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FIVE ARE INDICTED IN FRANK CASE
WARRANTS GIVEN
10 OFFIGERS TO
~ SERVE
Warrants were sworn
out Friday afternoon for
five men, following the
finding of indictments by
the Grand Jury which has
been investigating the al
leged bribery of Rev.
C. B. Ragsdale, dismissed
preachen, who testified
that he was given $2OO for
swearing that Jim Conley
had confessed to the mur
der of Mary Phagan.
The five men are:
Dan Lehon, chief aide of W. J.
Bur.ns, accused of subornation of
perjury.
Rev. C.'B. Ragsdale, who told
the confession story, accused of
perjury.
R. L. Barber, who identified
the negro overheard ‘‘confess
ing’’ as Jim Conley, aceused of
perjury.
Arthur Thurman, a lawyer,
who played a part in obtaining
the Ragsdale affidavit, accused
of subornation of perjury.
Carlton C. Tedder, co-worker
with Conley’s attorney,.and who
claims to have been a stool
pigeon accused of subornation
of perjury. A
The report of the special probe
committee of the Police Commission,
to be submiited at the called session
of the Commission Friday night, will
recommend seven arrests of Burns
detectives, including William J, Burns
and his aide, Dan Lehon, for alleged
violations of both city and State laws
regulating the conduct of private de
tectives.
The other five whose immediate ar
rest will be asked are Charles E.
Sears, manager of the local Burns
agency; L. C. Whitfield, W, W.
(Boots) Rogers, W. D. McWorth and
C. C. Tedder. Lehon and Tedder are
two of the five indicted Friday by the
Grand Jury in the bribery probe.
Report Formulated Friday.
The report was formulated late
Friday at a conference between Com
missioners W, A, Vernoy and A. R.
King, of the committee, and City At
tcrney Mayson in the latter's office
Commissioner Colcord, the third
committeeman, was unable to be
present, but will sign the report.
Detective Chief Lanford has served
subpenas on the seven detectives,
citing them to appear before the
Commission Friday night to answer
any questions that may be asked.
Cases Will Be Tried.
The cases will be set for trial in
police court Tuesday.
Two city cases are asked against
both Burns and Lehon for operating
a detective agency here without be
ing passed on by the Police Commis
sion. Sears will be charged with op
‘erating detectives who have not been
approved. The others will be charged
with operating without being passed
on. The committee also asks that all
seven be-bound over to the State
courts for violation of the State law
that provides that no detectives can
operate without the approval of the
guthorities, and that no non-resident
can operate as a detective.
The deputy visited the office of Ar
thur Thurman and was informed that
the attorney already had made the
required $2,000 bond.
Warrants Sworn Out.
Warrants were sworn out Friday
afternoon for five men, following the
finding of indictments by the Grand
Jury which has been investigating
the alleged bribery of the Rev. . B.
Ragsdale, dismissed preacher, who
testified that he was given $2OO for
swearing that Jim Conley had con
fessed to the murder of Mary Pha
e |
The five meén are:
Dan Lehon, chief aide of W. J.
Burns, accused of subordination of
perjury. L
Rev, C. B. Ragsdale, who told the
confession story, accused of perjury.
R. L. Barber, who identified the
negro overheard “confessing” as Jim
Conley, accused of perjury.
Thurman ls Accused,
Arthur Thurman, a lawyer, who
played a part in obtaining the Rags
dale affidavit, accused of gubordina
tion of perjury.
Cariton C. Tedder, co-worker with
Conley’s attorney, and who claims to
have been a stool-pigeon, accused of
subordination of perjury.
The warrants were placed in the
hands of the Sheriff for gervice and
the men will be put under bonds at
once,
In connection with the indiotments
bonds were assessed against Lebon
and Barber of $2500 each against
THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS.
!Thurman and Tedder of $2,000 each,
and against Ragsdale of $l,OOO.
The highest bond was required in
lthe first instance, it is believed, be
cause Lehon is a non-resident of
Georgia, and because Barber is a fu
gitive from justice on an old score.
The explanation of the $2,000 bond
for Thurman and Tedder is that they
were indicted each on two counts.
Ragsdale was assessed the lowest
bond, it is believed, for the reason
that he probably will become a State’s
witness when the cases come to trial.
i Arrests Are Expected.
~ Thurman waz in the Thrower build
ing mose of the forenoon. but was ex
cused shortly before the indictments
were returned, making it necessary
for the Sheriff's officers to hunt him
again to serve the bench warrant.
All the arrests were expected to be
made during the day.
Deputy Sheriff Plennie Miner served
the capias on Dan Lehon, the Burns
lieutenant, whom he found in his of
fice in the Healey Building. With
Milton Klein as his bondsman, the
detective gave the required $2,500
surety for his appearance, and was
not taken into custody.
Warrants Given Sheriff,
Ragsdale was kept in the Grand
Jury room for two and a half hours.
Every angle of his connection with
the case was gomne into by the Grand
Jury, and it is understood that that
body through its questions sought to
connect Detective William J. Burns
and his aide, Dan Lehon, with the al
leged bribery,
Macon Women Fail to March in
Suffrage Parade When Pro
tests Are Raised.
