Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-01
WEIRD STORY
Of TERRIBLE
DEATHS
MISS MAMIE DECRIS, OF SA-
vANNAH, DECLARES THAT
HER SWEETHEART AND HIS
MOTHER WERE KILLED.

Mss Mamie Decris. who gives her ad-
sresS as IL York street. west. savannah,
and has been registered ct the kim9ali
for more than week. tells remarkable
story about runaway accident. supposed
10 have occurred On Marietta street We'd
rcsday morning about $50 o'clock IN
whicn D. II y. Hayward. said 70 &c
prominent physician In Washington. D.
q AID his mother. Mrs. Hayward. were
killed ana Miss Decris and Mrs @. w
vrfusarrs. sister OF Mrs. Hayward and a
resident OF savannah. were badly bruised.
Miss Dcc-fs being knocked unconscious
having he- left am badly hurt
II such an accident occurred no one eN-
cent Miss Decris seems % have survived
70 tel the tafe The police department.
the hospitals. the newspapers. the under
takers ard the coroner have al failed 10
learn anything % IL except what has
keen told them by Miss Decris-
Ms Decrts. who Is brunette. appor-
eatlv about 50 years cd. and said 20 be
IN ernpioye in Thqancsen's art store, IN
Savannah. seemed surprised Saturday
morning when seer at the Kimban house
ard questioned about her story. she
could not understand she said. why people
<hoi-ld think her statements were not cor
rect and seemed greatly distressed that
anyone shorld express any doubt about
the accident and It's resulting tragedy
having actually taken place.
According 70 Miss Decris. she was
driving Wednesday morning with DR..
Hayward. her fiauce 20 whom she was 20
BE- married on January Il Airs. Hayward,
Mrs. C.. w Williams and herself were in
a carriage coming from the wedding OF
Miss Decris' college friend, Miss Lucy
Cobb. Of Washington. d. C. and Mr.. Jack
Hewlett. a dentist in Baltimore, which
took place at the home Of friend OF
Miss Cobb's. name and place Of residence
unknown Mss Decris does not know
on what street the alleged accident &C
CURED. what undertaken took charge OF
the dead bodies OF her sweetheart and
his mother nor how she got to the Kim
hall house. though she found herself in
her room az that place three hours later.
with her arm badly bruised and what the
doctor. who attended her. DR.. James.
given name and Office and residence. I'M
known. first diagnosed as a broken col
larbond-
on Friday afternoon Miss Decris de-
cIares that she herself visited the house
10 which the remains OF DR.. Hayward
and Mrs. Hayward were removed and
beheld them cold in death, very much
mangied and enaciated- Where this house
IS IN which the bodies were viewed BY
Miss Decris or TO whom Il belonged Miss
Decris is not able 10 state. though she
SAYS LuaL MS. NNlLldAus AuQhe. MIS-.
williams Is said to have left Friday for
washington. accompanying the remains
Of DR.. Hayward and Mrs. Hayward. says
Miss Decris. She win attend the funeral
and interment there and return In about
q week
At the KimbalI house nothing is known
OF Miss Decris except that she is regis
tered nom Savannah and until Friday
used her now very much bruised arm.
-. l. a ~~aEFF
at her size, as freely as her right arm.
Guests who have sat at the table with
her say that she has talked nationally on
all subjects and never said anything OF
an accident In which two were killed and
two badly injured. II she was brought
20 the hotel Wednesday morning in an
unconscious condition none OF the hotel
clerks or the employees there know any
thing about H. So far as they know
she has been well and strong.
Miss Decris said Saturday that she
was here 10 have her nose treated for
an affection by DR.. A W. Calhoun and
she expected TO visit his office that day.
She viii be in Atlanta two weeks longer
she said Miss Decris says she has no
friends IN Atlanta and does not know
the names OF any Of the friends OF Mrs.
Williams nor where they live.
Ordinary Wilkinson said Saturday that
he had issued no marriage license to Jack
Hewlett and Miss Lucy Cobb. whose we'd
ding Miss Decrfs declares she attended
on the morning Of the tragedy.
Arrested as a Diamond Thief.
Miss Mamie DeCris. she OF the fertile
brain and vivid Imagination. is now be-
hind the bars as the famous Diamond
Queen OF Savannah!
Incidentally. Miss DeCris is the Mrs
George ". Williams who accompanied
the dead bodies Of "Dr. H. n. Hayward
and Mrs Heyward- 10 Washington
Mss DeCrss is behind the bars Of a Sa-
vannah Jail. a self-accused diamond thief
after having admitted that she was the
woman who secured 1850 worth OF dia-
monds from Jeweler Theus. OF Savannah.
and 80 worth OF the precious gems from
Jeweler DesbOuIllons. OF Savannah
In view OF the highly sensational story
given out by this young lady in regard to
the runaway accident, and OF her arrest
al the Kimball house yesterday afternoon
BY Detective White, OF the Atlanta force.
and Detective ]. J. Murphy Of the Sa-
varnah force. and later of her confession
20 the crime OF having stolen the Jewels in
Savannah. me story OF this unfortunate
young lady's life reads Ike a dime novel.
and Is an excellent example OF the fact
that truth Is stranger than fiction"
II will be remembered that the theft OF
these diamonds was the crime for which
Mrs. DR.. Thomas was arrested at Winder
a short while ago, and subsequently re-
leased