Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-05
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BA[|LES
Tanning County Will Regard
Jail HoneymoonerS With Hate
as Having Betrayed 1t.

Bessie BaHles. the mountaineer's girl
bride who spent her honeymoon in the
Fulton county Tower, will go today
to Fannin county, and to a little cabin
twenty miles into the forest from Blue
Ridge. There she will wait until Har-
Vey Baliles, her husband, gets out of
prison; then the real life of the two
will start. The six months honeymoon
spent in the Fulton county Tower
doesn't count.
The home that she will make for her
husband in the mountain. however, will
be haunted by terror terror which
was voiced in the Federal court YES
terday, when the girl and her husband
were released by Judge Newman after
being held six months as witnesses.
Harvey Baliles was promising Judge
Newman that he would return if he
were allowed to go free,
"I'll shore git back, Judge" he said
earnestly.
IF they don't kill him up in Fannin
county, said his lawyer. ominously.
Many of Baliles' neighbors in Fan
min county do not love him. In At
lanta he was held as witness. and
witness, however innocent he is Of
treachery to his comrades in the noun
tains, must always be the object of sus-
picton on the part of the mountainous.
Assistant District Attorney Henley,
: talking 20 Judge Newman. admitted
that Baliles was in danger in Fannin
county Even If Baliles has told moth
n hn will ha II
and on the other hand, Baliles is re-
lated TO the Wrights.
Narrowing Murder Story.
John Wright. it must be known. Is
charged with the murder of Moultrie
Hughes. The story of the killing is
narrowing. Hughes. it is recorded. was
called out of his little cabin. in which
sat his wife nursing a tiny baby, with
several odder children playing around.
Wright, ii is said, and Frank Dunisil
shot the mountaineer, knocked down
his wife. who rushed to his rescue, and
killed the baby in her arms.
Vengeance has been sworn in Fam
min county against John Wright. And
Baliles is related to him by marriage.
Bessie Baliles is close kinsw oman Of
the fugitive Wright.
1t will be a home of terror that the
| two young mountain people will start
for. 1t is likely that Harvey Baiiles
realized his danger when ne told Judge
| Newman yesterday that he might move
! from Fannin altogether and make his
home in Lumpkin county. and start a
farm. Lumpkin, south of Fannin is
more open than the mountain county,
and there Is less feeling against the
Wrights.
With bessie Baliles today will go
| Homer Wright fourteen years old, back
| to his mountain home in Fannin coun-
| ty, Homer Wright is the son of John
! Wright, who is charged with the death
of Moultrie Hughes. But the boy fears
no danger He is going back to his
mother he says. and on the elittle farm
will take the place of his father, who
is hiding from the officers.
Young Baliles and his bride and the
boy Wright go back to Fannin county
relatively wealthy persons after their
stay IN the Fulton county Tower. The
service as witnesses has gained for
them per diem Of ST. They were paid
NlfV dplett NtSlcItdN Wuen Te1eaSeU
, from tn Tower. affluence for Fannin
county mountaineers.
Mule Better Than Horse.
Homer Wright wanted to buy a horse
with his. Then he thought better of
| his ambition. mule was better,
would better stand the rough life in
the mountains would better serve for
the ploW during the week and the
churchgoing equippage on Sunday. A
mule was his final choice.
The assault to murder charge on
| which Harvey Baliles was arrested
| yesterday after Judge Newman had
ordered him released from the custody
of Federal officers is thought to be in
! significant At least. Harvey Baliles
and his wife hope so, and hope that
he will soon be out to start a home
after chatting six months delay in the
! Tower
Baliles will be taken to Fannin coun-
! ty jail on the assault to murder capias
as soon as the sheriff of that county
| comes TO Atlanta to take him over He
! hopes there to find a bondsman and to
be freed Immediately time, at least
! to start the spring planting and to be-