MACON, May 21.—Husbands’' words
proved stronger than women's righis
last night, and consequently the
much advertised parade of the Ma
con Woman Suffrage Assoclation
failed of its purpose. “here was a
great parade, comprising delegationg
and floats from the various civic and
fraternal organizations, but the suf
fragettes were the least represented.
There was Mrs. K. L. Martin, dressed
like Prince Charming, riding astride;
four other young women, similarly
attired; an automobile bearing At
lanta suffrage dolegates, and a float
in charge of Mrs, Minnie Battle, of
Athens.
The statement is made that the
husbands of the suffragettes protested
at the last minute against their wives
appearing in the procession. It is
also stated that the preparation of
high school boys to release cats and
rats into the midst of the procession
;detm‘rtd many of the women from
;gening in line.
The women promoting the local
anti-suffrage association are delight
ed with the failure of the suffrage
seekers to make good last night,
(Goes to Baltimore
As Railway Expert
AUGUSTA, May 26.—8. W. Duer,
vice president and general manager
of the Georgia and Florida Railway,
with headquartérs at Augusta, has
tendered his resignation, effective
June 1, to become railway expert for
Middendorf, Williams & Co., of Balti
more. He was with this firm before
coming here. His successor here has
not been announced.
The G. & F. operates from Augusta
to Madison, Fla., with branches to
Millen and Moultrie, Ga.
Child Labor Held
WASHINGTON, May 26.- Opposition
1o the Palmer bill to bar from interstate
commerce goods manufactured by child
labor was voiced before the House
Committee on Labor by Lewis Parker
and W. E. Beattie, of Greenville, and
Alexander Long, of Rock Hfll, 8. G
representatives of the South Carolina
cotton mills.
Mr. Parker asserted that the child
labor questior. £hould be handled by the
State.
.
Stops Train to Save
.
Aged Man From Fire
DETROIT, May Qi.j(‘harles Dwyer,
a Pere Marquette conductor, stopped
his train when he saw a farm house
burning and rescued an aged man.
Passengers extinguished the flames.
Record Fruit Cro%
Is Predicted by U. 8.
WASHINGTON, May #6.—A record
b’rcahing‘lrun cm;:l lz‘. y“o:: ’?r%otlml
eie g 200 O LERH )
Commerce of the United States. y
LONDON HOTELS
TURNING AWAY
MANY GUESTS
LONDON, May 23—The beginning
of the week saw hundreds of Amer
icans arriving from the continent, at
tracted by the warmer weather, Sev
eral incoming boats have also brought
an army of fashionables, as a result
of which the London hotels are turn
ing visitors away,
This condition of affairs, with the
glorious sunshine, quickly induced
London to put on her best season
“afr™
The West End streets present a
blaze of color, while the smart ho
tels and restaurants are crowded
daily, many of their guests coming
to numerous small dances which are
the rage here just now.
Claridge's is especially - full .of
Americans. Mrs. Ogden Goelet has
taken a suite of rooms tgere for the
season, but will spend the greater
part’ of the time with her ducal
daughter and son-in-law, the Rox
burghes. Mrs. Cary Sanger and Miss
Sanger intend to remain through the
summer season, although they: may
pay a visit to Paris after, Miss San
ger has been presented at court.
~ Phelps Dodge, who has just re
turned from a tour around the world,
has been giving dinner parties every
night. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Unter
meyer, who intends to remaln another
month, have also entertained cons
siderahly, s Ao
Mrs. Sam Newhouse has given sev.
eral very smart parties recently, but
the brightest functions have . been
those given by Mr. and. Mrs. Oscar
L.ewissohn to many of the greatest
theatrical stars. i
The Carlton Hotel is at ite brights
est at the present moment, numbers
of American society leaders having
registered, including Mr. and Mrs,
Appleton Waye, Mre, W, F. Garrison,
Mr. and Mrs, Harold Minott, A, de
la Poer and George C. Beers. :
Jules' Hurtig, the theatrical promo
ter, with his bride, are here on a
honeymoon trip, - !
Last Tribute Paid
Gen. J. P. Graves
. .
By Many Friends
The funeral of General Jamés P.
Graves, who died Saturday in Wash
ington, was conducted Tuesday from
Patterson'a chapel. the Rev. A R.
Holderby, pastor of the Moore Memo
riésl Presbyterian Churchi and long a
friend of General Graves, officiating.
The pallbearers were Augustus
Redding, Dr. John G. Wilkins, Colonel
J. €. Woodward, 1. C. McCrory, John
A. Brice, W. Woods White, H. F.
West and A, H. Alfriend. The inter
ment was postponed.
Friends of General Graves, old and
young, crowded the chapel, and the
floral offerings were many and bean
tiful. Dr. Helderby referred to Gen
eral Graves as “‘a true friend, a vali
ant soldier and the most courteous
gentleman it has ever been my pleas
ure to know.” Colonel J. C. Wood
ward, of Clege Park, for years a
neighbor of General Graves, paid
tribute to him as the University of
Georgia's oldest graduate, a contem
porary and frisnd of Robert Toombs,
Alexander H Stephens and Henry W,
Grady and likewise the friend of
noted men throughout . the country.
