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Fitchett Asks Freedom
In Habeus Corpus Plea
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ATLANTA, Mch. 10.—
The Atlanta Journal said to
day that Charles H. Fitchett
repudiated his confession that
he murdered Bert Donaldson.
\ The repudiation was given to
the Journal staff corresport.
dent w ho accompanied Fitchett
to Chattanooga, where he was
taken after testy fying be
fore the Fulton county grand
jury in Atlanta.
The Journal story said,
Fitchett repudiated his con
fession in its entireity as he
lolled in a day coach smoker
en route from Atlanta to
Chattanooga, where he is now
being held on a charge ol'
obtaining money under false
pretensions.”
ATLANTA, Mch. 10.—CAP)
Solicitor General John A
Boykin declared today that
C. H. Fitchett, former police
man had not repudiated the
confession he made in Chat
tanooga, that he fired tfi^
shot that killed Bert Donald
son. He would not disciiss the
\ details of the
arse,
’ Fitchett was returned to
Chattanooga after testifying
before the Fulton county grand
i'ary.. Mr. Boykin said the
grand jury would resume its
investigation of the Donald
son case Friday.
ATLANTA, Mch. 10.—(A>)—At
the hearing yesterday afternoon,
Judge Humphries denied the pe
tition of r writ of habeas corpus
for Charles H. Fitchett, and at
4 o'clock Fitchett, was on his way
back to Chattanooga, by the
sheriff of Hamilton county, Tenn.
before any further steps could he
taken to resist return to face the
Tennessee court on the original
had check charge in Hamilton
county, against him.
The authenticity of the report
that he had repudiated his en
tire confession in the murder case
was borne out by the fact that
although Fitchett was taken be
fore that body again yesterday,
the giand jury adjourned in the
afternoon without returning in
dictments.
It was reported that, alhtough
the man had made a “sworn
statement” to the grand jury,
it was not identical with his
alleged confession, and that there
has been complete inability to
support the so-called confession.
Faces No Charge Here
During the progress of the hear
ing on petition for habeas corpus
‘ Solicitor Boykin made the state
ment that “there is no charge
against Fitchett, so iar as I
know,” and this was at once
taken as a tacit admission that
the famous confession ha* com
pletely fallen througn.
Custody of Fitchett was there-
after returned by the solicitor
general’s office to the Tennessee
sheriff, the position being taken
that, since request for the pris
oner had been made'as a witnels
bolore"' the grand jiTryv m-TYntiT
not even an attorney has the right
to demand un interview with the
prisoner, nor will one be granted.’,
It is probably the only case on
record in the criminal annals of
where a man, to try to escape
punishment for a minor crime, has
wiitten a fake confession of a
dasardly murder, faced the elec
trie chair, fooled th* entire ma
chinery of the largest and most
extensive court machinery in
state and apparently
into a scheme to collect a reward
through such desperat# avenue*,
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
G. J. DRAKE NEW
HEAD OF GRIFFIN
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G. J. DRAKE.
Ni k}v elected president of the
Griffin Gearing House Associa
tion.
g: j. Drake, v! 'resident of
the City National Bank, was
elected president of the Griffin
Clearing House association’; SUC
ceeding B. R. Blakely, at a meet
ing of the association held Wed
nesday. E. II. Griffin, cashier
of the Savings Bank, was electee
vice-president, O. S.. Tyus," c/sh
ier ' of the Merchants and Plan
ters Bank, was "elfdted secre
tary.
Mr, Diake, the newly elected
president. of the association has
been actively associated with!
the City National Bank for more j
than a year. Prior to that he j
was president of Drake and Co.,
local insurance company. He
served during the World War as I
an officer in the 61st C. A. C.
and saw active service overseas.
For eight years, prior to th«
war, he was manager of the Light i
and Water Department of the
City of Griffin.
All the newly elected officers
ol , ,, the association . are men well ,|
known in Griffin, from their ability i
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as i bankers. No x. more popular , se
lection of officers could have been
made , than ,, those selected , , , at the .
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meeting
CRAZED FATHER WIPES
OUT FAMILY THEN
COMMITS SUICIDE
TOCOMA, Wash., Mch. 10.
U P)—The effort of a father
wipe out his entire family with
a hammer and an ax was all but
successful early today when hi*
nine year old son Richard died in
a hospital from wounds inflicted
by ’'KiscTrazecT "ft^Ker" ’ IlamliT
Jensen, Tocoma contractor.
Jensen, apparently becoming
momentarily insaqe,' killed his
wife and one year old infant last
night and then turned upon
ard and another child Marion, 13.
Jensen then committed suicide.
The girl, only member of the
family remaining alive, wasl on the
verge of death as the result of
the aUac k.
