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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Money Matters May
Have Led to Killing

GADSDFN, Sept. I6.-That Robert
R Butler who died in Birmingham
Saturday from a pistol wound infiict-
ed by his wife, quarreled frequently
with her over money which she had
gotten from the estate Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob C. Lutes. who
were killed in their lonely mountain
home near Gallant, is the theory ad-
vanced by local people who know
something of the troubles of the cOu-
pie.
J. A. Gallant administrator of the
Lutes estate. paid Mrs. Butler $500
as her share. 1t is said that her hus-
band wanted her to give him the
money.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Convict Road Work
To Be Systematized

Action looking to the systematizing
Of the work Of convicts on the pub
lie roads probably will be taken by
the State Prison Commission at its
next meeting.
II is understood the commission
has had under consideration the ad-
visibility of appointing State road
supervisors to work in conjunction
with the counties in efforts to build
up a Statewide system of good
roads
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Pastor to Tell Judge
Why He Spanked Dad

TERRE HAUTE, IND, Sept. 16-
The Rev. Elijah NJ. Hanley president
Of Franklin College, is preparing to
answer the charge OF assault con-
tanned in an indictment returned by
the Grand Jury after his admission
that he spanked his father, Calvin
Hanley, last Thursday
He sent word to the authorities that
he would appear for trial whenever
wanted and tt would not be necessary
to send an officer after him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Robber Band Sought
For Theft of Electric

Police are searching for an electric
automobile, belonging to John S.
Owens, the capitalist, of 81 West
Eleventh street, which was stolen
from in front of his residence late
Monday.
The number of the car is 2477. It
is thought that IT was taken by mem
bers of the gang of automobile thieves
that has been operating in Atlanta
for several weeks
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Venue Change Denied
To Gadsden Slayer

GADSDEN, Sept. 16.-Judge J. A
Bilbro overruled the application of j
Smith. charged with murder, for a
change Of venue The case will prob
ably be tried this week.
Smith killed Patrolman Patterson,
Of Alabama City, and was sentenced
to hang, but secured a new trial when
the Suprmee Court found a part of
the court records had been omitted
from the transcript.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
OBITUARY.

The funeral of Miss Lou T. Hook,
who died at East Lake Junction
Monday, will be held at 81 30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon from the resi-
denCe. The remains will be taken
Tuesday night to Augusta for inter
ment in the family burying ground.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
TO MEET AT CALHOUN.

DALTON, Sept 16.-The Eigh-
teenth Division of Odd Fellows, en-
bracing the lodges of Whitfield, Muir
ray, Gordon. CatOosa and Barlow
counties, will hold its spring Conven-
ton in Calhoun.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
POLICE, SURE WOMAN
IS GUILTY, EXAMINF
EFFECTS FOR MOTIVE

In the hope of developing new evil
dence in their assiduous search into
the past of jerome A. Appelbaum, the
slain travelling salesman, and his ac-
cused wife, detectives this afternoon
are making a minute examination of all
papers and other contents of Appel
baum's trunk.
The trunk was taken in charge by
detectives today at noon and imme-
diately removed from the Appelbaum
apartments in the Dakota hotel to the
police station.
This is the first examination of the
trunk made by officers, and they be-
lieve they will find valuable letters and
papers that will shed new light on the
mysterious tragedy.
Examine Every Paper.
Every letter and paper is being close
ly perused, and every article examined.
The main hope of detectives is that
they will find telltale evidence in the
trunk to further strengthen the jeal-
ousy which they believe led to the
killing. This motive is based chiefly on
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
Refused Special
Diet offered Her.

