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MO HUHTS OECUPMTS
Car Driven by Sid Phelan, Jr.,
Strikes E. B. Durham’s
Car, Demolishing Both
Returning from the speedway late
Wednesday afternon a touring car. driven
and owned by Sidney H. Phelan. Jr., and
containing as passenger*. Harry Green, a
young singer at the Alcazar, and M. R.
Daniel, a mechanician, crashed into a
stalled machine at the corner of Stewart
and Dill avenues.
Both machines were wrecked. Phelan s
auto turner! turtle, pinning Daniel and
Green beneath it. while the owner was
tkrowr clear of the debris.
Phelan, suffering only from two slight
scalp wounds. h« the danger of his
companions and managed to lift the ma
chine high enough for the two young
men to crawl from beneath it. The body
of the machine was resting on Green s
hip and Deniel’s head.
Cliff .4. Green, who lives near the scene
es the accident, heard of the accident,
and assisted the men to his home, where
they awaited the arrival of Greenberg.
Bond & Bloomfie-d's emergency ambu
lance.
The injured men were all conveyed lo
the Atlanta hospital, where Green Is stttl,
confined. Phelan and the mechanician left
the institut on shortly after their scalp
wounds had been dressed. The injuries
suffered by the young singer are very
painful, hut r.ot serious.
Aeccrd’nc to Mr. Phelan, the machine
With which he collided, an E.M.F.. owned
by E. B. T'-rham. of fb Edgewood ave
nue. was starding on the wrong side of
the street, ho-ded the wrong way. and
did not carry Fghted lamps. The accident
occurred abort dusk and the lights on
the Phelan car were burning, so the own
ed stated.
At the po ! nt of the collision, according
to Mr. Phe'an. he passed a wagon just
ahead of the machine. He did
not see his danger until it was too late
to check the cpr.
Mr. Durham stated. Thursday, that he
had loured the machine to a friend, who
was on his way to procure red lights as
a danger s gnal. when the accident oc
curred
4.000 F’P’GMT handlers
TO VOTE ON STRIKE:
CHICAGO. May 5.-Whether t.nnO un- ■
lon freight handlers of 23 railroads en- i
tering Chicago shall stand pat for a
Pat lb Per cent increase in wages for :
hour men and s.*• a month ror others,
and go on strike tomorrow, or accept
the compromise terms offered by the
roads, will be determined by a vote to :
be taken tonight.
More than 3.M* of the men who quit
work yesterdav afternoon returned to
work today pending the outcome of the
balloting. Only two roads, the Chicago I
Great Western and the Rock Island na\e
accepted the terms presented by the em
ployes. t
SENATOR M'CUMBER
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
WASHINGTON. May 4-Senator Mc-
Cumbee. of North Dakota, is seriously
ill at Garfield hospital In this city.
Georgia Postal News
WASHINGTON. May 4.—The following
postmasters have been appointed: Har
risburg. Walker county. Ray" Thurman,
vice J. T. Thurman, resigned: Stephens
Pottery. Baldwin county. Olin R. Echols,
vice J. H. Stephens, resigned.
MOB FINDS JAIL OPEN.
SETS IRE TO CHURCHES
HADDOCK, Ga.. May 5.-A mob of 1
about 7» people gathered at Gray. Ga., .
Tuesday night for the purpose of secur- '
Ing two negroes in jail under sentem-e I
for murdar. The sheriff at once seeing I
ths situation, as soon after dark as prac |
Ueable. spirited all the prisoners through
the woods on foot to Ma-on and landed
them safe tn the Macon jail.
He left the jail wide open, and the i
crowd, seeing that they were thwarted |
In their pans, burned the two negro
churches and club room.
Friends of Yancey
Pledge Him Sunnon
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. May s—The
friends of W. H. Yancey, of Decatur.
Ala . whose gigantic failure in the cotton
brokerage business startled the world, 1
met with h m here yesterday and assured
him of financial support to the limit of
thair capacity. They are people with
whom he was associated in Pulaski in >
his early manhood when he started outt
as a poor man.
