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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-26
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE

shrill voice. Thinks it the voice of a
Russian. Is himself an Italian. Cannot
speak Russian.
Several witnesses testified that the
chimneys of all the rooms on the fourth
story were 100 narrow to admit the pass
age of a human being. Brushes were
passed Hp and down every chimney In the
house. There is no back passage by
which any one could have descended
while the party proceeded upstairs. The
body of Mile. LEspanaye was so firmly
wedged in the chimney that it could not
be got down until four or five Of the party
united their strength.
paul Dumas, physician, deposes that
he viewed the bodies. That of the girl
was much bruised. The fact that 1t had
been thrust up the chimney would suf-
ficiently account for this. The throat
was greatly chafed. There were several
deep scratches just below the chin, to-
gether with a series of livid spots which
were evidently the impression of fingers.
The face was fearfully discolored, and
the eyeballs protruded. The tongue had
been partially bitten through. a large
bruise was discovered upon the pit or
the stomach, produced apparently by the
pressure of knee. Mile. L'Espanaye had
been throttled to death. The corpse OF
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South KnogvS Taft
Very Well Wo4v Also

Alfred Henry Lewis. in the New York
American.
Mr.. Taft says that hereafter he'll know
all about the south, and that no one will
be able to mislead him once the talk
crosses to the equatorial side of Mason
and Dixon's line. Mr.. Taft might have
added that the south, too, will know all
about him, and so with the one word
announced both ends of a good thing.
1t Is ever thus-not that it's to be re-
GREETED. When you've gone close enough
to see a man, you've gone close enough
to be seen. While you're taking his pic
ture, he's swapping yours. It's diamonds
to dumplings that right now the south
knows twenty fold as much of Mr.. Taft
as he knows of The south.
This applies especially to Georgia and
Georgians. The latter are the Yankees
of the south. How do they compare with
the New England variety? The following.
whereof I was eye and ear witness,
should show:
1t was when Mr.. Crisp was speaker.
EX-Speaker Reeds portrait in oil had
just been hung in the lobby. Also, Mr..
Crisp was a splendid specimen of the
Georgia Yankee, just as Mr.. Reed was a
specimen equally splendid of the Yankee
of New England.
and sent in for Mr.. Reed. The ex-
members wife was with him.
Mr.. Reed came out and was introduced
to the lady. The lady had heard of Mr..
Reeds new portrait and wanted to see
it. ,. -.
Mr. Reed was at a loss. The picture
was hanging in the, lobby, and the lobby
with the house in session was sacred
ground. No one could enter save a MEM
Der or an ex-inember of the house.
Mr.. Reed was distressed, for the lady
wanted much to see the picture. But Mr..
Reed proclaimed himself powerless, and
after many apologies, went his helpless
way
Along came Mr.. Crisp. He paused to
shake hands with the ex-member, and
be presented to his wife. She casually
related the conversation with Mr.. Reed.
She wanted greatly, of course, to see the
picture. Equally, of course, ii was i'm
possible while the house was in session.
Cant see the picture? Nonsense! pro-
tested Mr.. Crisp. Nothing easier! I'm sur
prised that Mr.. Reed shouldn't have ar
taken you to the picture, but he could
at least have had the picture brought
, out to you" ts
Then, calling a house messenger, Mr..
Crisp said: take down Mr.. Reeds por-
trait and bring it out here to the cor
ridor."
The lady and the picture were face to
face a moment later. Also the difference
between the Georgia Yankee and the New
England Yankee had had demonstration.
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and so perplexing in all its particulars,
was never before committed in PARISH
indeed a murder has been committed at
all. The police are entirely at fault.
There is not, however, the shadow of a
clue apparent"
The evening paper mentioned that
Adolphe Lebon had been arrested, al
though nothing appeared to crirninate
him beyond the facts already detailed.
Dupin seemed singularly interested In
the progress of this affair. but made no
comments. It was only after the an
nouncement that Lebon had been inpris-
oned that he asked me my opinion re-
specting the murders.
/ could merely agree with all Paris in
considering them an insoluble mystery.
saw no means by which it would be pos
sible to trace the murder.
I'VE must not Judge of the MEANS"
said Dupin, by this shell of an exami-
nation. The Partisan police are cunning,
but no more. There is no method in their
proceedings Vidocq for example, was a
good guesser, and a persevering man. But.
without educated thought. impaired his
vision by holding the object too close
He might see, perhaps, one or two points
with unusual clearness, but in so doirg
he necessarily lost sight of the matter
as a whole There is such thing as o.
ing too profound.
''As for these murders, let US enter
into some examinations for ourselves. AN
inquiry will afford, us amusement, and
besides, Lebon once rendered me SER
vice for which 1 am not ungrateful. We
will go and see the premises with our
own eyes. I know c., the project Of
police, and shall have no difficulty in OBJ
tanning the necessary permission"
The permission was obtained and we
proceeded at once to Rue Morgue. 1t was
late in the afternoon. 1t was an ordinary
Partisan house, with a gateway, off one
side of which was a glazed Matchbox.
Before going in we walked up the street,
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RooSeVeH's Gallop
Recalls Other Rfdes
New York Press.