Night guards at the Jail today said
that Mrs. Appelbaum ordered the reg
ular prison supper last night instead of
the diet of eggs and milk filed by her
physician.
she ate heartily of the cornbread
and. coffee offered her one of the
guards said today, and refused to eat
the lighter food which we had special
1y prepared for her, saying that she
was hungry and wanted something
substantial to eat
This may have caused her collapse
last night. but of course. her mental
condition had probably more TO do with
her condition than what she ate
From the time she was taken from
her. cell late yesterday and led to the
bier of her dead mate in the morgue
of Greenberg & Bond in Houston
street, Mrs. Appelbaum went through
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27

pear that the husband was well sup
piled and able to engineer ambitious
financial schemes ard plans. the Jewels
that lie in the bank. vaults here tell
silent tale of money spending hus-
band and of a Wife,, either willingly or
unwiliingly parting with her posses
sions TO fill the husbands pockets.
Guards Family Secrets.
Attorney Jones would not reveal any
thing that had beeb impaired to him
Of family affairs further than that Mrs
Appejbaum had said she had been
twice married, and that a son bv her
first husband Clyde Henderson. was in
school in Montgomery Ala. She said
she was Miss Davis before her first
marriage.
II was learned frpm a court Official
today that Appe baum was the princi-
pal stakeholder lathe Dryola Veneer
ing Company
All investigation locally tends to
strengthen the belief that Appelbaum
was handy at spending money and
liked women.
letter mailed tto Mrs. Appelbaum
since Mondays tragedy by Attorney
Jones contained several cancelled notes
The status of the jesVyes held in a To-
cal bank was not lea.rned, though these
were put up to secun paper on which
Appelbaum realized
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27

the ardent love letters written 70
pelbaum by young woman I, o- 1p'
nav, Mich, and which were int.. 9as'-
ed by Mrs. Appelbaum but a fon, I ~
before her husband was fopna lays "a
dead. snot
Lanford Certain.
Chief of Detectives I.anford .hi
ernoon said: There is not tho s,,s ql'-
est doubt but that Mrs. Anno,he'
killed her husband, and was nror, ,.1'l
to do so by insane jealousy ~ ~
other woman in Michigan" '''S
Chief Lanford's theory is tbo+ ~,
Appelbaum, knowing her husbons'N
weakness for other women" ors
coming convinced he intended 70 ~.
ry the Michigan girl in Apri, faaa',
she was about to lose him, and in ~
peration, determined to slay him
"She was simply determined tbo.
other woman should ever get him au,n.
from her." said the chief
The examination of the trurL 49,
tents will probably not be conc,nda5
until late afternoon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
An Outlet For Her Daring.

This very quality of daring brought
her near to the brink, time and again.
Shooting scrapes. evolved of her hot
temper quarrels with men and women
as daring, deeds not sanctioned by con-
vention or laval these marked her
existence.
Suddenly, four years ago or more,
she left the life of gayety, and mar
ried j. A. Keller, an automobile agent.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27

The marriage, so ill-fated as II turrss
out Is explained by those who know
the woman. Callie Scott found an ~,
let for her daring in the operat,or 81.
automobiles. There seemed q ro+,,..,
allnity between this woman and ths
steering wheel; the odor OF gasolir.
was more to be desired by her than N.
perfumes of the ballroom. CaIlie Scot,
turned motor maniac.
1t is said that she would drive -.
after the manner of the most frenzios
deVotees of speed. Motoring hAc.,r.
the reason for her existence
The desire weaned her from the yov
life that had led her class to the brirl
Her associates of other davs var. o..
saken and a new coterie claimed bsr
Keller, her tutor, became her husband
FOR a While 1t seemed that CaI9e
Scott had found the existence for which
she had been shaped. and her content.
ment was supreme. Montgomery knew
her as a reckless driver, and her Agur.
at the steering wheel of a big ANTOINE.
bile, which she guided with hands pic.
turesquely gauntleted. was familiar IN
every person in the city.
Two automobiles she smashed AMI
others she damaged. But her life
which had been near to smash Itself
was redeemed from the dangerously CAV
paths into which it had fallen. Love Of
automobiles had made of Callie Scott
another woman.
But the affection for a man founded
on such basis could not last. and KeI.
Ter and she drew apart gradually The
loss of automobiles which the woman
damaged was a great factor in the de-
struction of their attachment. Then
they separated, Mrs. Keller filing suit
for divorce against her husband. who
did not defend it.
Callie Scott Keller left Montgomery
and her redeeming habit. and wen
with Jerome Appelbaum. Maybe if she
had stuck to automobiles
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
Continued From Page One.

