The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-08

phis. Where 1t Il Claimed Ne Commit'
ted rerjary.

4 Kentucky Doctor In Troubis in MeHs
phis. Whore 1t Is Claimed Ne Commit
ted Tertiary.
DR.. Frank Edgar, a physician oi
Lexington, KY, was Jailed at Mem
phis, Tenn. few days ago, on q
charge of perjury. ana Mrs Annie Da
wilson, wife of ID. Brank Davidson
and sister-in-iaw to j. Hull Davidson
ex.mayor of Lexington, walked into
the Memphis police station the othe,
day where her two children were
taken from her. DR.. Frank Edgar wa,
Mrs. Davidson's family physician. lie
owned q handsome house in the sub
urbs, and persuaded his wife to invite
Mrs. Davidson to visit them. Mrs Da
wilson came, and his wife's jealousy
was aroused. Trouble ensued. Ed
gar left the city. ostensibly for q visit
TO Texas Mrs. Davidson also left,
Both went TO Oklahoma, but later
arrived in Memphis. On September
i3 Edgar fled a bill for divorce
in Memphis, and soon after Mrs
Davidson did the same thing. Under
the law one must live two years in
Tennessee before fling a bill for di
vorce. but it is charged they did not
observe this One Is also required tt
advertise four times in a newspaper
when the defendant is a nonresident
Mrs. Davidson overcame this difficulty
1t is said, by having the papers served
on Edgar, who represented himself tc
he Davidson. Lexington people were
notified, and Edgar was arrested TO,
perjury. the offense being that he
swore he had been . resident of the
state for two years in his application
for divorce. He was placed in jail
Edgar will be prosecuted, and the chill
dren will be taken from Mrs. David
son.
Murderer Found In . Trunk.
Harry Singleton. negro, who mur
dered Policeman Mccormick at Jack
sonville, Fla, was captured. His al
rest was due to the fact that a colore,
man, whose name has not bcel
diyulged, made Mayor Salamonson
proposition to disclose Singleton's hid
ing place, provided the mayor guar
anteed that the murderer should no
be lynched. The proposition was &C
cepted, and the inforner said Single
ton would be found at house in tn
suburbs occupied by Ella Murray,
negress. Thither the officers went an
searched the house, but failed to fin,
Singleton. AS they were about to leav
they noticed a Saratoga trunk. ant
someone suggested that it be searched
The woman refused to give up the key
and the officers loaded the trunk on I
dray and carted it to the county Jail
where it was placed in a cell. Their
the lock was broken and the lid raised
As was expected, the murderer wa
found inside, nearly suffOcated. HI
had pistol in his hand, but shrieked
For Gods sake, don't shoot"
Kentucky's New Insurasos Law.
Judge Settle passed upon q matter II
the circuit court at Bowling Green, Ky.
OF widespread interest. In the cas-
Of w. Ii. Cooke against the Caledonial
Insurance Co, the plaintiff sues to
$3.50, the face OF policy of insuranc
on house burned at Smiths Grove
The company sought to pay onl
three-fourths of the value of tn
property, there being stipuls
tion to that effect in the policy
but Judge Settle decides that the ful
face of the policy must be paid. Thi
decision Is based on the "Follis law.
passed at the long session of the legis
lature, and which provides that all in
surance companies must pay in full
the amount fixed by them or thei
agents in the policy and on which tn
Insured pays premiums Heretofore
the companies have not been payinl
the face of the policies. but have al
ways evaded 1t under the three-fourth
clause of their contracts This is tn
first decision rendered on this ques
tion.
Say Atlanta II Wicked.
The Methodist ministers OF Atlant'
declare that that city Is one of tn
wickedest in the world. and the news
papers of the town are rather elate'
to think that in some respects Atlant'
may be called the Chicago Of the south
The ministers base one count of thei
indictment on the sale of liquors at tn
fair, which they declare Is wicked
wrong and illegal and must be stopped
One of them proposed to get out a
Injunction, but 1t was objected that n
permanent injunction could be had
and the fair would be over before tn
ease could come to trial So they up
pointed committee TO look into tn
business and to devise ways and mean
for interfering with the illegal trafic
Fell From Rinnacis Rosk.
Paul Fleshlen postmaster at ELI
horn, Va, was killed by falling fror
Pinnacle Rock. near Bramwcll, Va
He went TO view this wonderful scen
with some friends and climbed to th
top of the pinnacle. No one saw hir
fall, but his friends, noticing that b
had disappeared, began searching 10
him and found his manglsd remains
he fell over . precipics las feet high
He was popular young man. Of goo
family.
Eaabersss ana Extssslvs.
All the accounts which have been N
eeived from Atlanta indicate that th
expositioa promises to be : very elal
orate and extensive AFFAIR, surpasse
onlv by the Chicago fair among tn
great American Industrial display,
The people OF Atlanta havs spared n
palms in making their city - Attractiv
Is possible to vlsitors and every prsI
aratioa for their lccoamodation hs
been perfeeted
4 Missssri rests Opaaiss.