Escape attempt leads to 21 year sentence for Charlie Jones
In a courthouse incident Judge Candler sentenced Charlie Jones, a negro, to twenty-one years in the penitentiary after a bold but futile escape attempt from the prisoners’ room atop the county courthouse. He pried up flooring, dug through the ceiling, and narrowly avoided capture as plaster fell in the sheriff’s office. The judge noted prior trouble and warned such a man cannot be allowed to roam freely.
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Charlie Jones
Candler
Jones
Sheriff's
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Josh Tye
Nelms
Starling Meyfield
Yanan
Jud Candler
Terry Cack
Oheat
Osiver Fogg
Anderson Aradware
Henry Seattle
Decatur Street
Strikes a Rich Find in Lancaster Opinion
F J Green of Lancaster New Hampshire says chronic indigestion and nervous debility troubled him for years until Electric Bitters. He adds his wife has been in excellent health for years and calls them a grand tonic for weak women. No other medicine can take its place in their family. Only 60c. Satisfaction guaranteed by all druggists.
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F. J. Green
Lancaster
N. H
Two Fires Ravage City Center Yet Building Scarred Not
Two fires hit downtown yesterday afternoon. Walter J Wood Furniture on Whitehall Street suffered a basement blaze that ruined furniture stacked for storage while the building remained mostly intact. A separate fire at 872 Peachtree Street involved a room on the second floor with civilians. a later chimney blaze at Decatur Street prompted department response. A minor afternoon fire near No 5 Fire House was quickly extinguished with no storm call.
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Walter J. Wood Furniture Company
Whitehall Street
Peachtree Street
Decatur Street
Strawberries Served on Erie Railroad Dining Cars
Montgomery Ala January 20 Special. Two failures in Troy were reported this morning. Miss Emma Galson a milliner was assigned as well as J R Darby & Sons clothing and shoes. The Darby firm operated a large house though figures are not reported.
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Montgomery
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Emma Galson
J. R. Darby & Sons
Engine Duper Gets Five Years In Southern Case
Ellis a Memphis imported machinist convicted in Atlanta before Judge Candler for willfully injuring Southern Railroad engines with muriatic acid. Trial tied to a machinists strike, with two engines doped by acid in city yard. State showed confession and pocket acid on Ellis, who faced potential new trial on appeal.
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Southern Railroad
John S. Candier
Criminal Superior Court
Elis
Atlanta
Memphis
South Dakota
Tillis
B. H. Hill
Southern Red
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T. W. Rucker
Charlie Hill
Supreme Court
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Eliza
Southern
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Candler
Emis
Cc&imt
Prisoners Talk to Each Other About Their Oath To Hill Policemen
In Atlanta six black burglars held at the Tower discuss an oath to murder policemen. Jailer Miller overhears secret conversations among Will Redding Fred Thomas Sherman Brewer Percy Jackson Will Thomas and Henry Thomas. Redding’s confession links the gang to DeBray’s murder and multiple armed plots against officers.
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Sailor
Poli
Miller
Anderson Hardware Company
Peachtree Street
Edgewood Avenue
Ngsroes
Jaller Miller
Atlanta
Jaller
Bone
Fogg
Decatur Street
Will Redding
Foge
Redding
Ston
Fred Thomas
Sherman Brewer
Percy Jackson
Will Thomas
Henry ‘Thomas
DeBray
Weatnd
Raiévedt DeBray
Neetoes
Way- Jay
Busy Session of Court Delivers Twelve Case Dispositions
Judge Candler and Solicitor Hill presided over a busy criminal superior court session in which twelve cases were disposed of. Five defendants in the Anderson Hardware Company robbery theft case stood trial for receiving stolen goods, with evidence to be concluded tomorrow morning. Jim Stewart pleaded guilty to three burglary counts and received fifteen years. John Brown pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder and received four years. G. H. Mumm's Extra Day is marketed with claims of sustained quality and large imports of the brand.
