Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-15
CRAWFORD HEIRS
SEEK MISSING
WITNESS
New York Secured For Barber,
Said to Have Heard
Death Threats.
Continued From Page I.

her night and day are almost uneH-
durable She has had TO meet the ac-
cusation Of the most dastardIy crime
Of which a woman could be capable
that Of committing a husbands muir
der by the very method which wen
his love and admiration
Mrs Crawford sat In the Tower cell
waiting for the deputy, J P. Miner. to
bring the word which meant that she
could go with her son-in-law. ]. Lee
Bennett. back to the cottage where
sallie MAY. her daughter. and the
three grandchildren anxiously await
ed her
Everyone has been so kind to me
here. she said. They have tried to
make Il seem better and TO make me
comfortable"
Gives Home Touch to Cell.
She was composed, without a trace
Of brazenness in her attitude. II was
that OF kind, gentle, motherly wom-
anal woman-who had been thrust
by circumstances into unusual sur
roundings. Her gratitude for The sim
pie oourtesies Of the jailers showed
the sympathetic nature with which
she had always met the world
A love story number Of a familiar
woman's magazine and current num-
bers Of other housekeeping periodicals
lay on the bed beside her. These and
the big bunch Of flowers broke the
austerity OF the prison room and gave
Il even the homelike touch which some
women can bestow upon the most
sordid quarters
The magazines and flowers had
helped the brave woman to endure
the weary hours She glanced toward
the bed and smiled.
Those magazines were brought IN
10 me and read several OF the sto-
ries last night" said she. Then I
grew sleepy and dropped on for a
good nights rest
Looks Worn and Pale.
NfHs N.lhWtoIu loohtU a lIiliS worn
and pale as the result Of her first jail
experience. She had eaten, though,
and enjoyed good dinner on Sunday
Sallie May. her daughter. had brought
it--and Sallie May is her mothers
imitator in culinary fields She had
had breakfast this morning. but had
had little else 10 employ her time save
to sit and think and wonder why AMI
how people could be so cruel
y did not dream that there coulj
he such cruelty in human nature. l
never dreamed that luminosity could
carry them to such length" said
Mrs. Crawford, almost losing the con
troll which she had evidenced When
the sobs were near. she stopped talk
ing until she could recover her poisa
There was no attempt to secure sym
pathy by complaint or by the little
tricks known to most women,
Her face lighted up when we dis
cussed cooking.
Il am fine cook" she said "No
one can beat me az that II do say 1t.
] like to cook, and folks always like
my cooking
Mrs. Crawford was in charge Of a
winter hotel in st Augustine and It
was there that Joshua B. Crawfori
came in search of health and good
care
Does Not Rail at Heirs.
1t was my business and to my in
terest to make the hotel pay" she
said y felt that the meals must be
good in order TO keep patronage
Somehow I could not get others to do
IL as l wanted it, so l did nearly every
bit Of the cooking myself 1t tasted
better"
mo l Just can't believe it," she
said, as we turned from the inter
esting cooking discussion. You see,
/ settled the estate with the Craw-
ford heirs shortly after Mr.. Craw-
ford's death and they signed the
agreement They seemed perfectly
satisfied. Now, they say that even
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