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KILLED FOR HIS MONEY.
fORIST CKOWIH MVRDKRRD IN A
srysATiuxji, xixxkl
WILLIAM MYERS CHARGED WITH IT.
H« Tolls a Sanollonal Story Implicating
a GamljSrr—story of the Crime
The Accused Confession.
The most sensational murder that han
ever occurred in Georgia camo to light in
Atlanta last Wednesday morning when the
body of Forrest Crowley, a wealthy young
merchant, of Roswell. was found two miles
from the city—murdered.
Crowley came to Atlanta the day be ore
with a young man well known in this <I >
named Will Myers. Myers had negotiated
for the purchase of four mul.-s from him
and had gone Io Roswell to see him about
them. They reached Atlanta together and
shortly afterward were aeea to drive out
past West End. ostensibly to give Myers
an opportunity to see the man for whom
be had bought the mules.
Myers returned alone an hour and a ha
later Al 2 o’clock that afternoon he board
ed the East Tennessee train and disappear
ed. The father of Crowley, who chanced
also to be In the city with his son. became
suspicious that afternoon and reported the
affair to the detectives. They searched all
night for the body of Forrest Crowley and
found it the next morning. The dead body
was found hidden under a copse of under
brush ab**ut three miles from Atlanta. The
detectives were led to the scene of the
murder by the tr.i'ks of a buggy which
turned off from the main road. It was on
an unused road and the tracks stood out
in plain sight. Following them a short
distance the horrible discovery was made.
As state 1 below. Myers was caught in Cin
cinnati early Fr ’ay morning. He tells a
remarkable story implicating a gambler
named Brown Allen. He says that he met
Brown Allen about ten days ago on the
streets of Atlanta. Allen took him to In
man Park, near the city, and enttlced him
into a game -f cards. While they were play
ing a young woman came up and spoke
to Allen. Allen introduced her to Myers and
went off and left them together. He re
turned and found them in a compromising
p< Milon at d-'-niand' 1 $250 at the point of
a pistol. Myers gave him $25.
Liter the two men met and Allen threat
ened Myer* with death unless he produced
the n mey • r four mules. Myers went to
K swell Sunday, bargained for four mules
from Forr t Crowley, and came to Atlanta
the next clay with Crowley. He drove out
to a quiet spot near West End and met
Allen. There Allen killed and robbed Crow- *
ley. Myers, fri-.-htened to death, drove back !
to the city and hid himself until the East |
Tenncuaee train left for Cincinnati. This
in brief is Myer’s story, but It is ren
dered improbable by the fact that nobody
knows anything of any man named Brown
Allen. Th<-ro is no trace of him in At
lanta and nobady can be found who knows
anything about him.
Myers has been brought Kick and is now
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WILL J. MYERS.
in jail. Allen has n< ’ been caught. J. W.
Cooley. Charles Jones and B. E. Brake,
three white men are being held on suspicion.
Ml XKS IX A < ELL.
He wn» Arrested at OneO.C'loclc Thursday
Moreiog in a < iarinunti llnfeL
Cincinnati. Cl, September 21.-(Special.l
William M; era. charged with the murder
of Forrest l„ Crowky. was arrested here
this morning. The police found
Myers at the Indiana house, on Fifth street
K-tW’en Elm and Race, with $25 on his per
son.
- the Atlanta authorities.
M’ ■ had hr ■* *ir dyed in Covington be
for- crie.-ing to Cincinnati.
• - II al •ut the murder, I
but furth-T Yr ,n to deity his own guilt, he !
r-’tii--- t t .'k. He has consented to go I
back to Atlanta without requisition papers. I
M’-rs < ari S ( . ( •* to lieutenants Bo- I
]an and Gas ■ y. «.• < vington. Lieut* nant 1
l.oiau naan who i
• * *r t*«-i shop
by having hi - ‘..dr. which was light brown, i
d>c~l a jet bl k. and his hair then cut so i
as to alter h s appearance.
