Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-31
DID AMAsON TRY SUICIDE
TO ESCAPE ARREST?
Continued from Page One

tur street and Central avenue shortly aft
err 10 o'clock Saturday evening" he said.
He told me he lived at Buckhead and had
several other fine cows which he wanted
me to look at. invited him to accompany
me home and spend the night. with the
intention OF going with him to Buckhead
Sunday morning.
"I furnished him S with which to hire
a horse and buggy. l never had a suspicE
ion of his motives. When we approach
ed a dark spot in the road on Weyman
avenue near the belt line railroad. the
stranger struck me two ticks on the head
with a sandbag, knocking me from the
buggy to the ground. l was dazed, but
struggled with him. He slashed at me
with a knife and would have cut my
throat had I not thrown up my left arm.
1 received a cash on my left forearm
Then the stranger began to stab me. His
knife penetrated my coat in the back and
scratched my shoulder. A second lunge
found me too weak to protect myself, and
the knife entered my right breast. Then
my assailant hurriedly went through my
pockets as he stood astride my PROSTATE
body He took my watch a bracelet. a
kodak and my pocketbook containing $40.
then dashed across the road into the
woods. I don't know what became of the
horse and buggy. 1 managed to stagger
up the road to this point and fell from
weakness"
DISLIKED THE HOSPITAL.
Amason did not want to be sent to the
hospital. He insisted that he be carried
to the HUM home two blocks away.
However. the police thought his injuries
serious and they called an ambulance and
sent him to the Grady.
Up to Saturday at noon Am3son had
been in the employ of Sanders & Trout.
grocerymen and butchers at 637 Capitol
avenue. next door to the Hulms. SHORTLY
before u o'clock Saturday he resignedNhis
job and asked for his money.
THE young man seemed somewhat ex-
cited" said Mr.. Sanders. 81 told him
Saturday was our busiest day of the
week and asked If he could not work
until closing time. He replied that he
could not: that there was an important
bit of business which he must attend to-
at once. ] paid him of and he walked
away saying he might return within al
week or two"
The supposition is that Amason had
learned that the warrants were out
against him and gotten away to ESCAPED
arrest. 1t was to Sanders & Trout thatl
he sold the beef of the COW which Mr.. |
Harper alleges he stole from his pas
ture. Mr.. Harper declares that he WENT
to Sawtell's slaughter pen where Amasonl
had the COW killed and dressed and there
identified the hide. He also says he can
produce witnesses who saw Amason take
the COW from the pasture.
WHAT AMASON SAYS.
On his cot in the hospital Monday "A
ason denied that he stole the COW. He
made the following statement In this
connections:
The COW which 1 had slaughtered at !
Sawtelfs and which later sold to Sand |
ers & Trout was sold to me by the
strange man VINO assaulted and robbed
me. j met him last Monday on Decatur
street while / was looking at some cat
tie. He informed me that he had a COW
which lie described. 1 gave him SIS and
told him to deliver the cow to the Union
stock yards for me.
Thursday l called up the stock yards
and was informed the COW had never
been delivered. Wednesday the stranger
met me at the corner OF Central ave-
nue. and Alabama street. and said that he |
had taken the cow to Sawtelrs, and had
put her in pen. found her there and
ordered her killed.
ANOTHER BROWN ALLEN"
Amason knew Of no person who had
seen the stranger, nor could he offer any
clue to the latter's identity No one, he
said, had seen the COW put into the
pen, nor would he be able to produce a
single witness who had ever seen him
talking with the stranger. All he knew
was that the man was about 80 years old
and heavy set.
He admitted that he had pawned the
bracelet on Saturday. but denied having
pawned the watch. He could not explain
why II was he had sought to buy a suit
OF clothes on the installment plan from
a Decatur street store when he had in
his pocket $240. He said he had been ..
saving his money for the expense incl
dental to his wedding.
II stopped work at Sanders & Trout's
Saturday" he declared, because Esther
and l had had a falling out. She had
returned to me the bracelet, watch and
kodak. these being presents 1 had given
her during our engagement"
II AM IN BAD, LOOKS LIKE"
ut looks like l am in bad" he re-
marked with a forced smile. but 1 swear
/ am telling the truth. They'll have to
take my word and honor for these things,
for have no way in which to substanti- :
ate the truth of my statements. I'll stick
to my story If have to go to the chain
gang.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. HUM feel deeply |
Inundated over the connection of their |
little daughters name with the case |
They are doing all they can to assist in |
clearing up the affair and are hardly \
prepared to believe that Amason is guilty |
of the charges against him. The Hulms. ]
father, mother and daughter, called on |
the young man Sunday afternoon at the /
Grady hospital, as did his relatives from |
Constitution.
SUBJECT TO FITS.
Amason is 20 years old. He has re- |
Gently returned from two years in the |
United States army as a seaman's ap-
prentice He is subject to epileptic fits /
and during the past few weeks has been |
carried to the Grady hospital several /
times as a result of this affliction. His |
condition is not serious, the doctors be-
ing of the opinion that he will be able i
to leave the hospital within a day or two.
Chief Zach Rowan. of the county pO-
lice, states that as soon as Amason is
able to be removed he will serve the !
warrant he holds and take him to the
tower.
Detectives Starnes and Campbell have
done good work on the case 1t was they |
,b0 "a he nd hracoIet ND /