OF high-s,rung women like Mrs. Appel
baum"
This is the statement of Or. }. s.
Lehman. physician to the woman Of
mystery" principal IN the tragic Hotel
Dakota bath room shooting mystery
At late hour today Mrs. Appelbaum
was slowly recovering from the effects
Of an attack Of nerves brought on this
morning seemingly without cause save
for the fact that she is in complete
collapse, caused by her mental and
physical torture through which she has
passed in the last - hours.
Mrs AppeIpaum, whose personality IS
the unsolvable puzzle in the eyes Of the
authorities last night ali but joined her
dead mate in his long sleep when, with
out warning. save that she could not
sleep she leaped from her prison cot
and fell in commissions on the floor of
her Jail cage
Hurried calls were sent for her ply
sician, DR.. J. S. Lehman. Upon his
arrival at the jail. Mrs. Appelbaum
lay in a stupor, the death dealing con-
vulsion having passed for the time be-
ing. DR.. Lehman at once applied re-
Storatives and when the woman re-
gained her senses she again twisted
and wrthed under the torture Of her
physical pain.
No relief known to medical science
could be offered, save that of induced
sleep. and at l o'clock DR.. Lehman ad-
ministered a hypodermic injection
Shortly afterward Mrs. Appelbaum
went into a deep sleep. She did not
awaken until about o'clock this morn
ing.
DR.. Liebmau, seen today declared
II viii not be responsible for another
OF these convulsive attacks through
which Mrs. Appelbaum has passed dur
ing the past "a hours. She is physical
wreck-her whole nerve force has been
6ssipated and she can not undergo fur
Their torture in being questioned or even
seen She must be kept secluded and
she must have mind peace or fear for
her very life"
Moore & Branch, attorneys for Mrs
Appelbaum. declared today that until
their client is in a physical state to
carefully 60 over her defense they can
not outline their stand in the mysteri-
Gus shooting ARRAY in the Hotel Da-
kota. the solution of which is proving
the puzzle of the year to the authori-
ties
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
IDENTIFIES
JEWEL TRUNK THIEF
AS ESCAPED CONVICT

Police chief Beavers said today he
was satisfied that George Kaul. one of
the three men convicted of the famous
100000 jeweIry trurlk robbery of some
months ago, answered the description
of an escaped conSict Of the Michigan
state penitentiary, and that as soon as
he finished his twelve months term in
the DeKalb countyschaingang he would
be sent to Michigan.
CNlef Beavers resolved a letter from
the warden Of the Michigan peniteu-
tiary today, accompanied by a photo
graph of Fred VonEIaul who. he said.
was a convict who had escaped while
serving three-year term for larcen..
Chief Beavers recognized in the pho
tograph a picture of Kaul.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27

OF a well known Montgomery merchant
and politician that she turned a re-
Volver on herself and sent a bullet into
her body several years ago. The at
tempt at suicide was made on Wash
ington street, a downtown thorough
fare, in broad daylight, soon after she
saw the man she loved walking with
another woman.
Then came a period in her life when
men were many. In her relations with
them her fatal temper and jealousy
were aroused often, and the tempestu-
GUS career of ''the little country girl"
came near to being terminated sadly
when she welded revolvers with sin
cere intents to kill men.
Once, in her home on Hall street,
she shot Lamar Martini who was
not, as has been enormously stated, on
the police force), who was plaguing a
girl who was her guest. Martin re
covered. once again, she entered a
newspaper Office and, at the point of a
gun, forced a man who had broken an
appointment with her to leave his
work.
Then came Keller, jovial, ark-hair-
ed. They were married
Says He Aided Her.
The house on Hall street went. Ru-
NOR has it that it was mortgaged and
that, with the proceeds of the eXecu-
ton, Keller was established in the au-
tomobile business.
Keller on the other hand, says it was
she who was benefited financially by
the union. and that he paid her debts.
They lived together some time. and
then separated.
After living alone for some time,
Caledonia Scott Henderson, Keller left
Montgomery for the West 1t was UNI
derstood that she went to join a trav-
cling man who had captured her rather
inconstant heart.
She has returned since several times,
but for only short stays, in the course
of which, however, she spoke of her
husband. TO her friends, though-and
she had many friends in Montgomery
and still has-she was always Callie
Scott, as when she came up from
Brewton, "a little country girl"
Woman Defends Her.
But a country girl no longer. She
had diamonds, and the knack of dar-
ing automobile driving, and a keen
knowledge of the world. 1t was such a
mature woman that Jerome Appelbaum
met, and TO whom he was attracted
and who loved him. as she sobbed out
through the first bitter night in the
Atlanta Tower, and as she seemed ia
prove when she touched his cold. dead
| face with trembling, caressing fingers
! in the mOrgue yesterday"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
HUSBAND TELLS
OF HER SHOOTING SCRAPES