‘ com t.>e . I’,-ti. n of the young man. ’
Lieutenant B-.ian id. I that he must be- j
Myer-- and .■ .- ••r h w.i- at once instituted. 1
It was found that he had come to this j
sde of the river. and after look- j
ing a! >ut the hotels a tip was obtained
th;t he was :<i the Indiana house.
The two Covington otli, ers met Detectives '
Myers ar.d t'alftan and th. quartet repaired 1
t-» th ■ I- fth St<'> : betel and waited for .
V.- r man To v>:ne In.
!•-- ...might a young man an- i
e«-r :«• - riptcon came into the hotel ’
• . fegc icrt-J as "John Cunningham,
city.
The offi. rs decided Io await develop- ,
meats and be sure of their man. He was ,
assigned to room ®. on the third floor, and ;
went l«» Iced. I‘he officers found that on 1
Wednes lay night he had registered at the j
betel a from Memphis, Tenn. It was de
cided to capt a- him in iiis room and the
efli rrs went t» young Myers’s room.
Wh -ic he was aroused he would not open
Hi- d’or. »i i Iceieetive Calnan climbed on
B - hair and. looking over the transom, told
him lo o|» a the door or it would be broken
in. ano tin.' h* nid his fellow Olivers would
Kot have any
The Murderer >nrrrn<lrrril.
Myers opened the door. When confront- ’
r-l with the knowledge of his identity, he
at first denied it. Detective Meyer took
his hat and saw by the lining that it was '
bought in Atlanta. Myers finally admitted
who he was. f’nder his pillow was found
a revolver, and he had $25. He was taken
St on -e to police headquarters by Detectives
Meyer and Calnan. He admitted that he I
Was the man wanted in Atlanta, but de- J
dared that he did not rub ami murder
Forrest «’rowl»jr.
• Weil. Billy, what do you know about
the case?” asked Lieutenant Poppe.
"More than 1 am going to tell.” answer'd
Myers.
"Do you say you did not murder Crow-
JeyT-
"No. sir: I did not. I don't know about '
•t oniy wiiat 1 have rtad.”
•Then qhy did you leave Atlanta?"
"1 was told that some of them were
trying to mix me up in It.”
"Who tried to mix you up in It?"
"Well. Charles Jones and another fel- I
Je w ”
"Then there were two tn the job? Tell
v e what }oj kn«w about this.”
••J wU not tell all 1 know, but I did
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1894.
not rob him or have anything to do
with it.”
"Were you not with young Crowley?"
”1 only saw him at the depot.”
"Didn’t you get into a buggy with him
anl drive out of the city to the place
w here he was found murdered?”
"No. sir. 1 did not.”
“Will you go back without requisition
papers?"
"Yes. sir."
"No fooling, now; I don’t went you to go
back on your word.”
“Oh. I'll go back." said Myers, ‘T might
as well go back and have the whole thing
over.”
The prisoner was taken to the cellroom.
He is a good-looking young man. He
gave his age as nineteen. He had on a
new suit he said be bought on credit lu
Atlanta.
Held for Atlanta Officers.
After Myers had been successfully trap
ped and lodged in central police station,
where he talked sufficiently to remove all
doubt that the right man had been captured
he was locked up in a cell and the words
"held for Atlanta officers” registered oppo
site his name.
Myers at once went to sleep, not appear
ing at all uneasy over his position. He
slept soundly until 7 o’clock this morning
and then ate a hearty breakfast. No one
was allowed to see him but the officers in
charge until the arrival of Chief of Police
Deitsch, who had been notified of the ar
rest by telephone and who had sent strict
orders to allow no one to question the pris
oner until he could see him.
Chief Deitsch himself said he believed
young Myers committed the murder and
simply confessed to his having been an
accessory to It In order to meet the charges
which he knew had already been substan
tiated by numerous witnesses in Atlanta.
His story that Brown Allen, the gambler,
commited the actual deed is not given cre
dence here. When Myers was taken before
Chief Deitsch he was cool and collected
and did not seem to realize his position.