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Candler
Solicitor Hill
Criminal Superior Court
Anderson Hardware Company
Jim Stewart
John Brown
Hawkes Optician Moves to New Building on Whitehall Street
A. K. Hawkes announces relocation to a larger facility on Whitehall Street due to growth. The new plant features up to date machinery including automatic edging, cylindrical and spherical surface grinders to complete prescription work the same day. This increase in capacity aims to improve speed for new and fire work. Field: optician services and manufacturing expansion.
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A. K. Hawkes
Whitehall Street
Optician
Lee Honored in Decatur Crosses of Honor Presented
Birthday of General Lee celebrated in the Decatur superior court room with exercises attended by veterans and students from Agnes Scott Institute and Donald Fraser High School. Hon. Murphey Candler gave the address as sixteen veterans received crosses from Mrs. Albert H. Cox, president of Agnes Lee chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Court House
General Lee
Decatur
Superior Court
Agnes Scott Institute
Donald Fraser High School
Murphey Candler
Albert H. Cox
Agnes Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Landrum Attends Savannah Schoolmasters Club Meeting
Assistant Superintendent L M Landrum of the Atlanta Public Schools left for Savannah to attend the Schoolmasters Club meeting endured Wednesday and Thursday. After the gathering, pairs will visit different city schools and discuss the program.
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Atlanta
Schoolmasters’ Club
L. M. Landrum
Atlanta Public Schools
Savannah
Lightning Slingers to Hold Fast Sending Contest Here
An Atlanta fast sending tournament is planned for February 23 open to southerners beyond the Ohio river. Prizes include a gold medal and 30 in cash for first, 35 for second, 16 for third with judges to be named later. The event tests rapid pen and typewriter messaging as well as news transmission and a prize for a lady operator.
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Atlanta
Ohio River
Opera
New York City
Chauncey M. Depew
Candler
South
Railway notes from the Southeastern Passenger Association meeting
A conference of Southeastern Passenger Association members opens in New Orleans with routine business expected and several transcontinental lines attending to discuss shared interests. Atlanta figures include BF Wyly and Tayee while Howard Jolly is named traveling passenger agent for the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf. The piece also mentions stockholder votes on Georgia and Alabama and Loganville and Lawrenceville rail lines, plus remarks on railway personalities and a pitch for Dr Kings New Life Pills.
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New Orleans
Southeastern ‘Association
Trane‘ Continental Association
Logansville
Lawrenceville
Seaboard
Atlanta Railway Ven
Howard Jolly
Choctaw
Oklahoma
Gulf
Cincinnnat
Edward G. Rice
Memphis
Ernest. Williams
St Line
Atlanta
Chicago Arid i Great Western
Leon AL Bon
Fifteen Years for Murder in Mobile Court
Charles Mann was sentenced to fifteen years after being convicted in Mobile city court for the murder of his brother in law, Dave Dickson. The shooting occurred at Monroe Park last summer in a crowded area. Mann, who married Dickson's sister after a short courtship, had tensions over alleged ill treatment of his wife. He was the chief clerk in the United States local inspector of hulls office. Kaolin works in Raleigh to be moved to Byron, North Carolina, owned by Fed Ingely, with local interest.
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Mann
Eiiling
Mobile
Ala
Charles Mann
Dave Dicksch
Munroe Park
Dickson
United States
Hulls
Masonic funeral meeting and weather forecast note
A Masonic lodge in Washington invites master masons to a 1:00 AM Tuesday funeral escort for Peregay, recalling a long-standing ritual. The item also includes a forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday across multiple states noting rain, clearing, and temperature changes, followed by a timetable from several railroads listing arrivals and departures between Atlanta, Nashville, Marietta, Chicago, and Washington.
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Washington
Piorida
Alabama
Et Louistiana
Texas
New Mexico
Florida
Coeler
Caroline
Virginia
New local train makes all stops from Atlanta to Anniston
A new local train departs Atlanta daily at 3 40 p m and arrives Anniston at 7 25 p m. It stops at all stations along the route, offering convenient daily service for travelers between the two cities.
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Atlanta
Anniston
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