MONTGOMERY, ALA, Feb. IA
wistful note came into the voice of j.
A. Keller when he talked today of Cal
lie Scott, his former wife, who is held
in Atlanta suspected of the murder of
jerome Appelbaum. He denied inter
views attributed to him, in which he
was represented as denouncing her.
shes a pretty good sort of fellow, "
he said, his tone almost tender. She's
her own worst enemy"
She was plucky clear through, he
said, and it was plain that he admired
her for it.
She could drive any automobile l
had he added Mr.. Keller operates a
garage she could drive better than
any man l had, and without thought
of danger.
He told of one accident in which she
nearly lost her life, and Of another in
which they both were injured. He said
he gave her four automobiles during
their association
Callie SCOTS career has been marked
by other events than automobile acct
dents, as Keller told of it, and as wom-
en- who knew her told.
Nearly 20 years ago, Caledonia Scott.
fresh and pretty, came to Montgomery
from Brewton, near which place she
had lived on the farm of her father,
James Scott.
"She was just a pretty country girl,
said woman who had known her
through the ups and downs of an I'M
conventional career.
She already had Won the heart of c.
d. Henderson, a wealthy citizen of
Brewton. who followed her to Mont
gomery with an ardent proposal. She
capitulated, and a happy prospect
! opened
Crazy When jealous.
But she was one of the most jeal-
| Gus hearted creatures alive" said j. A
Keller, her second husband today. and
when she became jealous, she was
| crazy. And she had a temper, Some
times she flew into a mad hysteria
when she seemed beside herself"
l. Thus is explained the end of the
Henderson romance, which came not
before boy, Claude Henderson, was
born He is II years old, and is a stu
dent at a Montgomery business college
He lives alone in the city
! 1.-THE Country Girl"
After Henderson came several af-
fairs. The little country girl" be-
coming sophisticated. was plainly sus-
ceptible. Rumor says that it was for love
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
A Lonely Figure.

The boy in Montgomery is a lonely
figure himself. His father and his
mother, all his life, have lived apart,
and he has known no home. Even now,
a 17-year-old boy, he is boarding in
company with older men while he fol-
lows a course of study in a Montgom-
cry business college.
The boy probably feels that he owes
his mother nothing. The mother, it is
very likely, still remembers the pride
in her first-bor and the love of which
she tells is sincere And maybe she
hopes, telling herself all the time that
she has no right to hope.
That she should remember her love of
the baby seventeen years ago is some
thing itself. Her life during that pc
riod has been that of a fast set. Her
pleasures have been feverishly gay.
Her sorrows have been the bitterest,
bearing remorse that gnawed and
gnawed and prompted self destruction.
Her world has been the world of gay
ety. and among her associates in Mont
gomery she was known as the most
daring.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
WOMAN DUG UP PAST
LIFE OF HER HUSBAND

