Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08
$1,000 DIAMOND RING IS
MISSING IN LOVE TRAGEDY
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ANDERSON OtheT we al eIHllIF,
whose Identity the police have not
vet learned The woman, 1t is under
stood. told neighbors that her hus-
band had eoped with another woman.
and in his note ANDERSON accused the
woman Of allowing the other man to
come between them.
Throughout the note, which was
found in the pockets OF the dead man,
he refers to the woman as his wife,
though he made no mention of the
daughter The note follows:
En- route to Atlanta from New Or
leans: ! am going TO look for my
dear wife that love and all | care to
live for She has disappointed me
and refused 10 live with me. am
going to look for her and beg her to
reconsider and live with me. and II
she refuses well. this will explain
all. 8 snc has given my love for an
others ] love my wife and have been
true TO her, but she allowed one 70
come between her and Ia, and per
suaded her to quit me, | just can not
live without her and | have forsaken
the world for her. ! viii sacrifice my
life to keep any other man from reap
ing my love and affection from my
hearts IDEAL"
The note was signed "A. j. A.
Neighbors who knew the slain wo-
man declare that she did no: know
of the other wife who is supposed to
be living in Macon. They declared
that the woman was modest and re-
firing. and that she devoted all the
time At her disposal, when she was
not working with her little daugh
ter Her evenings she spent reading
to the little girl and helping the
child with her lessons
Sent Threat In Letter.
Less than week ago, after she
received n letter from he man tell
ing her that he was coming 10 At
lanta to xiii her and the child. she
sent the little girl to the home OF
her sister Mrs. Iemmie Fulton. OF
Alaga. Ala. intending to follow her
self within week or two. She had
been working al the Marcus Loeb
plant since she was deserted by
ANDERSON though il was known she
had an income from some other
source. Rings valued at 81 600 were
taken from her fingers by he nm
dertaker, and $52 was found in her
purse.
The woman became nervous after
receiving the letter from ANDERSON
Friday morning. and told some OF
the employees where she worked that
she feared She would be killed before
night BY noon she was so nervous
that she had 10 Gull and go home
She remained in the boarding house
orly few moments, and then lert to
escape ANDERSON. Sle kept away from
her home all afternoon. returning
about dusk 20 see if letter had
come from her little girl
Al the corner OF Pryor street and
| Trinity avenue she met ANDERSON
who had been lettering near the
house in the rain all afternoon, await
ing an opportunity to avenge what
he considered his wrongs. Accord
come between them" The woman,
Horn Gays, protested that there was
no other man, and Anderson then
| slapped her several times, repeating
! his denunciation
The woman began crying and beg
ged ANDERSON not To XIII her. as the
man drew revolver from his pocket
He caught her by the arm, drew her
head down against his breast and
slapped her vieiousiN half a dozen
times. Cursing, he pressed the muZ-
zle Of the gun against the woman's
breast and pulled the trigger. She
screamed and he fired again, with
h" pistol only few inches from her
head. The woman fell to the ground.
. Hlci> sun N'dsstieu against tue VAL
and looked down upon the body If
his victim without a word. He lean.
ed against a telephone post, placed
the revolver against his heart and
pulled the trigger. As he fell to the
ground he fired a bullet into his
brain.
The bodies We're taken to Harry
Poole's undertaking establishment,
and will be held there to await the ar
rival OF relatives Mrs Lemmie Ful-
ton, a sister of the woman. mas been
notified and is on her way to Atlanta
from Alaga Ala, with the womans
daughter.