ■ Mill W* I SVRCII
before Mrs. Camp, In practically the
same terms as stated In The Georgian
on the day of the crime.
E A. Pinion, one of the men who cut
tho piece of belt-lacing from around
the woman’s neck, said that he had
carefully examined the tracks made
hy a negro whom he had seen running
from the Camp barn when he came up.
hut that the shoes which the negro
wore In court—the same he wore on
the day of tils capture two hours after
the crime could not have made them.
The attorneys for the defense are
training their evidence to prove that
the crime lay at the door of a tall, black
negro from the railroad camps who tits
almost exactly the description furnish
ed by Mrs. Camp.
The trial will consume practically all
of Friday and may run over until Sat
urday.
SENATOR THOMAS C.‘PLATT.
Republicans are likely to ask that he resign from the senate at result of
recent marital troubles.
will dl
The train, due at 4:16 a. m„ was late
and running fast to make up time
when the accident happened.
The engine and tender got across
the break, but the baggage and express
cars and the three coaches left the
rails.
One of the coaches rolled down an
embankment, while the others werg
torn from their trucks and thrown
across the tracks. The Injured were re
moved to the general hospital.
KILLS FORMER WIFE
THEN SHOOTS SELF
Kneel,il to Tlie Ueorglsn.
Dsllsi. T"X.. Nor. 1C.-Charles Alim, o
funnel living near Jndwtioro. rode up to
(he pisei; where Ills wife, from whom he
wus separatist, wss living,
bsljs from !■ ’
RESPITE FOR KENNY
STAYS EXECUTION
Hpecliil to Tl«e Georgian.
Charlinton. K. *.\, Not. I*;.—George Ken
ny. sentenced to hnnir here today. trill not
tile. UwtttWf 2% l» III** day fixed for the
I hriti two \ execution.
lie
■JEST«irfMtoT through her bead. | The rase may go to the supreme court
. f h !’ ill* horse die! nele 14 III* fcnrjrert got the execution etsyed.
ll £h f S V !hot tlirotigb hi* Kcmy vru* convicted for the warder of
hemT Uvhw InTT.Ml.! * Btiel.a.ie de-nl f.lello lB Angi,,L
Busby, However, Says She Didn’t Know He
Was There ’Till Raid Was Made-- Sen
ator May Be Asked to Resign.
New York, Nov. 16.—Mrs. Winslow
K. Busby, of Highland Mills, Is the
handsome young woman who wus In
Mrs. La Munle’s house at 214 West
Thirty-eighth street, at the time Mrs.
Platt, her coahman, J. K. Hedges, and
private datectlves smashed their way
through a door and found U. H. Sen
ator Thomas C. Platt In a handsomely
furnished rear apartment.
This Information Is given by Mrs.
Busby’s husband, who declares thut his
wife’s visit to the house was perfectly
Innocent, and that It merely wus a co
CONDEMNED NEGRO,
FIGHTING OFFICERS,
PROLONGS HIS LIFE
The Hanging Is De
layed More Than
Two Hours.
Mpeclsl to Tin* iteiirgluii,
Milledgevillo, G«., Nov. 16.—At 2:5}
o’cloek Mims Devererux. the condemn
ed negro who had defied the officers
for more than two houre, wse taken
from hie cell and led to the scaffold.
He had defended him,elf v/lth a pieee
of iron and tome beer bottloe, one of
which he broke and triad to commit
•uicido by cutting hie throat. Tha at
tempt to commit suicide, however, was
unsuccessful, though the man scarred
himielf considerably.
! tho condemned men to the scaffold.
When they reached tho cell and un
locked tho door the negro squared
himself in one corner of the cage and
j wiftl a piece of a bar defied the men.
He raved and pitched like a mrd-
jr.-an and at 2i10 o'clock had not been
I taken from the cell.
Other deputies had been called in,
but they could lend no aeeietanc- in
diearming him. '
About 100 people were waiting out*
side of the jail to lie-r of the execution
and did not know of the fight for life
Lie negro wat making for tome time,
when it became whiipcred around that
the execution had not yet occurred.
Refused to Commute Sentence.
HpecloJ til Tilt; tlmjrtflau.
Milledgevillo, Ga„ Nev. 10.—Awaken
ing to a realization of tha faot thr.t
thara waa no meant of escape from the
gallows, Mima Davereaux, tha con
demned negro, prolonged (via life for
more than two Jiourt by a fight with
Sheriff C, Q. Croster and hiz deputies*
The negro hid exhibited an indiffer
ence during the forenoon and up till
the time for the execution . (12 o'clock)
arrived. At that hour 8hcriff Croeser
and one deputy went to the cell to'lcac,'
then took them away for evidence In
her divorce case. Is a diabolical lie.