Colonel, Woodward’s tribute brought
téars to the eves of many. He was
followed by W, Woods White and 1.
C. McCrory, of College Park. .
Leahy Made Major
OfyFifth Regijment
Captain W, H. Leahy, of the Grady
Cadets, Company E, of the Fifth Reg
iment of the National Guard, is re
ceiving the congratulations of his
friends on his elevation to the rank of
major of the Second Battalion of the
regiment. Captain Leahy was elected
Monday night, defeatin Captain Oscar
Palmour, of Company A, by one vote,
At two previous attempts to elect the
vote had resulted in a tie. Major
ILeahy is well known in Georgia miii
tary circles, having been in the serv
ice sixteen years.
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Public Officials at
’ .
Democrats’ Meeting
Officials of the St:te, county and
city will attend the meeting of the
Young Men's Democratic lL.eague at
the Piedmont Hotel Tuesday after
roon at 5§ o'clock. Invitations have
been sent out to members of all of
Atlanta's political organizations by
President Charies B, Sheldon, of the
league,
Counci! members will meet at the
City -Hall at 4:30 o'clock, and atfend
‘the meeting in a body. !
JUDGE ATKINSON
10 atER PLACE
IN LEGISLATURE
Judge Spencer R. Atkinson, formar
justice of the Supreme Court, has
accepted the call of a large numbér
of his fellow citizens to legislative
duty, and hes agreed to become a
candidate for, the General Assembly
of 1915-1916, as a Representative
from Fulton County. d
This, in all probability, means that
Judge Atkinson will be elected with~
out any sort of opposition.
Fhe judge, in answering the peils
tion of citlzens, says:
May 28, 1914,
" Messrs. Samuel M, Inman, James
G. Woodward, Colonel Robert
J. ‘Lawry, Messrs, Wilmer L,
<+ "Moore; Robert B, Blackburn,
* Hollins Randolph, James W,
English, Fred J. Paxon, John
E. Murphy and Others:
Gentlemen=ll wish to acknowl-
~edge the receipt of the address
. which you; ¢n" behalf of your
-1 selves and & large number of oth
‘er of my fellow citizens, were
Kind enough to present to me
some days ago, requesting that I
should permit you to use my
name a& a candidate to be one of
the Representatives of Fulton
- County. in the next General As
sembly of Georgila.
1y No Desire for Office.
1 'beg to say in reply to your
‘suggestion, I have long since put
behind me any personal desire to
hold public office, For many years
the people of the State honored
‘me in that respéct in a manner
doubtless far.beyond my deserts;
~and now for a mumber of years [
have been quietly engaged in pri
vate pursuits, taking such inci
dental interest only in the ad
ministration of public affairs as
enabled me ta meet the personal
responsibilities of citizenship,
With .this I have been hitherto
content. You now say to me that
in your judgment it is the desire
of the people of Fulton County
that T should be one among their
Representatives in the General
Assembly., Whatever the inclina
tion of my mind might otherwise
be, 1 hold it the duty of every
man to contribute as much and
‘as far ag he can to promote the
welfare of the community in
which he lives. This, in my judg
ment, is one of the non-delegable
duties of citizenship., It is one
from which no good citizen should
desire to escape.
- Free of Alliances.
He should hold no conflicting
obligation to any private interest
whatsoever, and should be abso
lutely free of all alliances which
might tend to incline him to lean
tfo other than the dutles of his
public engagement, If, appNvach
ing the subject of my again en
tering the public service in this
gpirit, the people of Fulton Coun
ty believe that 4 can and will
gserve them efficiently, and that by
my service 1 may be able, within
the broader -State-wide obliga
tions, to assist in promoting the
welfare of the people of Fulton
County, and at the same time in
safeguarding the interesis of the
city of Atlanta, 1 shall hold my
self subject to their call.
SPENCER R. ATKINSON,
tNotorious Filipino
WASHINGTON, May 26.—Governor
General Harrison, of the Philippine Ta
lands, advised the War Department that
the outlaw, Alameda, with more than
300 men, surrindered to the thprmo
constabulary /n May 20 on the Island
of ‘Mindanao.
\
Dans Try to Settle
. .
Will Case by Fists
} MELROSE, MASS., May 26-—Fresno
Pan and Dakota Dan tried to settle the
tamous Russell will case out of court,
‘When they were separated, with
bloody noses and blackened eyves,. the
fight was declared a draw
ICE 10 CENTS PER 100 POUNDS,
GADSDEN, ALA., May 26—While
Gadsden swelters with ice at 50 cents
per 100 pounds and deliveries uncer
tain, Albertville, a mountain town in
Marshall County, is getting ice at 10
cents per 100 pounds, although it
mugt be shipped 40 or 50 miles. Two
companies there are engaged in an
lce war.
KILLS NEGRESS IN STREETS.
GADSDEN, ALA, May 26—Ed
Moore, a negro 21 years old, shot Etfie
Jenking, 356 years old, his sweetheart,
to death on the streets eariy to-day.
He then turned the gun on himself
and infilcted a wound which may
prove fatal, He s in jall
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