Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-05-14


Of the Girl DoolIttle Was to Wed,
but Strange to Say, Of DeoIlttls
Himself.
Atlanta, May 13-Charged with
sending bomb 70 Miss Mccarthy, at
4t7 East Georgia avenue, to murder
the young lady, because she was
about TO wed Charles Doolittle, with
whom he was infatuated, the bomb
nearly killing the girls mother, Fred
Bush was arraigned in the recorders
court Friday afternoon, and held in a
eiO GOO bond for assault with intent to
murder.
Charlie Doollttle was also arraigned
but the case against him was dis
missed
The case was one OF the most SEN
sational that has ever been heard in
any court In the city The man who
was held under such a heavy bond
etood charged with attempting to an
nlhilate whole family and especially
young woman, because young
man visited the house for whom he
had Tor many years held deep, and
what was believed to be an unnAtur-
81 affection.
Upset All Records.
The case upset all records OF the
kind. II Bush had been charged with
trying TO blow Miss Kathryn MoCar-
ghy into eternity with deadly infer
nal machine, because some other
young man was about to win the
young lady from him. the affair would
have been in the proper and ordinary
channels of such tragedies but the
evidence In the case which was In
xestigated by the recorder Friday af-
kernoon, was intended to bring out the
4act that Fred Bush was so deeply at
tached 10 Charlie DoIlittle that he tried
20 wreck home and murder house,
hold, rather than become separated
from e youth with whom he had been
Nylng for several years, and for whom
his affection was almost a mania.
Bush was born and reared in At
Ranta. His father was a railroad con-
1uetor many years ago. He was
reared near Grant park, and not very
Car from the scene OF the recent ex-
plosion, His home was near that
of DoOltties, and he and the boy
became friends when they were both
quite young. For while Bush re-
sided with DoolIttla's family. Eight
years ago he rented room, and Doo-
lftle has been roOmlng With him
ever since. ltwas bis influence over
TIE boy that caused so much talk In
Doollttles family.
Doolltte told nothing crimlnatng
AGAINST his business partner and warm
friend. As the recorder remarked,
be did all he could TO shield Bush from
the arm OF the law. II the story
eold by Doonttle's relatives II true. It
must have been that subtle influence
witch they believe Bush always had
over Doolittle that made him try tot
protect the man who was charged with
afying TO murder his sweetheart,
Sweetheart Of Miss Mccarthy.
Il Was brought out al the trial that
Doonttle Is now, or was when the
murder was attempted, Miss McCar-
ehy's sweetheart They were en-
gaged 10 be married. And there stood
4he man who was charged with trying
- blow into eternity the Young wo-
man whom Doolittle was TO we'd
Yet Doollttle did an ne could 20 shield
che man believed 10 be guilty OF the
awful crime There was a choice
Between giving evidence to convict
ne fellow who was believed TO be
the wretch that tried 10 bring 70
horrible death hts intended bride. and
elving evidence that would shield the
nrroner at the bar II was appRr-
IL 10 ail that ncolittle chose the last
alternative and stood for the prisoner
AGAINST the young woman.
Navy persons In the court room
watched closely erery move 81 the
nan ard the youth. They saw thai
lloollle never once looked straight
~ Bush and they noticed that Busa
narel Al Doolille as Il he would