After atacking his wife and
children as they slept, Jensen
i took poison and was dying
the police arrived.
ROAD BOND
ADVOCATES
MACON, Ha., Mch. 10.—
(AI’)—Tropenents of a state
bond issue for paving the
principal highways of Itihe
state and officials of the
Georgia Highway Associat ion
gathered here today to plan
details of intensive cam paign
that will be conducted in every
county of Georgia.
It is the expectation of as
sociation Officials to arouse
sufficient pro-hand sentiment
between now and June to in
sure favorable action by I he
general assembly when it con
venes late i„ that month. C.
C. Thomas, of Athens, presi
dent of the association is pre
siding over the sessions. Mrs.
R. K. Ram beau, of Atlanta
in charge of w oman’s work
is expected to play a protmn
ent pari in the county organi
zation plans.
LOCAL STRING BAND
WILL PLAY OVER WSB
SATURDAY NIGHT 10:45
< arl Daniel's String Band vvi
play over WSB, The
Journal Radio broadcasting sta
tion, Saturday night at 10:45 it
was annouced today.
Thi- band a six piece
tion. is considered one of the
best in Middle Georgia and
give a splendid program. All mem
bers of the band are Griffinites.
The land is made up of Carl
Daniel, violin. M. W. Boggs,
Im, Will Pate, mandolin, Albert
Battle, mandolin, Robert
guitar and Jesse Walker,
guitar,
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BISHOP FLIPPER TO
PREACH AT ST. PHILLIPS
A. M. E. CHURCH
Bishop. y
J. S. Flipper will be in
Griffin Friday night for a
vice at St. Phillips A.M.E. church, '
according to an announcement , .
W. J. Jones, pa-tor. There
, be some especially . ., fine singing
at the meeting, as a quartette
from ,. Morris Brown .. 1 mversitv . .
will ,, be her< ,
Is Named
As Director In
Shoe Association
Ht "Cb'nnep"' e f t j
elected a- one of the Georgia Re
reet el- of the Southeastern Re
ta-ilers's Shoe Association yester
day afte,noon at ,h <'
ston of a three day convention
M accn. The association
Georgia, Florida, South Carol)
an(J Alabama W E Shine
j B. mingham, was ele, ’ed as
idunt of tht , association to
ceed George P Bussey, of
icon,
After the election of
members of the association
GRIFFIN, GA*. THURSDAY' MARCH 10, 1927.
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was head of the first revolt’
I j tionary government establish
ed in Russia foil owing over
throw of the Romanoffs, upon
his arrival at New York for
an American lecture tour. I
Kerensky is now’ editor of
.'Dni,'' a Pari s newspaper.
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Twenty seven person.? were
to death in a motion .picture
■ theatre fire in the village of ,
; North* Ayinsk. •Forty others were ]
j missing today. Woman’s Inter-;
! national Emancipation was vv being!
celebrated when a kerosene ..lamp!
upset. The flames spread S() > fasfj
I that • only a few in the audience
had . a chance to escape, Most
( if the victims were women and;
children.
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Mrs. Samuel Fraley, in charge of J
j 'he Wa.vcro-s High School girls’j
basketball team was killed and !
wr daughter . . Dallas badly i
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n uret '!' N ( <M a '\ when
i 'he car in which , the team was i
~ o Lakeland, Ga., -truck “ |
. lumber , pile and
overturned,
Mr.-:. ,, I ralev, who riding in
was
,, the front seat with her lau *fcl
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ler who was driving thi car,
Was thrown ftom t h<‘ automohilr ’ j
t and struck a u mp. Hei nee
! was broken. The daughter, suf
j fered injuries on her leg. |
in BABIES HORN
IN FLOYD COUNTY
DURING FEBRUARY
ROME, (ia, March. 10.—
February might be the shor
test month in the year, hut
vital statistic- for Floyd coun
ty show it to hare the largest *
birth rate of any month of
the past year and the smallest
I * death rate in several > t,ars '
. I h( re were III lerths in the
city and county in February.
One more would have marie it
an even four a day average. ,
I * 1 he percentage rate tor the
county was 33.3. The death
1 ’ rate for the month was 8.7
I with a total of only 33 deaths.
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to hold the next conventioh in
Birmingham.
Among the Griffin merchants at
(tending the convention were J. H.
Crouch, H. S. Roberts s, H. L. Orr,
j.J. R. Powell a'nd A. C. Gfiffih.
'JOHN BULL
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NAVY PLAN
WASHINGTON, Mch. 10,
(A I*)—The British' govern
ment has inst rutted a mbas
sudor Howard, ht*re (o accept
the American proposal lor a
three power-naval disarmament
conference.