Their friendship and confidence have
not been shaken by his business re
verses. Among those in the conference
were J. M. Harwood, lumberman: Robert
Porter, prominent capitalist: E. B. Craig,j
Os the Volunteer State Life Insurance
company, and other business men.
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XVII.—GOOD-BYE
THAT very night as the fellows slept
The Prince and Muffles in secret crept
By tent and tree, by road and farm,
With careful step to prevent alarm
Os barking dog or watchman late
As ‘barns they passed or factory gate;
And on they tramped to a little light
Which flickered dimly through the night;
To a little station with wires each way
To cany messages night or day
About the trains, express or freight;
To report on time or signal late.
And here by the famous cat inspired
The Prince a hurried message wired
Which helped to find the missing lad
And filled with joy his worried dad
And brought reward; a check so great,
Its figures lacked but one of eight
And six were naughts and the other stood
Right up in front to make them good.
The Prince was now a millionaire
With an even million more to spare:
To divide by three and to give away
To the other boys to spend on play.
WHEN the fellows heard of his success
They filled that camp with foolishness.
The Captain was so glad that he
Put salt and pepper in the tea
And burned the bread and served the fish
Entirely raw in a salad dish.
Some jam and eggs went in the soup
And every pancake looped the loop
And knives and forks and every spoon
Went high diddle diddle to the moon.
The Jap and Dutch increased the fun
By Shooting off the Prince’s gun
And hoisting flags and making play
Just like an independence day.
The Prince approved and said that he
Enjoyed their reckless gayety.
The following day they packed their tent
And off to gay New York they went.
REPORTERS called to get the news
About their plans and to print their views
On mysteries of every sort
In politics and law and sport.
The Prince was photographed at sight
And Muffles pictured day and night
Awake or sleeping wherever seen
For daily press and magazine.
Passes came and tickets free
To everything there was to see
And callers came in crowds for hours
And telegrams and loads of flowers;
But Prince Domino refused to go
To banquet hall or evening show
And in his simple quiet way
Spent the working hours of every day
FARRAR SANG AT PRISON
.OLD SWEET ENGLISH SONGS
Dressed Simply in Girlish White. Playing Her Own Accom
paniment, She Sang Her Way Straight Into the Prisoners’
Hearts—“ You Have Never Sing Like That Before,” Said
Scotti, Sobbing Like a Baby
BY W. B. SEABROOK.
Geraldine Farrar, grand opera prim.a
donna and sweet friend of Atlanta, sang
to prisoners *it the federal penitenti
ary Tuesday afternoon at the request of
The Journal. It was the most beautiful
deed of kinuness ever performed by a
talented and gracious woman.
The sad scene was her inspiration, anl
she sang perhaps as never before in all
her life. That she would reach the pris
oners’ hearts was sure and not so pass
ing strange, but not even she herself nor
any of the little party who accompani
ed her was prepared for everything that
happened, or for the wondrous tones of
melting sympathy and tears that found
their way into her voice and lifted It
above the realm of art. When she had
done, Scotti, who had heard her sing a
thousand times, was sobbing like a little
baby.
"Ah, cara, you have never sing like
that before,’’ was all ne said.
When Miss Farrar and her friends
reached the prison gates in automobiles,
Warden Moyer was waiting to receive
them with his staff of officers, and aft
er introductions had taken place, the
party went at once into the auditorium
chapel where the prisoners assemble
every Sunday for divine worship. The
doors were iron and the windows barred,
but otherwise there was nothing partic
ularly gloomy about the atmosphere of
the place. Rather ft was bright and
cheery as a prison could be made. There
were rows of comfortable, numbered
seats, like any public assembly hall,
there was a stage, with a painted back
ground. an orchestra composed of pris
oners who loved their music, and on the
wall hung half a dozen pictures.
