Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-29
CH|LDERs BOUND OVER
FOR GRAND JURY PROBE
Husband Is Held in Connection
With His Wife's
Death

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LEESBURG. Ca, Sept. e6.-Mrt. 5
Childers. charged with causing the
death of his on August Is by placins
poison in her medicine. was held to the
grand jury today and remanded jail
The hearing was cnducted by Justice
OF Albany.
After hearing tie evidence Judge
Grassland said that the state had failed
TO introduce sufficient evidence 10 fast
en- the crime upon ChiIders nor had the
defense proved his innocence. Therefre,
he held him for the investigator Of his
case by the grand jury in the next term
OF the superior court.
MANY RUMORS HEARD.
It Is rumored that the state can prove
by witnesses that there was $4,000 IN
surance on the life Of Mrs Childers. the
policy payable OF her husband. and that
this policy has been settled by compro-
missing for $4,000.
1t Is also rumored that a witness has
been found who overheard a quarrel be-
tween Childers and his wife on the
night preceding her death.
The first witnessed examined when
curt opened was DR.. w. T. Simpson He
testified that the analysis of the con-
tents OF the stomach that was sent him
by DIR. Eberhart, Off Atlanta. and placed
in his safe had been removed and that
no one except NJ S. Shilders and himself
knew where the analysis was. DIR.
Clark was then called TO the stand 10
testify that the bottle did contain poi
son and that he and DR.. Simpson tasted
IL after Mrs. Childers died
Mrs. Kennedy was cal.ed TO the stand
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IN her house. To this she stated that
she did not have any strychnine and that
she did not know that Mrs Childers was
taking any medicine at all
Witness Ruth Chance stated that she
was with Mrs. Childers and walked TO
Mrs. Hays sister OF Mrs. ChiIders, who
lives just q mile from town. and that
she was jolly and In good spirits. and
stated that Mr.. Hays insisted on their
staying to dinner with her. but that
Mrs. Childers was compelled TO return
20 Smithville in order to prepare din
ner for her husband. who was expected
TO return home at / o'clock. After they
had been back for some little time Mrs.
Childers stated that she must take her
medicine. which she did. and in about
5 minutes she was dead
CHAUFFEUR TESTIFIES
Mack Tracy on the stand stated that
n S. Childers engaged him to take him
20 Smithville after he had gotten left in
Leesburg and had been notified that his
wife had been taken seriously sick
While en- route Childers told him not 10
run too fast. He was asked IL Il was
not the condition OF the road which was
the reason that childers asked him not
10 run too fast. He replied that the
road was in good condition.
Marion Long testified that Mrs. Child
ers had told him abocr a month before
her death that she hoped that he would
not keep his wife scared as much as
she was Long asked her why. She re-
piled that her husband kept strychnine in
his trunk. To this Lawyer Hudson OBJ
Jected and IL was thrown out for the time.
but Lawyer WfIkerson afterward got
written statement from Long and 1t was
read before the Judge. a
Mrs. J. R. Cobb testified that she was
present when Childers arrived from Lees
burg and that he did not go into the
room where the dead body of his wife
1yEas. but that when asked again to go
IN that he did so. r. Q. Kennedy, who
has also been accused Of this crime
and who Is now in the Lee county Jail.
was called upon to make a statement.
He stated that he was at home. but left
and went TO q soda fountain TO get
something to relieve his headache, and
on his return home his mother asked
him TO go get some ice for dinner. This
he did and returned with the Ice, wash
ed Il. and put 1t in the cooler. Then
he went in the hall and sat down near
a table and was talking to several who
were present The defense introduced
several witnesses TO prove the congen-
iality that existed between husband and
wife.