Negro Confesses Crime and Is Sentenced to Hang
A condemned Black man, Will Brice, confessed to a murder near Chester and faced Judge Roan in Atlanta. Solicitor Walker, Judge Van Epps, Hammond and Hillyer weighed his confession, ruled no trial necessary, and set the death sentence for December 8 after acknowledging the weak alibi and solid state evidence.
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Trammond
Cheiter
Chester
Hammond
Atlanta
Llammond
Cuester
Walker
Atlantis
Nps
Brice
Hillyer
Maier & Berkel Art Room Exhibit Opens Soon
China pieces are in the Maier and Berkel art rooms inviting visitors today or tomorrow. The shop suggests an early visit to view the unusually attractive stock currently on display.
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China
Maier & Berkel
Outrage case ends with death sentence for Jim Walker
Judge Hoan decries mob justice and lauds sheriff and officers for brave handling of the case. He sentences Jim Walker to hang on December 6 1905 after identifying him as the assailant of a woman, noting Walker's confession and Walker's remorse as execution looms.
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Jim Walker
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Hoan
South
Jim
Wrong man saved from lynching in Atlanta mob action
A 23 year old farmer named R. Z. Justice narrowly escaped mob violence after being mistaken for a child abductor of a five year old girl in Dekalb county. Police and mounted officers intervened as a crowd of about 1000 demanded punishment. The mother of the victim identified the arrest as a mistake and Justice was released, with another man, John E. Justice, held as a precaution. The mob dispersed after threats and police intervention.
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Avanta
John E. Fustice
R. Z Justice
Decatur
Dekalb County
Atlanta
Arah Beavers
Fletcher Beavers
Green Street
Lula Beaver
Darktown
Poola and
Whatley
Jennings
Popin
Atrest
Chief Jennings
Hia Rescus
James Kidd
Fort Street
Confessed Robbery by Hang-Listed Suspect Aliased Brice
Jim Walker alias Will Brice, sentenced to hang for assaulting Mrs. Alice Moore, admitted committing the robbery of Virgil Philips at Hast Point three years ago. Philips, who had heard the inmate called Brice, visited the Tower and was told by the prisoner I am the negro what got your 885 that time.
Soldiers of the Common Good by Charles Edward Russell
Excerpt from Everybodys Movember feature touts Russell's Soldiers of the Common Good as a vivid, novel like, dramatic survey of a country without strikes or extreme inequality. It highlights a vision of natural healthy living and absence of graft or powerful trusts.
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Wall Street
Charles Edward Rasaell
Sleeping Car Route Changes Include Jacksonville Stop
Effective November 14 the Kansas City Brunswick Sleeping Car Line via Atlanta will operate to Jacksonville. On the same date Southern Railway inaugurates a focal Atlanta Brunswick Sleeper with Brunswick Sleeper opening to board at 9 30 PM. Both sleeping car routes route through Atlanta on the Florida Limited at 11 50 PM.
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Jacksonville
Southern Railway
Brunswick
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