The auditorium was practically empty
when the visitors entered and took their
seats upon the stage. Five minutes la
ter six guards marched in and took their
places on small raised platforms set
against the walls at Intervals around
the room. They were quiet men. with
good faces, unarmed except for wooden
batons that suggested the schoolmaster
rather than the convict guard.
The orchestra struck up a cheery
march, and in the prisoners came tn
single file, like soldiera. Most of them
were In blue uniform, for It Is not the
policy of the government to humiliate
the men unnecessarily with stripes. A
hundred perhaps, who had violated rules,
wore black and white stripes as a matter
of discipline, and one solitary man march
ed with his hand hung low. garbed tn
shameful scarlet. He had tried to es
cape. and that was his punishment.
Eight hundred prisoners, some of them
i vicious to the core and guilty as sin It
self, others morally innocent though le
gally guilty—what can be said of them?
Gray hair and wan. gray faces, lustre
less eyes in which the light of hope was
dead, gome wistful, ethers sullen—
Presently they all were seated. and
Warden Moyer stepped upon the rostrum.
|lt was not a warden, however, who
spoke, but a splendid man, a tender-
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hearted gentleman, who talked not to
prisoners but to men. He made them
feel it. And with their eyes they thanked
him for it.
Then Mayor Maddox rose. What would
he say? It was a difficult situation. How
would he begin? He could not use the
trite phrase, "Fellow citizens," it would
have been cruel to say prisoners,” it was
not easy for him. and his hearers, wait
ing. wondered. "Mayor Maddox himself
seemed for a fraction of a moment at a
loss. He stepped closer to the stage
edge. He looked long Into the sea of
faces lifted toward his, and quietly, with
out studied effort, the right word came;
“My friends," he said. What else he
said was eloquent and timely, but was,
after all, of little Importance, for he had
said everything In that first word.
Dressed in plainest white, with all the
sweet simplicity of a girl and none of
the airs or dignity of a grand opera star,
jmlss Farrar went to the piano. That
she should do It all so simply, should
play her own accompaniment, seemed
just as it should be.
Something in the first notes of the ac
companiment told that her hands were
trembling.
"Maxwelton’s Braes Are Bonnie,” she
began, and the first notes rose full and
clear. .„ut then, for the fraction of an
instant, there was a tremulous pause
broken by Just the suggestion of a sob.
She was on the verge of a complete
break-down. Then it was that the pow
er of the great artist must have saved
her, for she eaught ner breath, threw’
back her beautiful, transfigured head
anu sang, oh how she sang!
What use to try to tell how the song
sped to the hearts of her hearers. They
found no words—they did not try. Had
they been permitted, to speak they would
have known that words were out of
place, and words still are. It was not a
thing to make pretty phrases about. It
went too deep.
"Coming Through the Rye.” rollicking,
bright and cheering, dissipated the over
tense emotion that followed the singing
of "Annie Tavurie.” and then, in re
sponse to the storms of applause. Miss
Farrar sang the glorious “Serenata”
by Leoncavallo, and followed It hy Chad
wick's "Maiden and the Butterfly.” She
had come to the prison to sing one song.
Slie had remained to sing four, willingly,
spontaneously, gladly.
Having finished, she walked straight out
toward them, smiling now and happy.
"I thank you all very, very much in
deed," she said, “I have never had a
more appreciative audience.”
In contrast to most of the prisoners'
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With boys and girls who called to hear
His farewell messages of cheer;
For the news had spread that Domino
Had passage booked and meant to go
ith Muffles buck to foreign lands
And oin again the Gypsy bands
And there "iis former work pursue
And spend his cash on folks he knew.
BUT when the sailing day arrived
In ah interview with a little child
Who at his car bade him goodby
And asked him if he’d tell her why
He would not change his plans and stay
For at least a year in the U. S. A.
Prince Domino said, “Wait and see!
For if you children wish for me
And wish it hard and long and true
Muffles will lead me back to you.’’