When asked to tell something about him
self he said:
"I am nineteen years old and was born
near Glendale, O." (This Is a fashionable
suburb of Cincinnati, twenty miles north.)
Myers continued, saying that nine years
ago he went to Atlanta with his father and
has been there ever since. Then he started
to tell about the murder of Forrest Crow
ley. Several detectives and other police
officials were present and listened closely
to every word the youth uttered.
Throughout the narrative he remained
wonderfully self-possessed. The official
stenographer tcok every word and then
gave them to The Constitution correspond
ent.
Myers said: "Some months ago 1 met a
gambler niuned Brown Allen, who had a
very pretty sister. 1 met tin* girl and fell
in love with her, and while Visiting at
her home one night, we were in th-- room
together and the ioor Was locked. Her
brother broke .in the door and ut the point
of a pistol made me agree to pay .him
SUO. 1 get Jcs and gave it to Allen. lie
told me to go and see my friend Crowley
rnd get the rest of the money from him.
If Crowley refused to give me the money,
then 1 was to ask him to give the two
mules he had, which 1 could sell and get •
the money.
"1 went to Crowley, but he would give me
neither the money nor the mules. I re
ported to Allen, who said:
" 'l'll get even with the
"Then it was fixed that I should Induce
Crowley to go with me to see a man who
wanted to buy some mules. I did as 1 was
told and Crowley and I started for the
place. I wanted to.w- aken. but Allen would I
net let me. We went to a place called I
Westwood, and Crowley was shown to a
small hill, where the man who wanted to j
buy the tpuli s would be found.
"Allen was in waiting, and when he saw j
Crowley he killed him. Allen then return- •
cd to where 1 was waiting and. hitting me i
in the face with a pocket bock, said:
"‘I killed him and there is your part, - 1
at the same time handing me s3l.
"We then went back to Atlanta and I
came to this city.”
This was all Myers could bo induced to
ray.
The police considered his story an im
probable one and would not believe it.
They told Myers so. and th- prisoner re
marked quietly that he could not help it.
that it was the truth.
Subsequently, several others got him to
repeat his story, but he neither changed
nor added to it.
Charles Jones Informed.
At .1 a. n>., Thursday, Charley Jones
who has been held on the charge of being
Implicated in the murder, was interviewed
tn his cell. He was told that Myers had
been arrested and had given up the entire
story.
"He has?" ejaculated Jones. "I’m glad of
it. 1 know he’ll tell the whole story and
char mo. lam innocent. 1 >oes he Impli
cate me? 1 can prove an alibi for every
hour in the day.’
After the telegram was received in which
Myers implicated Charles Jones, Jones was
seen and informed that Myers had impli
cated him.
"1 don’t care anything about that.” he
replied coolly. ”1 am innocent and I will
be able to prove it. Forty telegrams
W’oukln t convict me. I know nothing
Whatever about this matter.”
Jones was remarkably e-wl. The state
ment that he had been implicated did not
bother him in the least. He is a relative of
Rev. Sam Junes.
Htb.Ml CUES I'ol Ml.
Myers l.cft Some Clothes nt Folsom’s.
He l*ii*«nval Crowley’s Match.
Crowley’s watch and chain, which
had been snatched from his body,
were found at a broker’s, where Myers, in
the hurry of his departure, had pawned
th«*m. .
The Russia leather purse which had
contained the money of Forrest Crowley
w. s discovered in a little room of the ho
t. 1 where Myers had stopped to change his
linen. The old clothes of th* boy had been
left behind, and on one of his cuffs figures
which seem to show that tne whole affair
was a cold-bl.x.ihd conspiracy were drawn
off and the amount which came to each
man clearly indicated, if this be true it
vet Hies the theory that Myers had accoin- |
pkees. it may lie that the figures refer to !
the trade between Myers and Crowley, and
were made out by the two men on their
way to liie place.
Traveled with Myers.
That Myers did not attempt to conceal
himself or hide his identity alter leaving
Atlanta is now known.