Although a reply from the
Japanese government is still
awaited, there nas been no
question here that Japan will
respond favorably to the pi an
!tU limit nava armaments.
The actual di-patch of for
mal invitations for I he con
ference probably wiil fix a
date in dune or J;ilv lor the
meeting which will be held
at Geneva.
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-'Ktnbers of the boys’ work j j
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of the local Rotary Club,
composed of J. p. Persons, chair
man; Perry Powell, R. M. Mit- 1
cheil. Hr. P. H Wilson, and W.j
t. Bennett, with a similar com
mitee from the Exchange Club
composed of Douglas Burnette,!
Robin Wheaton, Nathaniel Bai- i
ley and W, L. Joiner, Jr., will
at an early date to plan
or the “Boys’ Hobby Fair” to
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be held for the purpose of ex
hibiting the vartous hobbies of
hoys. A number of prizes will he
offered for )he best exhibits
shown and the judging will be
0,1 craftsmanship, as well as the
age of the boy entering a hobby
in the fair.
Th,e exhibits will probably be
on display at the High School
Athletic Court and the public
will be invited trf inspect the ex
hihitions.
All Boy Scouts in the. local
Scout Council will probably en
ter the work ihey have done in
merit badge displays in this fair,
but the fair will be open to all
boys of the city, whether they are
Scouts cr not.
City Court Will
Adjourn Today
The City Court of Griffin re
convened this morning and will j
adiourn r this ... afternoon r , for , the ,
u>rm Jud|fe Darst , v stated. Sev- I
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case. 1 ' were tried at the
morning session. j
Emmett Bankston, colored, was;
found guilty of having liquor j
William Drewry and Gertrude. |
Drewry, both colored, entered'
pleas of guilty to having liquor, j
Harry Smith l colored, was found i |
guilty of assault and battery. Sen- i
fences in these cases will 1 »■ an
pounced later by the court.
In the case of the City Na
tional Bank vs. Oscar J. Moore ’
suit on note, verdict was re-1
turned in favor of the plaintiff.;
A verdict in favor of the plain
al-o returned in the :
was case'
of Haisten Brothers v-\ J. R.
Irwin in an attachment suit.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON
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Mar. 13,99 14.00 13.98 13.98 11.02
May 1 t.Sfi 14.17 11.01 14.07 11.10
July 11.24 14.31 1 1.19 11.20 14.27
Oct. 1 1. 34 14.40 14.28 1 1.29
NEW YORK « OTTON
Mar. 13.95 14.05 13.93 13.95 13.97
May J 1.08 14.16 14.05 14.05 14.10
July , 14.26 14.33 14.21 14.21 14.2.8
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because "Turbot,” he could shell-shocked not remember veran. his who adop.od ,h„, “posi n,„w| j
tively identified by own, was again
two women when Ke appeared before
the Veterans' Committee of the House of Representatives in
Washington to ask for a place on the veterans’ compensation
roll. Other witnesses before the committee further "identified”
J err Y as a draft dodger and automobile thief. Here’s
"jerry” (left) with Representative Albert E. Carter, of Cali
fornia, at the alleged exposure.
HUMAN bones found
THOUGHT TO BE THOSE
OF MURDERED WOMAN
' BARDSTOWN Ky„ March
10.—
Human bones were found in
burned house of Lang Hagen, near
Holy Cross, Nelson county today,
officials conducting the search re
ported
The bones supposedly were
those of Mrs. Mary Mattingly
Hagen, whom her husband con
fessed at Charleston, Mo., yester
day he had slain and buried under
the house, befoie setting fire to
the building.
Friday. March 11th will be ob
served by Presbyterians through
out the Southern Assembly a- a
day of prayer and fasting in re
sponse to a call sent out by Dr.
J. W. Sinner, of Texas, who is
the moderator of t hr* assembly.
Every Presbyterian church with”
in the bounds of the assembly
is urged to observe the day and
to set apart at least a part f
the day for piayer, both for
the work of the church at home
and , in foreign fields.
In respon.-e to the • a II
has come down from the moderat 1
or of the assembly to jhe Synod
of Georgia and from 'the Synod
to the Pre-byierie- and thence
to the individual churches,
oea Presbyterian church will
hold a thirty minute prayer ser
-vice ii the ehur.’h Friday begin
at 12 o’clock noon. All who
w ill are urged to take thirty min
utes from their noon hour and
assemble for prayer and praise.
The church" door- will be open
to the people of all denominations
who would like to drop in for a
few minute- of prayer and it i ;
hoped that many people will
adva'nl this opportunity
pause for a few ■■■''nufmc
day to rest and pray.