This was his parting word that day
As the automobile pulled away.
DINKEY rested up awhile
And then he ordered clothes in style
And had the suits by tailor made
And ordered ties of every shade
And a college hat and a colored vest
And gloves and shoes the very best.
He then went out to see the town
And did Fifth Avenue up and down.
He banked his cash and said that he
Would some day build a library
Or perhaps a school or a city hall
Or paint his name on every wall
As breakfast foods and soaps and teas
Are put on fences, barns and trees.
DUTCHY and Jappy said that they
Would spend a week or two in play;
At matinees in concert halls,
At fairs and fetes, bazaars and balls,
At candy sales or picnic ground
Where children out for fun are found.
At every place where they had a chance
They gave a pretty song and dance
And then fine souvenirs passed out
To every boy and girl about.
The song they sang and the heel and toe
Was a good-by to Prince Domino
And this is the way the jingle went
That the boys had learned in the Gypsy tent:
“Good-by to the Pyince of good cheer;
Good-by to Prince Domino;
He will bring u« good luck every year
With hie cheer, don't you know;
And now at the end he's our friend,
And we wish as we sing
That some day he may bring
A Princess as good and as sweet
Who will all his good fortune Repeat.
THE EHD.
HARDWICK TO HAVE
THREE-CORNERED DEBATE
AUGUSTA, Ga., May 3.—Congressman
T. W. Hardwick announces that he will
again meet Messrs. Eve and Evans, can
didates for his seat in congress, in joint
debate.
The debate is expected to be held at
Louisville, in Jefferson county, and War
renton, in Warren county, on the 9th
and 11th of May, respectively.
He expresses himself as being satis
fied with his recent debate at Lincolnton,
and in optimistic over the coming elec
tion.
ONE DEAD, ONrisTDYING
AS RESUL TOF QUARREL
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., May 4.—Ed
ward Napier is dead and William Dea
son is dying as the result of a quarrel
between the two over the collection of
a bill. Both men are prominent farm
ers and business men, living 12 miles
from this place.
Both men are reported to have used
pistols In the fight, which it is stated
arose over Napier presenting a bill to
Deason for a sale of seed oats last
fall. Napier went to Deason’s house
early this morning to collect the bill
and the dispute followed.
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COTTON IS SEIZED
BY U. S. MARSHAL
MOBILE, Ala., May 4. —Forty-two
hundred bales of cotton, consigned to
bankrupt firm of Knight, Yancey ami
company, of Decatur, Ala., and part ot
which was stowed in the hold of the
steamer Meltonian, was seized today
hy United States Marshal G. B. Deans
on a writ signed by Judge Toulmin.
The writ of seizure dissolved the in
junction in the case and places the
cotton in the hands of the marshal for
disposal. Unless a replevin bond of
*300,000 is given by the owners of toe
cotton, it will be unloaded from the
steamer.
faces, there was one wicked profile in
one of the middle aisles that cut like a
knife, thrown into high relief by the
softened expressions of the others. The
lids were lowered over eyes that glinted
cold as steel, the lips were curled in a
malicious sneer. That face needed no
identification. It was Lupo, the Wolf.
And Charles K. Morse, the banker and
millionaire, whose devoted wife is mov
ing heaven and earth to save him from
a living death? Was he there? Did he,
too. hear? Perhaps, for in the little
library, just inside an open door leading
into the chapel, as we went away, there
sat. a man. among the books, with his
face turned away from all the crowd. His
head was buried in hia handa.
HIDE POISON TRIAL
ENTERS ON LIST UP
Defense Begins Presentation
of Witnesses, Twnty of"
Whom Are Summoned
KANSAS CITY. May- s.—The Hyde
murder trial entered upon the last lap
today when the defense' began its pre
sentation of witnesses. Between 15 and
20 persons will testify in. behalf of Dr.
Hyde, it is said, and indications are that
the case will be in the jury's hands with
in a week.