Mr. Henry Stansbury, a real estate deal
er on Alabama street, was with the boy on
the train which curried him away. He met
him and talk -I with him and gives an in
im-stiiifc account of the careless and in
different manner of th< young murderer.
"1 was struck with him. He seemed so
. gentlemanly und there was a kind of soft
refinement in Ins manner which made you ;
feel kmdly towards him.
"We walked uul on the platform and lit '
our cigarettes.
"After he had talked to me for some !
time he turned and said pleasantly:
" ’Look hefe, 1 have seen you before
I somewhere. Your face is familiar.'
" my Maw ■ • Staii- biny,' 1 : aid.
’l’m from Atlanta.’
" ‘Well, my name is Will Myers. I’m
from Atlanta, too. That is, 1 have lived
there all my life, and I call it my home.’
"He talked so nicely,” continued Mr.
Stansbury, "that 1 was really glad to form
his acquaintance. He was dressed stylishly,
too. H- won- a kind of check-colored shirt
I and white collars and cuffs. He had on a
loose-fitting cutaway coat and a neat derby '
1 hat.
"W<- talk, d about Atlanta and the ex
position. In fact, talkid so interestingly
I that 1 was highly entertained.
1 hr Murderer Flirts.
•’On the train with us wore a lot of <’ol
lege girls on their way to Shorter. They
were laughing and chatting like all college
girls do. Will Myers seemed very much
interested in them. He walked through
the car several times and smiled at the
girls. He came back to where I was
standing and told me that he had made a
big mash on one of the young ladies.
“He kept walking backward and forth
like he wanted to show hiniself off and
he amused the crowd of boys who were
with me very much.
Fulled Out a Roll of Money.
“He talked in a kind of off hand and In
different manner. I thought he was the
son of some millionaire and off for a pleas
ure jaunt.
’’ ‘You seem to be mighty well fixed?’ I
said.
I ou’re right there,' he answered, and
he pulled out a huge roll of bills from his
trousers’ pockets. He held the bills in his
hand and looked at them proudly. I should
judge that there was about S3OO.
Crowley's XVntch Found.
Thursday morning Mr. T. O. Wendler
employed at Kaiser’s jewelry store, in the
Kimball bouse, picked up The Constitution.
' Imp? '
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FORREST L. CROWLEY.
From a Photograph Taken Not Many
Months Before Ho Was Murdered.
He was reading the account of the mur
der and came to the description of the
watch which had been taken from the
dead man’s pocket. He looked at the
Picture of Myers and started in surprise.
It was the same man who had pawn--1
a watch with him the afternoon of ths
murder. Xhe gentleman hastened to the
store and looked at 'the watch.
He referred to the pawn ticket. It was
made out for $5.50 In the name of C. I>-
Morlein, Jr. Detective Ivy called and
was satisfied that it was the dead man’s
watch and that it had been pawned by
Myers, as he gave the same alias regis
tered on the guest book of the European
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hotel, whore he had stopped the same |
morning?. I
“ ‘I want five dollars and a half on this j
watch and chain. Give it to me quick as
I want to get off to Cincinnati.’ As near
as I could judge it was 12 o’clock whenhe
came in." 1 I3W
The watch which was recovered was car
ried to police headquarters, it was recog
nized as the watch worn by the murdered
man from the description which was given
by Mr. Seaborn Crowley, ids father.
When the watch was taken a $3 gold
piece was attached to tl..- chain. This coin
had been presented to Furrest Crowley on
his marriage day by his mother.
'J he murderers had snatched this from
the chain, but the little ring upon which it
was hung still remained.
Crowley** I'urse Was l.rft»
Myers’s picture in The Constitution. Thurs
day caused another discovery. Mr. 11. i
Duncan, the day clerk at Folsom’s Euro- |
pean hotel. recognized it as Jln man who
had called for a mom Tuesday morning
and went off owing 50 cents.