A young woman, it seems, covets the
notoriety of a horseback feat to excel the
recent record of President Roosevelt with
his ninety-eight miles of continuous rid
ing in the saddle during seventeen hours.
She will undertake to gallop from Phila-
delphia to New York with four relays.
Though she may be neither an Amazon
nor a Count Robert of Paris athletic
spouse who rode one of the crusades
along with her husband, we dare say the
presidents ambitious rival in petticoats
can succeed.
General Miles, who In his military ca
reer has done some service on the back
of a horse does not think that the pres
ident's haunt over a picked course was
ANYTHING very much for a man used to
that sort of thing. 1t seems to us rather
stout performance. Yet it is quite true
that a test of endurance in the saddle
which is familiar in history to soldiers
seems to show that Mr.. Roosevelt the
other day was nowhere near the record
of celebrated men at horsemanship.
William of Orange, after becoming
king of England, was in personal COM
mand of his army at the battle of the
Bovine. He was of frail and feeble frame.
Both his body and his spirits were con-
stantly ravaged by a consuming disease.
He had an affliction of the throat and
lungs which made IT impossible for him
10 draw his breath while recumbent in
bed. He was compelled to get his rest
while half reclining in a chair. Under
such suffering as he endured without ces-
sation he seemed to be mere shadow
of physical power or vigor.
On the morning before the battle of
the Boyne William had just mounted
civ fs1al,
gun of the enemy across the river struck
his right arm and shoulder. He was able
! to retain his seat, though falling over on
the neck of his horse until he was lifted
down, while assuring the horror-stricken
members of mis- stan that his hurt was OF
no consequence. They implored him TO
permit them to remove him from the
field, but he commanded that his wound
! be dressed on the spot. When this was
done he remOunted and spent the next
eighteen hours of daylight and darkness
uninterruptedly in the saddle, reviewing
his troops dlsposing of his forces and ex-
aiming all the ground where he was to
| engage.
After brief rest shortly before dawn
he went into action at the head of his
left flank. With his right arm disabled
so that he could not play his sword on
the wounded side he had to carry the
blade in his bride hand. the left. He was
able to manage the reins with the fingers
of his injured right. Under such circum-
stances, added to his usual infirmities, he
was compelled to force a passage of the
Boyne, swimming his horse and fighting
with the troops in the bed of the river.
Once across, with his chief general al
ready killed and his best lieutenants put
out of action, practically the conduct of
the whole engagement, extending along
several miles, devolved upon him. while
at the same time he repeatedly led
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Chanson from the Latin Quartep

An attic up four flights Of stairs.
With couch. an easel. luckless chairs,
nv loaf and bottle with shares
A mistress: this is she:
A fragile form in shabby dress,
A rogue's dark eve; in each caress
A mingled sweet and bitterness;
Her kiss but irony!
Eth. bieu! I like the bite and tang
OF careless kisses: like the slang
OF her crisp love words:' with a pang
Our parting l foresee.
She gave me life. she gave me friends;
Her lovers, they, like me!-she lends
Us inspiration all: she blends
Our toll with gaiety.
All! some. know. she's made her slaves.
A few to false and crnging knaves;
Her kiss drove some to nameless graves;
Their love was tragedy.
But 1. 1 love her as a wench
To spice my face on wine-house bench
With Attic salt and cayenne French;
Thus she and / agree.
My attic, VI a hundred stairs,
With books and bottles piled on chairs
And pipes and sketches. with me shares,
My mistress. Poverty.
CHARLTON LAWRENCE EDHOLM, I
January Smart Set
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-26
ABOLISH THE COURT OF
APPEALS?