Mrs. Logan O. Swope was the last wit
ness for the prosecution yesterday. Her
testimony was a plain narrative of the
illness and death in her residence. She
was a calm and straightforward witness.
The defense questioned her briefly.
"I am well satisfied with the trial this
far," said Dr. Hyde before court today.
“I think L shall be acquitted.”
SWOPfi DRANK. WITNESS SAYS
In an effort to prove that Colonel
Swope s physical condition was poor, S.
W. Spangler, for seven years business
agent for the millionaire, was called to
open the defense’s case. Mr. Spangler
said Colonel Swope drank heavily until
eleven months before his death.
When Colonel Swope gave up drinking,
testified the witness, he became very
weak, sometimes suffered from fainting
spells, and was forced to lie down each
afternoon. The millionaire was a user
of patent medicines, containing strych
nine, said Spangler.
"I may be here a day or a week, but
T cannot last long. I’m liable to die
at any moment.” Mr. Spangled said
Colonel Swope told him the day before
he died.
NEW YORK MUCH DRIER
UNDER LIQUOR TAX LAW
NEW YORK, May s.—Although unof
ficial estimates ‘of the worth of Mayor
Gaynor’s plan for enforcing the liquor
laws on Sunday have varied. Frederick
W. Stelle. of the state excise depart
ment, thinks saloon keepers are more
law-abiding than at any time in nearly
15 years and that the city is “drier” than
at any time during that period.
Tn a letter addressed to the mayor, Mr.
Stelle says: '
"I want you to know that a number of
our special agents have reported to me
that never in their experience since the
liquor tax law- was enacted In 1596 have
they seen such an effort to comply with
the law on the part of liquor dealers as,
during the past two Sundays.”
STANDARDOIL PLANTS
BARRED TO TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 3.—Charles j
T. Cates, attorney general for Tennessee,
was seen here today and asked what
steps would be taken by the state au
thorities to eliminate the Standard Oil
company from Tennessee under the re
cent decree of the United States supreme
court in the Gallatin case and replied:
“We have the decree of the court, and
under that decree the Standard Oil com
pany is absolutely forbidden to do any
local business In this state. There is
nothing to prevent that company from
shipping Its oils into Tennessee, but un
der the decision of the supreme court of
the United States it can carry on no
local business in Tennessee. The decree
of the highest court of the country sim
ply enforces itself.”
GEORGIA RAILROAD
CALLED TO CARPET
A special rate on wood in train load
lots loaned on the main line was with
drawn not long ago by the Georgia rail
road.
Wednesday morning General Manager
T. K. Scott appeared before the state
railroad commission at the commission s
request to show reason why he should
not be penalized, under the statute pro
viding a fine of not. more than $5,000,
for withdrawing the rate wltnout au
thority previously from the
commission.
General Manager Scott s response was
that ne considered the -ate and service
o. such a character ...at the commis
sion’s order did not apply to it. He
showed that the road had restored the
rave when notified ov the commission
that there was debt about it.
NEGRO GIRL’S VOICE
PRAISED BY EXPERTS
Eva Wimberly, a student of the At
lanta university, sang In Taft hall Wed
nesday just after noon for the criticism
of two experts with the Metropolitan
Opera company. Conductors Tango and
Tanara. Max Hirsch, representative of
the company, now in Atlanta, had been
approached by letters before he left New
York with the information that there
were some good voices among the negro
students in Atlanta and the request for
permission for some of them to sing be
fore the conductors.
The negro girl who sang Wednesday
was accompanied on the piano by one of
her own teachers from the university.
The musicians said that she has a very
good natural voice and that with a little
advanced training it can be developed
still further.
PUZZLED DOCTORS FIND
CHILD WITHIN A CHILD
CHICAGO. May 4.—A case, which in
many ways eclipses that of the Siamese
twins, was brought to light yesterday
when the T-months-old son of Martin
Petzinger died from an operation at the
Norwegian hospital. The operation dis
closed the fact that a child about seven
months advanced was in the process of
formation in his abdominal cavity.