When Duncan made the discovery Thurs
day morning that Myers was the man who
I’lL'l stopped knew that the night
clerk had taken a bundle from room 9, upon
which he had written. "C. D. Morlein, room
9. Due 60 cents.” This was the name
which Myers had registered at the hotel.
Duncan opened the package. Ine first
thing he noticed was the pocketbook. It
I ri , n tained a number of business letters
i Ull d ' notes, all made out in the
■ name of Forrest D. Crowley. Tho
■ Clerk felt positive that he was right in
his belief that the man he had entertained
was Myers.
Detective Cason came to the place. He
saw that on one of tin. collars .Myers’s
name was stamped.
The Tell-Tnle Cuff.
possibly no feature of the ease during
the whole day interested the detectives
so much as one of the cuffs of Myers.
On the back of it calculations referring
to some money transaction had bet n made.
At the ujffier edgt was the amount .575.
This was divided by four, giving as a result
$113.75. Below this another addition had
! been made ami to the original $775 was
added $275, making SSS ,( . This was divided
by six. It was apparent that the man mak
ing the figures had iirst started to divide
bv four, but it was erased ami six sub
stituted. The result, after dividing by six,
was multiplied by iwo, .giving $425.
It was considered by many that the cuff
was the most important clue concerning
the murder ami that it showed beyond d übt
that a <ll vision of the money which was
tak> n from Crowley had b. en made. Ac
cording to tho conspiracy theory. the
amount of money which Crowley had when
murdered was $575. This was d V.d d be
tween the four men who w< re supposed to
hav. done the killing. Then c une the
thought of the ring and witch. This was
i added. making ><". which, according to the
j last division, was to be divided out between
six men.
Did the Figures Keinte to the Mule*?
It is considered improbable that six or
even four men were connected with the
crime. This would seem to be. looking
at the figures as represented above.
The caluclaUon upon the cult makes an *
Interesting study, and it is difficult to tell
w hether it refers to the division made by
four or six men when the money taken
from Crowley was counted out or whether
it means that the men were trying to make
some arrangement in regard to th® pricj
cf the mules.
Who Was the Woman?
It was learned at police headquarters
from telegrams from Cincinnati that Myers
in his confession stated that he was used
as the tool of Brown Allen, who was work
ing the "panel game)’ on him. Ho stated
that he was infatuated with the sister of
Allen, who took advantage of him and
n t de him a party to the crime.
In the afternoon Chief Connolly received
the following telegram from Superintendent
Deitsch. of Cincinnati:
“Myers says girl lives on Decatur street.
Named Emma Allen. Don’t know number.
Will assist in finding her when he gets
back.”
During the afternoon every effort was
made by the detectives to locate some one
corivsnonding to the description of the
girl who was implicated by Myers. It wa.s
known to the detectives that Ben Allen
the only gambler of the name known here,
had no sister living in Atlanta nor could
any woman by that name be 1< eated here.
Many think that the statement of Myers
in this respect is false and that there is
no woman connected with the case.
Wbnt the Officers Think.
Chief Wright is making every effort to
locate Allen. It was thought Friday night
that he would be arrested atty hour In
Birmingham. Afterwards it was learned
that he had left for some other place and
telegrams were sent asking his ar
rest.
“I think that it must be Ben Allen that
Myers refers to,” said Detective Wooten
Friday nfgiit. ”1 know of no such man as
Brown Allen in Atlanta. Ben Allen has a
dark record.”
Crowley’s Father Talks.
On the 4:-30 train returning to Roswell
Friday afternoon was Mr. Seaborn
Crowle.v, the father of the murdered man.
“it relieved me,” be said, “when J saw
this morning, from the paj>er that Myers
had been caught. I somehow thought that
he would get away. Chief Connolly and his
men have certainly done good work, and 1
shall never forget them.”
Mr. Crowley was asked why ho suspected
Myers of the murder that afternoon.
"I did not suspect him of the murder," he
said. “I thought that there was something
queer in his actions and 1 could not under
stand th'-m. 1 knew that Forrest would not
stay away so long.” he said in a voice
choked with grief, "and I felt that some
thing was wrong."