1t is evident that one of the
questions which is going to press for
solution in the near future is that
of abolishing the state court of ap-
peals created two years ago and in
lieu thereof enlarging the supreme
court, probably to nine members.
The wisdom of creating a separate
court of appeals, for the hearing Of
certain lower grade of cases, seem
ed well justified at the time. There
is no doubt that the supreme court
was greatly overburdened and that
something had to be done.
In practice, however, objection is
made to the complication of the sys-
tenn and there is a very general
movement to abolish the more recent
court and enlarge the supreme court.
The latter will undoubtedly be
necessary. It was shown by facts
and figures that the supreme court
of Georgia decided a greater proper
tionate number of cases in year
than the courts of any other state in
the union, and the more Jealous
workers for reform maintained that
the knowledge of this fact among
the courts and the lawyers of other
states took away some of the regard
In which Georgia decisions we're
held.
Both the supreme court and the
court of appeals now have all they
can attend to, and while it may be
proper to simplify the system by
abolishing the court of appeals, this
is not to be thought of unless it car
] ries with 1t a provision for substan-
TALLY enlarging the supreme court.
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Continuation of testimony at the police
inquiry into the tragedy in the Rue
Morgue).
"Jules Mignaud banker. Nine. LES
panaye had some property. Had opened
an account with his banking house eight
years previously Made frequent depos-
fits in small sums. Had checked for
nothing until the third day before her
death, when she took out in person the
sum of 1900 francs. A clerk was sent
with the money.
"Adolphe Lebon, bank clerk, deposes
that on the day in question, about noon,
he accompanied Nine. L'Espanaye to
her residence with the 1900 francs, put
up in two bags. Upon the door being
opened, Mile. L. appeared and took from
his hands one of the bags, while the old
lady relieved him of the other He then
departed. Did not see any person in the
street at the time.
''Wm. Baird, tailor, deposes that he
was one of the party who entered the
house. Is an Englishman. Was one OF
the first to ascend the stairs. Heard
the voices. The gruff voice was that Of
Frenchman. Could make out several
words, but. cannot now remember all.
Heard distinctly 'sacre' and mon Dieu.'
There was a sound at the moment as IL
of several persons struggling scraping
and scuffling sound. The shrill voice
was very loud-louder than the gruff
one Is sure that it was not the voice
of an Englishman. Appeared to be that
of a German. Might have been wom-
ans voice. Does not understand Ger
man.
-Four of the above named witnesses,
being recalled, deposed that the door Oh
the chamber in which was found the
body of Mile. L. was locked on the in
side when the party reached it. Every
thing was perfectly silent-no groans or
noises of any kind. Upon forcing the
door no person was seen. The windows,
both of the back and front room, were
down and firmly fastened from within. A
door between the two rooms was closed
but not locked. The door leading from
the front room into the passage was
locked, with the key on the inside. A
small room in the front of the house, on
the fourth story, at the head of the pas
sage was open, the door being ajar.
This room was crowded with old beds,
boxes and so forth. These were care
fully removed and searched. There was
not an inch of any portion of the house
which was not carefully searched. The
house was a four-story one. A trap
door on the roof was nailed down very
securely-did not appear to have been
opened for years. The time elapsing be-
tween the hearing of the voices in con-
tention and the breaking open of the
room door was variously stated by the
witnesses. Some made it as short as
three minutes-some as long as five.
"Alfonzo Garcio undertaken, deposes
that he is a native of Spain. Was one
who entered the house. Heard the voices.
The gruff voice was that of French
man. Could not distinguish what was
said. The shrlll voice was that of an
Englshman-is sure of this. Does not
understand the English language, but
judges by the intonation.
alberto Montani, confectioner, was
among the first to ascend the stairs. The
gruff voice was that of a Frenchman.
Could not make out the words of the
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the mother was horribly mutilated. All
the bones of the right leg and arm were
more or less shattered, as well as all the
ribs of the left side, Whole body dread
fully bruised and discolored. 1t was not
possible to say how the injuries had been
inflicted A heavy club of wood, or a
broad bar of iron-a chain-any large
heavy, and obtruse weapon would nave
produced such results If welded by the
hands of a very powerful man. No wom-
an could have inflicted the blows with any
weapon. The head of the deceased, when
seen by witness, was entirely separated
from the body, and was also greatly shat
tered. The throat had evidently been cut
with some very sharp instrument-prop-
ably with a razor.
Nothing further of Importance was
ELECTED. although several other persons
were examined. A murder so mysterious
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turned down an alley. and then, again
turning passed in the rear of the building
-Dupin, meanwhile. examining the whole
neighborhood with a minuteness of atten-
ton for which 1 could see no possible
object.
We came back to the front of the dwell
inf, and, having shown our credentials,
were admitted by the police. We went
upstairs-into the chamber where the
body of Mile. LEspanaye had been
found and where both the dead women
still lay. I saw nothing beyond what had
been stated in the newspapers. Dupin
scrutinized everything. We then went In
to the other rooms and into the yard.
The examination occupied us until dark.
when we left. On our way home my COM
panion stepped in for moment at the
Office of one of the daily papers
Go Be Continued.)
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SIDELlGHTS ON THE CANAL.

connection with the Panama
responsibility
the
divided
building the spilway the Gatun
MOI consists
Lee that the Gaun dam will
lock level of canal which would
for construction
Congressman points
in
of
la o a level canal
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AUGUSTUS TAFT BANQUET.