Six doctors, besides those who did the
work, were witnesses to the operation,
which was supposed to have been for a
tumor.
The first thing that attracted the at
tention of the surgeons was the feet.
Closer examination showed that the
inner child was perfectly formed in every
particular.
WILL DEASON DIES
FROM WOUND IN FIGHT
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga . May 5. -Will
Deason, who shot and killed Edward Na
pier yesterday and was wounded during
the tight, is dead. Tom Deason was also
slightly wounded by Napier.
Napier went to Deason’s home about
daylight, tracking a negro who had stolen
his oats, it is claimed w'ith no idea of a
fuss with the Deasons. One version of
the matter is that Napier, who was not
on good terms with the Deasons, was
struck on the back of the head and aft
erwards shot in the back.
Napier's friends claim he was assassin
ated and his wounds will substantiate
this view, he being struck on the head
from behind and all the pistol wounds
being in the back. The Deasons claim
that Napier was the aggressor and that
he came to their null and started tae
quarrel ‘
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CONDUCTOR BRYSON IDENTIFIES NEGROES
WHO SHOT HIM AND KILLED HIS COMRADE
Will Johnson and Charlie Walker, ne
groes, were Wednesday afternoon posi
tively identified by Conductor W. 11.
Bryson as being the highwaymen wno
murdered Motorman S. T. Brown and
shot him (Bryson) through the back at
the end of the Druid Hills street car line
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die Immediately. When he rallied, the doc
tors thought his death must be but »a
question of a short while.
Almost inevitably in such a case in
ternal bleeding causes death, or, should
the bleeding be stopped by a blood clot
forming. fatal abscess follows.
Somehow, in his case, both results have
been avoided. .
His recovery will be largely due to thd
excellent and constant attention that he
has received from the doctors attending
him at the Atlanta hospital. These are:
Drs. Thomas H. Hancock, W. C. Jarna
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FOUR NEGROES SCRUTINIZED.
Detectives Black and Bullard took fourj
negroes—Will Johnson, Charlie Walker, |
Emmett Walker and Will Anthony—be- ■
fore Bryson for identification Wednesday >
afternoon. They believed two of the ne-■
groes were guilty but wished to make, th® j
case stronger by having them identified, i
The four negroes were first taken into
Brj’son’s room in a body. They were
lined up and the injured conductor al
lowed to look them over without making
any statement as to whether he recog
nized either of them. !
Next the negroes were brought into the,
room one at a time and the conductor al
lowed to closely scrutinize them. After i
he had looked them over closely he was
asked whether any of them were the
guilty parties. The wounded man imme
diately described two of the negroes as
having participated in the murder and.
hold up. From the description furnished I
the detectives brought Charlie Walker
and Will Johnson into the room.
Conductor Bryson, with a start paid:
"They are the ones.” He said the tall
ginger-cake colored negro (Walker) shot
him and the chunky built one (Johnson)
murdered the motorman.
At the time of the identification De-1
tectives Bullard and Black, Dr. E. K.
Armistead, house physician at the At
lanta hospital. H. L. Bryson, a brother
of the conductor, and a Journal represen
tative were in the room.
Immediately following the identification
the negroes were taken back to police
station to await the returning of indict
ments and the issuance of warrants.
BLOODHOUNDS TRAILED THEM.
Charlie Walker and Will Johnson are
both members of the Nichols grading
camp, located 200 yards northeast of
the scene of the tragedy, and were ar
rested at the camp Tuesday following
the murder. The bloodhounds carried
the trail to Walker’s door in the camp
on the night of the murder, but no
arrests were made at the time, \N al
ker feigning sleep when the detectives
went to the house with the dogs. A
woman, claiming to be Walker s wife,
was in the house at the time and
stoutly denied tnat Walker had been
away during the evening.