Mrs. Crowley Fatally HL
“I would stay over in Atlanta tonight.”
he said, “if it was not Lor the fact that my
wife was so 111.
“The shock will kill her. She may be dead
before I reach home this afternoon. I am
very uneasy about her.”
He Sticks to the Morv Aboot the Girl.
Chattanooga. Tenn.. September 23.—(Spe-
cial.) —Will Myers claims to have been the j
victim of an older criminal. He insists that
fear of being killed by one Brown Allen
made hlin the tool of that fellow and his
cowardice made a fool of him. Myers has
made a full statement, which he declares '
is a truthful confession, though the oili- j
cers do not believe it.
The ConfenMlou.
Myers left for Atlanta on the East Ten
nessee. Virginia and Georgia train at 11:15
o’clock tonight In charge of Chief Connolly
and the four other Atlanta officers. Myers
arrived hero at 8:10 o’clock from Cincin
nati iu charge of Detective Bolan. They
sat in the smoking car, the detective hav- :
ing a handcuff around his left wrist and
Myers’s right. 1 met them up the road
several miles. Myers appeared glad to be
getting back to Atlanta. He wore a black
double-breasted suit, a blue striped shirt,
white collar, red four-in-hand tic and derby
hat. He seemed glad when asked to tell
his story, and told it in a straightforward
style, claiming that he was a victim of cir
cumstances.
“About two* weeks ago,” he said, “I was
standing at Beermann’s corner, w’hen a
nicely dressed fellow, with a black suit of
clothes, derby hat, black tie, turned-down
collar, pointed patent leather shoes, about
live feet ten, black hair and mustache,
spoke to me by name. He said his name
was Brow'n Allen. Wo drank a glass of
cocacola together and then rode out td
Inman park, where we played a game of
five-up.”
“Were you playing for anything?"
“No, just for fun. After playing a while
we saw a pretty girl. He introduced me to
her as Miss Emma Brown.”
“He said a nice girl and a friend
of his. She was plump, fairly
good looking and appeared to be about
twenty-two years old. I talked with her
and made an engagement to carry her to
the park next evening. I did so. She was
gay and I took advantage of it when sud
denly Allen appeared from behind a tree
with a pistol."
“What time was that?”
“About 8:30 o'clock in the evening. T
don’t remember the exact day. Well, Al
len pointed his pistol at me, cursed me. and
said the girl was his sister. He demanded
that I pay him $250 or he would kill me.
1 was frightened. I told him I didn’t
have the money, but would try to rspse it
and pay him. He said he would agree
to that but if I didn’t get it pretty quick
he would kill me.”
The Trip to RmuvelL
“Wlieu di'i you go to Roswell?”
“I left Atlanta Saturday und spent Sat
urday and Sunday up with Will Jones,
several miles from Roswell. 1 asked Con-
Crowley and if he had mules.”
•’Yes; after dinner he showed me the
mules. 1 told him my man in Atlanta
would trade him the land for them or pay
him 8575 in cash. He agreed anil sent the
mules to Atlanta by a negro. We took
the train Tuesday morning.”
“Did Allen expect you’.”'
“Yes; I told him I would bring Crowley
in Tuesday morning. He told nie to drive
him right out to Westwood park and he
would meet us.
“He said if ho did not come Tuesday to
come Wednesday, as he would be there
both days.” ...
‘‘Did you see Allen at the depot, or ala
you wire him from Roswell?”
“No, but he seemed to have some means
of knowing. When we got off the train
Mr. Forrest Crowley and myself went right
around to Stewart & Bowden’s, got a bug
gy and drove out through West End to
Weswood park. We found Allen out there
standing under a little tree, waiting for us.
I introduced Mr. Crowley to him. They
talked a few minutes. Allen told me to wait
in the buggy and he would take Mr.
Crowley over the hill and show him the
land. They went off together.”
“Did you tie the horse?”
In Westwood i’nrk. .
