The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-25
WIDOW CAUSED A LAWSUIT.
TALBERT THREATENED BY RE-
OWNERSHIP AND DIVORCE.

AtIanta-Lawyer Calhoun Indicted.
Woman'S suit Against the Atlanta
Dental College.
Atlanta. March 24-As was generally
Anticipated the new Union passenger sta
ton over which Atlanta has been almost
having fits for a generation past. was
brought no nearer certainty at to-days
meeting of the railroad commissioners
than il has been for years past
The railroads which were represented
before the commission by their lawyers
asked for another delay. and il was
granted them, May being set as the
date for rendering the next excuse.
Mayor Woodward and the city officials
by their representatives. showed that the
city had agreed TO the concessions re-
quired by the railroads, but even upon
this showing the railroads were not ready
for action, and wanted more time to talk
it over.
The Savannah case embodying the COM
plant against the service of the city and
Suburban Railway was also postponed
again until the next regular meeting.
The widow Caused Trouble.
'I took the sweetest little widow out
behind Clay that ] ever met and she is
dead stuck on him and says she viii fol-
low him to Cuba if l take him, and I may
take him if she pays the expenses"
This paragraph in a note by j. f. Tai
bert wei known horseman. written to
his partner in business few days ago.
was the cause of a cOmplexity of legal
troubles TO the writer. Robert Brown, the
partner did not like the idea of being in
business with man who was devotlng his
time to Sweet little widows ana
when he read the note he Immediately
went out TO see a lawyer. He was afraid
the widow would hoodoo his partner and
carry off his assets as spoils. His lawyer
agreed with him and the result was an APP
plicauon for receiver to wind up his af-
fairs and see that the widow does not get
all the funds.
This action was closely followed by a
divorce suit brought by Talbert's wife
who alleged desertion and other grounds,
including the widow.
Withdrew Her Petition.
This afternoon Talbert was placed under
arrest upon the divorce and alimony pro
ceedings, but woman-like, when his wife
saw him in the clutches of the law, and
he promised TO forget the widow. she re-
ton which released him from that entan-
clement, but not from his partners claims
ana fears. The partner held out for the
Intervention of the law
clay referred 10 in the note. is a fine
horse valued at 81 900. Instead of going To
the widow he was turned over to a re-
ceiver as part of Talberts assets. which
are put at about 5000. Brown, the part
ner, alleges that Talbert was preparing
TO leave for Cuba, presumably with the
widow" As he was considerably indebted
to the firm. he determined TO put a sion
TO these plans until settlement was eff
fected.
Reed Declined With Regrets
Speaker Reed will not lecture in Atlanta.
telegram was sent to MIR. Reed vester-
day at Jekyl Island by President Frank
Weldon of the Atlanta Lecture Association
inviting him to appear at the Grand in
a lecture, under the auspices of the asso-
cation. This morning a letter was re-
ceived from Mr. Reed declining to accent
the invitation with regret, without giving
any reason.
Lawyer Calhoun Indicted.
William P. Calhoun, formerly member
of the Atlanta bar was indicted bv the
grand jury to-day on charge of appro-
priating to his own use money collected
for clients. The Mccormick sisters. known
on the stage as the 'Peachtree Sisters"
are the prosecutors, they having employed
Mr.. Calhoun to represent them in a suit
for salary against the management of the
Imperial Theater.
1t was at the Imperial that the sisters
made their first appearance in Atlanta
AT the end of the engagement they had a
big bill for services rendered, and being
unable to collect il, because the manager
claimed their performance was so rank"
that 1t drew vegetables from the audience.
turned the matter over 10 Attorney Cal
houn.
1t is charged that settlement was made
without their consent, and further that
they nave never seen any of the money
For several months the sisters have peerl
regular attendants at the grand jury meet
tngs 10 prefer charges against the LAWYER
but il was not until to-day that they were
given hearing and the indictment found.
Mr. Calhoun recently removed from At.
lanta to South Carolina.
Woman Sues Dental College,
The jawbone of a woman Is the cornns
deilctl m a suit filed here to-day 1t calls
Tor $4,000 damages and is directed against
the Atlanta Dental College. Mrs Isnra
Pit is the plaintiff, and from her. petiti,o
II IS clear that if she is not as fair 10
look upon as she once was. In fact ~
her allegations be true, her facial bea,tr
Is about as badly dsfigured as If SAM.
son had used her jaw-bone for slauphtsr-
ing purposes, instead of the MaxiIla- Of Inc
historic ass. u '''e
Inc lady claims that IAN inch or ,oo~,n
or her Jaw-bone was carried away or
Otherwise utterly destroyed, with orast
pain and suffering attendant upon the los.
thereof, through the incompetencn an1
carelessness of the defendant college Sba
went to the college to have a tooth ,,,lInI
ana the student who tackled the iob to,,i,
part OF her jaw-bOno as well. What 'sbo
iost' she lhinks, wa worth $1,000.
Lowe Went for DOUGLAS
There was a very lively fsticur in tbe
Big retail dry goods store of DolIelas ga
DAVIDSON on Whitehall street This afr
noon Lee Douglas the head of the dr.,
ana w. B. Lowe, Jr, one of The Nj
known young society men in town bin
the participants "e'iis
Mr. Lowe and Mr.. Douglass had q ,o,s
UNDERSTANDING about business mater
ana Lowe went 10 the store 10 settle ~
matter fight that caused a regnlar
stampede among the lady clerks ana cast,
boys being the result. Neither was ininr-
CO, however baVonA fou, ..-.... -A-SNi