An automobile belonging t ,0 E
M. Crawford, of Concord, was sto
lpn h( , rc lllrl nilthl Mr. t'vuw
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! ford parked his car *o attend
I the Hefl ner-Vin: on how East
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T “- vlor treet »nd while he wa
!awa >' the machine wa> stoien.
; Police officers have been asked to
i assist in locating the stolen car
(and in running down the guilty,
; party, but so far have no clues
to work on.
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DISASTER
TOKYO, Mch. 10.—-(AI')—
Kach succeeding report from
the earthquake area in Japan
furnishes a fresh chapter in
a tale of horror. Bitter cold,
snow, ram. overflowing
streams and lack of food and
shelter all have added lo the
trials of the terror stricken
persons, whose hemes either
toppled about them when the
earth rocked Monday evening,
or were burned in the fire*
that followed.
The army, navy, and police are 1
making every effort to reach the
Dutf^erers, hut broken railway* ■
w”!" Violent wind are
ancJ rou _ h seas have prevented
destroyers from reaching the
scene with supplies.
Communication is still spasmo
dic a ml complete lists of the cas
ualties cannot be made. Figure* i
compiled in accordance with 1 at- !
te>f. advices indicated that nearly
2.458 were killed and about 4,-
209 injured.
WASHINGTON, Mch. JO.-GP)—
Japan may suffer an even great*, -1
earthquake if the tremor* this
or disaster than that of Monday**
week have not adjusted the earth’s
strata of the islands, the Rev.
Francis A. Tondorf, Georgetown
University s i-motologist said to
day.
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The Spalding County Teacher*
regular monthly meeting sche
duled for Saturday has been post
poned on arcount of the
meeting Federation of of the Women’* Sixth District Clubs, |
which will be held here on that
Bay it was announced this morn
ing by County Superintendent J.
P. Manley. The teachers meet- i!
ing will he held March 19,
Many of the county teacher*
: members of the Federation
a re
Wojnen’s Clubs and will attend 1
i the session of the clubs it 4*
stated.
! The Women's Clubs will meat
j here next Saturday morning at
[ D : ‘»0 <A Bock. Many prominent club
j women throughout the Sixth 1%- ’
trict are expected to attend,
: Mrs. L. C. Warren is preside^
J of the Sixth Dbtrict Federate
and will ’preside, over t%i
i meeting here.
DOZIER ATTENDS
UPSHAW BANQUET
J. L. Dozier, of Griffin, was .
among tho»e attending a “fare- 1
i well" dinner tendered to former |
Congressman William , D. Up- |
shaw in Atlanta, Tuesday nieht, |
Among the speakers were Con- ,
I gresxman Richard Yates, of Illin
I James Hollomon, of Atlanta,
A»a Candler Jr., and Air-. Mary Ni
1 Han is Arnvr. ai! . f whom ex toil*
1 cd the former congressman, T
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ENIfU GIRLS
Griffin Rotarians enjoyed a
special musical program at their j
regular meeting at nbon today and I
had the members of the Girl's j
Basketball Team as guests of
honor.
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Musical numbers were rendered j
by the Griffin Orchestra composed '
of Miss Aline Gumming, Ira Slade!
Lament Gresham, Eddie tiold
enburg, Herman Goldstein and
John Ward
Miss Elizabeth Norman, 5*t U
(lent at the Cincinnati Conser
vatory of Music, here on her
spring vacation, favored the club
with two violin solos, with Mrs.
Frank Pittman as accompanist.
Members of the Girls’ Basket
ball ( lub were highly commended
for the excellent team that they
maintained this season and for
their good work in athletics
wholesome sports.
Members of the Basketball
j’'-am Ethel present English, included captain; Mis !S Nora
j Moore,
| Ruth Stallworth, N’adene
Purslcy. Carolyn" Joiner, Nona
, Tutt. Essie Maynard, Helen El
Ber, Mildron Simonton, Jessie
i ' °k’. Mary Culpepper, and
| Amelia Walker, coach,
Members of the club cast votes
for a board of directors and
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trustees of the Students Loan
j Funda. ballots Nominations were writ
ten on prepared by the
j "“^Petary. The fourteen who re
i ceived the highest number of
j votes will be placed on a ballot
j to be voted on at the
[ meeting of the club two weeks
• hence. From this number seven
; will be chosen to serve as
rectors for the uisutng year
ginning in April. The ix who
received the highest number
'«'<•- for trustee- will again in
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CHRISTMAS MITE BOXES
STILL NOT TAKEN IT*
Captain Charie* John* n,
tRc Salvation Army, stated today
that a number of Christmas mite
put out during the holi
days havo not yet been taken U P
He iays the coments of these
boxes can be used now and ro
quests ail having them to notify
the army' headquarter.-.
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and Fri/daj!,
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Friday. Moder
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