“No, but he stood near a little tree and
nibbled at the leaves on it. I stepped out
and stood by the buggy. I had no idea
anything was wrong. In about twenty
minutes I saw Allen coming back alone. He
walked fast and jumped right in the buggy,
throwing down a long purse and Crowley’s
watch and ring. I was very much frighten
ed and asked him where Crowley was. He
replied the was over the hill as dead
us a coal. Then he told me to take the
pocketbook, watch and ring. He pulled his
pistol and told me if I ever told anything
about this he would shoot iny d—n head
off. Then lie ordered me to ‘drive like h—l’
over to the electric road at West End. I
shoved the pocketbook between my legs
and the seat and drove away as fast as
1 could make the horse go. I was frightened
nearly to death. I had no Idea Allen had
Intended to kill Crowley.”
“Where did you go?”
“I drove to the street car line. Allen got
out there and I drove to the stable.”
“What about the figuring on the cuffs
you left there?”
“I did that up at Roswell with Mr.
Crowley.”
“Why did you divide 575 by 4?”
“That was to find the cost of each of
the four mules.
“After leaving Folsom’s,” Myers went
on, talking calmly, ”1 went around the
street a few minutes, badly frightened all
th«j time, and then went to the Aragon,
where 1 stayed until time to catch the
East Tennessee train. '
“Now, about Brown Allen,” I asked.
“Who is he? Is he Ben Allen?”
"No. I know Ben Allen. He and Brown
Allen are different men.”
“Do you know Brown Allen to be his
correct name?”
“No. Al! I know is what he told me. I
never saw him until he spoke to me that
day at Heermann's corner.”
“He led me into the scape with the girl
and got me in his power. But if 1 had ktiown
he ever thought of killing Mr. Crowley,
why. I'd never have gone to Roswell or
carried Mr. Crowley out there.”
“What are you going to do now?”
“I don’t know. I have told you the true
story. When I get back, maybe I can find
some witnesses; some people who saw us
together. Allen knew all about Mr. Crowley
and made tne his tool. I had no idea of what
he intended doing.”
To hear his story in the free, off-hand, but
thoroughly straight way he tells it, one can
but feel that rte has been made the victim
of an old and experienced criminal.
On tho other band there are those
who will believe 'Myers concocted the story
and is playing bis hand out with great
nerve. Yet the tracks about the scene of
the murder show that more than one man
was connected with it. There are those
among the Atlanta officers who believe My
ers is holding back the names of others
connected with it. but Myers asserts and
repeats that only he and Brown Allen were
in any way parties to it. Just how he is
going to prove this, unless Allen Is caught,
he says he don't know, but he hopes men
will turn Up who saw him with Allen
who know something about Allen. \\ ith
this hope in view, appearing to feel that he
will come out of the’affair ail right, Myers
goes back to Atlanta.
C'tiHi’HCMi'r r*kvt<’li ot
To the world young \\ ill Myers is a mur
derer, cold, callous, heartless and delib
erate.
To Jtls father and to his old grandmother
he is “Willie,” a loving and dutiful boy,
the pride of a home, the delight of their
eyes.
Handsome, polite, gentlemanly, pleasant
spoken, with a record behind him that has
not a single blot—surely such a young man
was never before charged with such a
crime. How wonderfully strange that such
a pleasant, genial youth should have the
black heart of a murderer, that he should
conceive and execute such a masterpiece of
villainy! Shady actions, ba! deeds, crime
of some sort invariably distinguish the
possessor of such a heart. When such a
man performs some great crime ever.v one
readily says, “I told you so.” No man has
said this of young Myers. On tho contrary
every man has marveled al this strange
phenomenon in human character.
The father of young Slyers, Mr. B. P.
Myers, originally the proprietor of the
Crescent Steam laundry, now the pro
prietor of the barbershop at 13 North Broad
street, and who is just starting an ex
tensive new laundry on Peachtree street.
Is completely prostrated over his son’s
trouble. He has not been to his place of
business since Wednesday, and cannot be
seen at his home. 60 Alexander street.
