Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16

Pearl and I started to look for the
other members of the family. We
went into Pearls room first. My
other daughter, Mrs Deal. and her
baby, Marguerite. were sleeping in
the same bed The odor Of chloro-
/ form was even more pronounced
there than it had been in my ROOM
and IL seemed to me that Mrs. Deal
and Marguerite were hardly breath
ing.
Baby Senseless an Hour.
We shook and screamed at Mrs
Deal for almost half and hour before
we could awake her, and we could
not awaken Marguerite until about 6
o'clock though we shook her and call
ed her, and at length carried her to
the window, where the fresh air blew
on her face.
After we had reused Mrs Deal and
her daughter. we went into the room
where my sons sleep. We could
smell the drug in their room, and at
once opened the windows Ernest and
Earl were lying side by side Their
faces were gray and ashen and they
breathed with difficulty We shook
them and screamed at them. but
could not wake them We finally
threw a bucket OF cold water in their
face, and they woke up though they
We're very sick"
For more than half an hour after
the last member of the family had
been aroused, neither Mrs Duncan or
her children had the strength to go to
the telephone and call the police or
doctor. They managed to open all
the windows in the house, and were
finally revived by the fresh air.
Family Recoliects Notbipn
None of the members Of the family
with the exception of Miss Hide
brand. has any recollection of what
occurred during the night. The first
thing Mrs. Duncan, Mrs Deal or the
two boys knew was when they were
awakened by Miss Hildebrand. They
were as much unnerved by the shock
of seeing Miss Hildebrand covered
with blood and with wound in her
forehead as they were by the Chlogo-
form. 1t Is supposed that Miss Hill
debrand awoke first because Of the
pain Of the wound i'm her forehead.
The case is one of the most mys-
teriOus the police have been called
upon to solve in years. Detectives
who have been investigating have
not yet decided whether It was an at
tempt to murder every member of the
Duncan family, or whether it was the
exploit of a daring burglar But
whether 1t was an attempted murder
or a daring burglary, the circum-
stances surrounding the affair are
such that it is practically certain that
only one man entered the house
though 1t is probable that he had
lookout to watch for possible inter
ference.
Footprints May Be Clews.
Footprints have been found around
the house, and under Miss Hide
brands window the ground is dis
turbed as though the man had slip
ped when he leaped from her window
after striking her with his weapon.
Members of the family think the
burglar entered the house before they
retired
The front door was left unlocked
while they were reading, and II is
supposed the burglar entered through
il. 1t is also thought that he hid be
hind sofa In the parlor. to the left
Of the front door. until they had re
tired and everything was quiet. Sew
eral spots of mud. that appear a.
though they came from "A mans shoe
We're found behind the sofa Wednes-
day morning, during the investiga
ton.
Miss Hildebrand is a stenographer
for the Gable Piano Company on
North Broad street
p II. Brewster. at one time ous
Of the attorneys for the heirs in IN,
Crawford will case. was on the stan5
an of the forenoon in the hearing now
in progress before the auditor II,
was called to testify to the legality of
Mrs Crawford's marriage He saii
that while he was attorney for the
heirs he made a thorough investiga-
tion Of Mrs Crawfords matrimonial
career and had found that her mar
riaEe 10 Crawford was entirely legal
and regular.
Mrs. Crawford is expected to take
the stand when the hearing Is resumed
Thursday She will be followed by
Or J. w. Hurt, who was physician
for Crawford.