Later in the week the won»n was
taken in hand by the detectives and
finally broke down and confessed that
Charlie Walker had been out the night
of the murder and came dashing Into
his shack some 20 minutes after she
heard the shots. She told the officers
that he appeared very much excited
and told her that something awful had
happened and cautioned her not to tell. 1
He first threatened to kill her. but let
her off with the promise that she would
not tell anything that she had heard
or knew.
* WOMAN'S STORY.
The woman also related to the oiti- 1
cers that Emmett L alker, a brother to |
Charlie Walker, had called to see Char- ,
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. lie Walker the nigne oi the shooting,
calling him from - ..ouse and havlnb a
long and eager conversation with him.
' She did not.overhear any of the conver
' sation but tbld the cificers that, she no
-1 ticeu ...e two me bury something in the
grounv. close to the house. The detec-
> fives lated looked at the spot pointed
I out by the woman and located two .32-
’ calibre cartridges. The bullet taken
; from Motorman Brown’s head was of*
j safe calibre as found by the detectives.
; All of Sunday, according to the wo
man, Walker appeared to be very much
excited. Sh esaiJ he visited an aged ne
j gro named Duncan on the plantation of
; Mr. Nichols. Walker admitted to the
; detectives that he vsited Duncan. Tha
; latter, wnen questioned, said Walker
•had asked him if j. would not be best
i for him (Walker) to leave Atlanta a*
I he was sure he wouid be suspected of
I ti.e murder. To Duncan Walker declared
> he was innocent..
WOMAN FACED WALKER.
| After the negro woman had confessed
. to the officers that Walker was out the
■ night of the shooting, Charlie Walker
. was brought Into the detective’s office
J and there brought face to face with her
;as she related what he had told her.
; Walker stoutly denied making any of
the statements charged to him by the
; woman and tried to make her change her
tale, but all to no avail. The woman
stuck to his story as first told the of
! fleers after her arrest.
After the evidence began to point to
| wards Charlie Walker, Detective Ser
' geant Newport ‘ Lanford ordered that
] Charlie and Emmett Walker be placed in
a cell together and in the same cell he
i put a trusty, with the idea that the two
Walker negroes would discuss the evi
i dence rapidly accumulating against
them. Sure enough they did and it was
' al turned over to Sergeant T>anford by
i the trusty.
During their conversation in the cell*
i according to the trusty who overheard
! them, Charlie Walker stated that he
i knew it was all up with hl mlf he
was ever brought face to face with
j Conductor Bryson, whom he knew saw
, him plainly, \
He begged Ms brother not to tell the
; detectives about the conversation out
side the shack, following the tragedy.
Emmett Walker and Will Johnson
spent Saturday night of the atiirder m
the city. They were arrested upon
their return to the camp Sunday morn
ing.
DETECTIVES GOOD WOR.
Detective Sergeant Newport Lanford
and his capable force of detectives ars
to be congratulated on the good work
■ they have done in catching the two guilty
• negroes. They have worked the case in
I a thoroughly up-to-date manner. Ser-
geant Lanford has had the direction of
■ the case since the shooting and Black
and Bullard have gathered most of ths
j evidence, though many of the other de-
■ tectives have valuable assistance.
African'Methodists
TO MEET IN AUGUSTA
| AUGUSTA, Ga., May 3 —The eighth
' general conference of the Colored Metho
dist Episcopal church in America will
' convene in thisxcity tomorrow morning,
the senior biship, l<. H. Holsey, of Atlan
ta. presding. The members of the pres
ent church are the descendants of the
original slave memoers of the Metho
dist Episcopal churc.i, south, who wero
set apart into a separate c. urch in 1872.
The general conference will elect prob
ably two additional oishops re-elect tha
general officers, create one or two mors
departments and take on foreign mis
sion work among th' negroes in Africa.
I Much special legislation is being dis
| cussed. A large delegation came In thia
• afternoon from practically every state in
I the union, headed by the bishops of the
j respective dioceses.