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

make IL seem better and 10 make me
comfortable"
Gives Home Touch TO Cell.
She was composed. without trace
Of brazenness in her attitude II was
that OF a kind. gentle. motherly WON
anal woman-who rad been thrust
by circumstances into unusual sur
roundings. Her gratitude for the sim
pie courtesies Of the jailers show ed
the sympathetic nature with which
she had always met the worl0
A love story number Of a familiar
woman's magazine and current mum
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
81 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 of for a
good nights rest"
Looks Worn and Pale.
Mrs Crawford looked a trife worn
and pale as the result Of her first jail
experience. She had eaten. though,
and enjoyed a 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 to employ her time save
20 sit and think and wonder why ans
how people could be so cruel
Il did not dream that there coulj
he such cruelty IN human nature,
never dreamed that animosity could
carry them TO such a length said
Mrs. Crawford. almost losing the con
troll which she had evidenced. When
the sohs were near, she stopped talk.
ing until she could recover her pOisr.
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 a fine cook" she said M
one can beat me at that, II | do say a..
] like to COOK, and folks always like
my cooking"
Mrs Crawford was in charge Of =
winter hotel in IT Augustine and It
was there that Joshua 3. Crawtor !
came in search of health and good
care.
Does Not Rail at Heirs.
TT was my business and to my In
terest to make the hotel pay" she
said 81 felt that the meals must he
good In order TO keep patronage
Somehow ] could not get others TO do
81 as ! wanted H. so / did nearly every
bit Of the cooking myself II tasted
better"
No. I 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
four years ago they believed me gull
~ Of this awful thing
Mrs Crawford speaks Of the charge
of Joshua Crawford's nieces and
nephews as strange exhibition Of
cruelty and regards the matter as
one mete for her sympathy. She
does not give way TO self pity nor
does she rail against the injustice Of
their acts Rather does she accept
the hideous nightmare as the result
Of peculiar. unfamiliar traits which
she has never herself experienced.
She seems dazed and in a dream.
Il just can't believe it. | can't real
ize II at all"
Never Loses Her Poise.
In this attitude she was led to the
iron gates Sunday morning, heard
the signal. waited and watched for
the deputy TO bring his iangling keys
and slowly open the gates. She had
heard the gate shut behind her and
had gone through a second one.
Then entering the large lettering
elevator she had gone slowly up and
up until she reached the floor of her
prison room Her room was the
symbol of all the animosity. all the
cruelty which she had known at the