CHARLOTTE \. c.. Feb. 27.-That
a quantity of jewelry is at present
stored in a local bank, put up as secur-
ity for notes on which J. A. Appebaum
realized the proceeds. and that an in
quiry conducted on behalf Of Mrs. APP
pelbaum while here resulted in a formal
report being submitted to her indicat
ing that her husband did have another
wife in Chicago, are declarations made
by her former attorney here. J. Laur-
ence Jones.
A letter was received In this city by
MIR. Jones from J. A. Appelbaum in Al
lanta on February % or %, making in
quiry into the report which had been
sent to Mrs. Appelbaum from this city
on the investigation conducted to find
out if her husband had living wife in
the city of Chicago. This letter APP
peared to be simply an inquiry into
the affair which had been conducted
for his wife, and contained nothing of a
threatening nature uttered by Appel
baum
The report on the investigation which
Mrs. Appelbaum instigated was mailed
to her several weeks ago 1t was not
anticipated that this report would fall
into the hands of the husband. How
ever, it did, and his letter of inquiry
TO the Charlotte attorney was the re-
suit.
Revealed Another Wife
Mrs. Appelbaum employed the serv-
ices Of the Charlotte attorney to have
the report thoroughly investigated as to
wife No. /. and the situation which
existed in the family was today, in this
way, brought to light.
Mrs. AppeIbaum was advised by her
attorney here that the wisest course
for her to pursue was to secure sep
aration from Appeibaum. after all OF
her story rad been poured out and the
manner in which Appelbaum treated
her became known, but she announced
that she was going to stay with hel
husband. Then it was that her at.
torney washed his hands Of the cas-,
and left the woman to pursue her owr
course
While neighbors say that Mrs. Ap
peloaum related stories Of wealth o
unknown quantity which she had turn
ed over 10 her husband, i'm order a
some of them believed to make it an
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
HURT ANALYzES
VICTIM POWER

THE perfect type of mentally de-
PRAYED person described by the famous
criminologist and mental specialist, DR..
Charles Evans"
This is the statement of Dr. ]. w.
Hurt county physician, after a careful
examination of the body of Jerry"
Appelbaum. mysteriously killed Tues
day in the Hotel Dakota shooting
mystery.
I'm looking at his corpse, have come
to the conclusion" said DR.. Hurt. that
this man has been catalogued by the
mental specialists as the type of fellow
with whom women fall in love without
reason, save that such a fellow has
personal magnetism to such an extent
that he attracts the opposite sex with a
semi-mind force, sending out sugges-
lions through his mannerisms that
make women his prey.
An Unmastered Passion.
This sort of thing is carefully de-
scribed particularly by DR.. Evans, the
great mind specialist-the man who in
the Thaw case first popularized the
term paranoiac.
1T is not an uncommon trait among
men Of Appellants caste. Note his
high brow, the arched eyebrows, the
long thin nose, the full underlip, the
high cheek bones-all denoting an I'M
mastered passion for the feminine.
"As | have said, the trait is not UNI
common, but it is seldom that | have
ever come upon a more perfect exam
pie of the prescribed features in such
a case.
Il have heard that the claim is now
being made that powder stains were
found upon Appellants clothing and
also that the thumb and first finger of
his right hand were blackened by pow
der
81 have also heard that witnesses
will take the stand should Mrs. AppeI-
baum he indicted and brought to trial
who Will swear that such is the case
No Powder Stains.
Right here | wish to again state as
did before the coroner on Tuesday,
that there were no powder stains on
Appellants underClothing and that his
hands were unmarked either by powder
stains or pressure on the trigger of a
weapon, such marks sometimes remain
ing on the fingers of a dead person in
definitely.
"Appelbaum did not shoot himself.
OF this ! am certain. He could not.
through any personal agency have met
his death. His wounds preclude such a
theory. He was shot from a greater
distance than five feet and the wounds
show about how he was shot.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
That Tired Feeling

that is caused by impure, impoyer
|, ished blood or low, rundown condition
of the system, is burdensome and dis
couraging. Do not put up with it, but
take Hoods Sarsaparilla, which has re.
moved 1t in thousands Of cases.
II had that tired feeling. had no ap-
petite and no ambition to do anything
A friend advised me to take Hoods
Sarsaparilla. I did so, and soon that
tired feeling was gone. | had good
appetite and felt well. l believe Hoods
saved me from a long Illness" Mrs. B.
johnson, Westfield, N. J.
Get Hoods Sarsaparilla today. In
liquid or tablets called Sarsatabs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27

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