Augusta has shown becoming mod
esty In waiting for so long a time to
claim the privilege of entertaining
Mr.. Taft with a banquet, but when
she did it she threw her whole soul
into it.
There was nothing so distinctively
southern about the banquet at the
Hampton Terrace as there was in the
auditorium here. but there were
beautiful women and brilliant men
and a feast which was in every way
worthy Of the occasion.
There were distinguished guests,
gathered from the winter colony ION
the Hill'' and from the salubrious
summit of North Augusta. Among the
most notable of those in attendance,
outside OF Mr.. Taft himself, was John
ID. Rockefeller and the two great
men met at last.
Mr. Taft's greeting to the oil king.
so the veracious chroniclers OF the
event inform us, was the he went
around the golf links in lightweight
which to the initiated, does not
mean the year lightweight, but in
lightweight strokes.
The oil king, for some strange rea-
son. did not talk golf but replied by
remarking that he was sorry that he
was not able to get near enough 70
Mr.. raft during the earlier part Of
the day. at ''the public speaking -
be able to hear him.
We are left to infer that he wan
dered around in the most democratic
sort of fashion. seeking a vantage
point OF view as best he could. and
was jostled and eIbowed by the
crowd. like any ordinary citizen.
II would be impossible to say how
many other notaDIes were wandering
around in that crowd. Augusta is 30
used to distinguished men that she
par- no attention except to the most
eminent.
But there was one notable absen-
tee.
Over in Aiken, just eighteen miles
from Augusta. was Mr.. Hartman.
There can be no doubt that he
was invited to b. present on such an
occasion.
But it is a known fact that he was
not present.
Was II not possible for the great
railroad magnate to lay aside his ha-
bituaI reserve long enough to meet
and mingle with guests whom Taft
and Rockefeller were willing to fra
ternize with?
Mr.. Hartman has done a great
many things to make himself unpop-
ular In certain quarters. but we fear
that he has committed a blunder
which it viii be hard for him to over
come.
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TEACHING s. S. LESSON
UNDER DIFFICULTIES

Now that the 'possum has become a
national bird it is having a far-reaching
effect on the life and the thought of the
people. Sunday school teachers have
been seriously embarrassed in their eff
fort to guide the young idea Alright
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charges and mingled in combats at the
very head of troops as subaltern leads
and cheers them. When William, SICK
sore and wounded, had fought and won
the battle of the BOyne he had been IN
the saddle So hours out of 40.
So far as recent events are concerned,
the record of mounted endurance still
stands.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-26

While the 'possum craze was at fits height
a child of five years, who had absorbed
a good deal of the current comment on
the marsupial order was trying to learn
his Sunday school lesson. His mother
repeated the motto text to him several
times and then asked him to say it af-
ter her. The result almost took her breath
away, but as the story is very amusing
she has finally consented to lee others
enjoy It. The text and the revised YER
sion are given below:
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SUNDA I CChOOl
TEXT.
"They continued
steadfastly in the
Apostles doc
trine and fellow
ship. and in the
breaking of bread
and in prayer"
Acts 2: q.
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SEEKS TO FIND MEMBERS
HANDLIGHTER'S ARTILLERY

Editor Journal: Please publish in your paper
If any members of Handlighters artillery are
living l will be glad TO get a letter from any
one of them. My address is Harlem, Ca, r. +.
d. No. 2. l am a subscriber to The Journal
belonged to that company. Yours truly,
d. w. REVILLE.
Harlem. Ca, r. F. d. No. 2.
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In breaking shop eggs, it is wise to crack
each into a cup for fear Of a bad one, or a
whole batch Of good material may have 20
be thrown away.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-26

The man who saved Queen Victoria
life has Just died at the age OF one hun
dred The other thousand rescuers arc
only ninety years Of age.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-26

Texas never rendered a better service
than when she furnished the means Of
securing that decision which confirms
the states IN their rights 10 control foreign
corporations doing business within their
borders- trr
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-26

A Hall county man has been given
whose wife wouii they have him visit?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-26

How rapidly the world moves. when al
ready the greatest calamity Of recorded
history is passing out OF the public mind.
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That was a good one by Lord Rosebery.
apropos OF the Roosevelt method, that
s.you cannot legisIate by hurricane
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Billy 'Possum has become firmly en-
bodied in the political history Of the
United States.
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REVISED
VERSION.

NEhSION.
according to
you: g America).
They continued
steadfastly in the
'possum's doctrine
and in the break
ing Of bread and
persimmon beer.
Walter C.. Coop
er, Jr., 5 years old.
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This thing Of expunging a speech which
has already been circulated throughout
the country looks like a joke.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-26

George Washington and st. Valentine
will soon come I'm for their share Of at
tentiOn.
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Governor LIIley has had one Of his po-
Mtical jobs amputated, and Is resting as
well as could be expected.
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This sort Of weather Is laying up a
world OF trouble for the peach crop.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-26

Richmond Pearson Hobson may yet
live long enough to say. Il told you so"
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Tom Platt quotes the old Roman
epitaph as he retires: I've had my day"