My wife snw Mrs. Platt in the recep
tion room, where she was talking about
her trip-with Mis. La Monte. If Mm.
Platt had any suspicion that niy wife)
had been In the senator's room, she I
did not make that accusation there. I
“I understand that Mrs. Platt picked
priato thing for him to get out of the
senate for the credit of the jiarty and
the slate and thut now Is the time to
do It, us both branches of the legis
lature are Republican and tile election
of a Republican us his successor Is as
sured.
What Husband Sayz.
Mr. Busby silld:
"My wife and Mrs. La Monte have
been friends for six
spent much time In
puny and once went to the springs at | for Highland"MlUe, ahe had'her shoes
West Builen together. They content-! on. and I will swear to It. It’s awful to
pluted taking another trip to West Ha-1 tell^such outrageous lies about peo-
Kyr the second time the prls. ii
mission declined to commute the
tones of Alims Davereaux, the Hoi
county negro who killed another i
over a crap game dispute.
Thursday afternoon tho cotnmi;
refused to Interfere and the gow
approved this decree. Devcreuux
respited thirty days ago, after the t
mission had dcltned to, Interfeme.
showing was tirade before the ic-v.
that newly discovered evidence hail
veloped, nnd the respite tvns iihmi
permit Devercnux's friends opporti
to present these facts, • e
This evidence was not sufficient. I
ever, In the opinion of the cum
lilon, to Interfere with the exreu
of tho negro.
site
senator's room from the reception room
I also understood from Mrs. Ira Monte
vom-a Thev h,iv. ! * h “t the shoes belonged -to one of her
i rr.,ilv. „ I colored servants. When my wife met
i eaih other’s com- me mat afternoon at the ferry en routo
den this winter and were It not for all! pl *’ „ . «. .. ..
I Coachman Greets Mre. Platt.
incidence that Senator Platt was In
the house at the same time. this trouble they would be there
Want Platt to Resign. "Aly wife does not deny being at the ,. , ......
■■ l. | „ I1W that us a result of t house ut the time and slm has author- ! 1-odgc with her daughter. Mrs. O
It la asserteil now that us u tesiiii oi lz( | me |g ^ ‘ niody, after a day In the city, they w
"Airs. Busby wus not then* to moot * “ ] •— ——
the senate!. .She did not know he Was
In the house until after Airs. Platt and
her coachman and the detectives forced
nn entrance Into the senator's rooms.
Naturally, she Inquired what, the com
motion was all about, and then, for the
llrst time, she learned that the sena
tor was in the house.'
Were Not Wile's Shoes.
’Thul story that Mrs. Platt found my j to be Imorrlewod
the raid on the Thirty-eighth street
house, from which wus triumphantly
carried a pair of woman’s shoes as evi
dence, Mrs. Platt, In addition to the
agreement of separation, has obtained
61,040,000 from the senator. As an out
come of the sensational happenings In
the Platt faintly, Republican leaders
are now looking to Platt to resign from
the United States senate.
They are considering presenting to
When Aim. Platt returned lo Tlogu
Far-
. . ere
met at the railroad station by t'oacli-
man J. K. lledgts. Hedges, Who was
driving the Platt carriage, sliouud a
greeting to them und holding the reins
tn one hand, warmly shook hands witli
Mrs. Platt.
When Mrs. Platt and her daughter
had climbed Into the back seat, he
tucked the robes nround them. Mrs.
Platt talked rapidly to him and all
three seemed Jubilant. Mrs. Platt re-
‘ nd the three
him
ey aro I'otuilueiinK iirwnunn m • ,l,u r * "■ j rumu lo d© mi«rviewcu un
their vlcnx that it In an ai>nr#>. wife** «h*>c8 in ihe venator’a rpopi and «]rov» ntr (or Tl«>ga Lodge.
RIOGWAY'S DROPS
TEI CITIES FROM
LIST OF FOURTEEN
After this week RMg
printed In only four, las
teen, cities, as has been
the publication began.
In the foreword to the
week, which will M on i
this Important announcer
It la not stated what ft
be thus honored, but the i
that Atlanta and New o
omitted. It ts propoaetl
the purely local feature
and concentrate on two
crusade*.
Hffort* to see J«*npph tj
nt the Atlnnta Kitlguay's,
cessful Friday.
f..r this
u turd ay,
s made.
rttlvK
vtlt
umptlon is
n« will be
leave out
the future,
three big
