Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

facts but some fresh details came out at
the trial which may he enumerated here.
They have to be lightly touched upon
within the limits of such an argument as
this, but those who desire a fuller sum
mary will find it in an account of the
trial published by Hodge, of Edinburgh.
and ably edited by William Roughead,
w. :.
HIS ACTIONS.
on this book and on the verbatim pre-
cognitions and shorthand account of the
American proceedings, I base my own ex.
animation Of the case First as to Sla-
ter's movements upon the day of the
crime. He began the day, according to
the account of himself and the women by
the receipt of the two letters already re-
ferred to. which caused him to hasten
his journey to America The whole day
seems to nave been occupied by prepare
lions for his impending departure He
gave his servant Schmalz notice as from
next Saturday. Before five (as was
shown by the postmark upon the en-
velopel. he wrote to postoffice in Lon
don. where he had some money on de-
post At 6:12 a telegram was sent in his
name and presumably by him from the
Central station to Dent, London. for his
watch. which was being repaired Ac-
cording to the evidence of two witnesses
he was seen in billiard room at GO.
The murder, it will be remembered, was
done at seven. He remained about ten
minutes in the billiard room, and left
some time between $50 and $40.
Rathman, one of these witnesses, de
posed that he had at the time a mus
tache about a quarter of an inch long,
which was so noticeable that no one
could take him for a clean-shaven man.
Antoine, his mistress. and Schmalz, the
servant, both deposed that Slater dined
at home at I o'clock. The evidence of the
girl is no doubt questionable, but there
was no possible reason why the dismissed
servant Schmalz should perjure herself
for the sake of her X-employer.
The distance between Slater's fiat and
that of Miss Gilchrist is about quarter
of mile. From the billiard room to
Slaters flat is about q mile He had to
go for the hammer and bring it back.
unless he had it jutting out of his pocket
all day. But unless the evidence of the
two women is entirely set aside, enough
has been said to show that there was no
time for the commission by him of such
d crime and the hiding of the traces
which il would leave behind it,
At 9:45 that night, Slater was engaged
in his usual occupation of trying to raise
the wind at some small gambling club
The club master saw no discomposure
about his dress (Which was the same as,
according to the crown, he had done this
bloody crime in, and swore that he was
then wearing a short mustache. like
stubble," thus corroborating Rathman. 1t
will be remembered that Lambie and Bar
/,
was clean shaVen.
on December "a, three days after the
murder, Slater was down at Cooks office
bargaining tor a berth in the Lusitania
for his so-called wife and himself He
made no. secret that he was going by
that ship, but gave his real name and
address and declared finally that he would
take his berth in Liverpool, which he did.
Among other cOnfidants as to the ship
was a barber, the last person one would
think to whom secrets would be con-
fded. Certainly, if this were a flight it
is hard to say what an open departure
would be.
In Liverpool he took his passage UNI
der the assumed name of Otto Sando
This he did, according to his own ac-
count because he had reason to fear pur-
suit from his real wife, and wished to
cover his traces. This may or may not
be the truth, hut it is undoubtedly the
fact that Slater, who was a disreputa
BILE rolling stone of a man, had already
assumed several aliases IN the course of
his career 1t is to be noted that there
was nothing at all secret about his de-
parture from Glasgow and that he car
ried off all his luggage with him in a
perfectly open manner.
The reader is now in possession of the
main facts, save those which are either
unessential or redundant II will be OBJ
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