Young Myers stood well socially. As has
been stated, he was a member of the Gate
City Guard. Before that time he was a
student at the Gordon school, and was
placed in command of the company. He
was a sergeant in the Gate City Guard.
Cake crusts or pastry prepared with Dr.
Price’s Cream Baking Powder are never
sour, si>otted or soggy.
HEX ALLEY GIVES IP.
Tells M here He Hus lleen Since Mon-.
day—tn Clinttanooga Tueailay.
Birmingham, Ala., September 23.—(Spe
cial.)- Ben Allen, who Is said to have been
implicated in the murder of Forrest L.
Crowley, gave himself up to the officers
here this morning. Allen was seen in the
city a few days ago and it was known that
he had gone to Mobile, from whetice it is
understood he intended going to New Or
leans to witness sporting events lu that
city. In Mobile Allen learned ox the fact
that he was wanted in Atlanta, and either
to establish his innocence or for effect, ne
decided to come back to this city. While
in Mobile he sent a telegram to K. D.
Burnett, a prominent saloon Ist of this city,
asking it ne was really wanted, stating
if so ne would conte back and give hints. If
up to the authorities. He was telegr iplie.l
that he was wanted, and this morntng at
13:02 o’clock he left Mobile, arriving here
at 11:35. As he stepped from the train h»
walked up to Offic -r John Oidham and 1-e
--tective Barnes Morgan am! gave hunself
up, claiming tnat tie was innocent amt that
he could establish his Innocence. He was
then taken by Detective Morgan and turned
over to the city authorities. He was not
locked up, but was placed in charge of
Officer Wiggins, who walked about w<li
him over the city during the afternoon.
Ills appearance does not Indicate that he
is troubled over the matter very much
and his manner is very pleasant. Allen is
a man oi medium stature, weighing about
155 pounds, and standing about 5 feet 9’a
Inches. He has a <iark, straight mustache,
brown eyes, and,a face inclined to be snarp.
In conversation with a Constitution cor
respondent tonight he made the following
statement as to his whereabouts during the
past lour weeks and its to his innocence:
"If 1 ever met Myers 1 do not remember
it, and I have not been in Atlanta 'luring
tlie past four weeks. 1 have been in Bir
mingham all that time with the exception
of going to Chattanooga Tuesday on an
excursion, wh’ch left here at 7:30 o’clock
a. m. and returned Wednesday at 3:30 p.
m. This 1 can prove by a number of people
who were on the train. I registered at the
St. Janies in Chattanooga on Tuesday. I
stayed in Chattanooga Tuesday and came
back here Wednesday morning and went
down to Mobile. As soon as I saw the re
ports in the papers that f was wanted in
Atlanta, I telegraphed here to know it
such was tlte case. When I found it to
be so. I went to the depot to catch a train,
but it had just pulled out. The ticket agent
told me I could get a train in a few hours
by Selina, but that 1 would save time by
w’aiting for the next Louisville and Nash
ville train. I caught the first train and
came here. I talked to a hotel man in
Mobile, explained the circumstances and
told him that I was liable to be arrested
at any minute. I am willing to-go to At
lanta without requisition papers. When
Atlahta officers call for me, I am ready to
ffo.”
FIRING THE. CLERKS.
MR. CARLISLE IS DISCH ARCING WO
URN RtrFLOFBS
In III* Department— Warships Ordered to
China— Troops at Railway Centers—An
Official Statement on Silver Coinage.
Washington, September 17.—The comptrol
ler of the currency has declared a third
dividend of 10 per cent in favor of tne cred
itors of the State National bank of Knox
ville, Tenn., making in all 55 per cent.
Employes of the treasury department are
thoroughly worked up over the discharges
now being made to carry' into e^ect the
reorganization provided by the Dockery
commission. So far the “ax” has fallen most
heavily upon the women employes and
many high-priced female clerks have
discharged. The scene today and Saturday,
when the dreaded yellow envelope contain
ing the discharge was hande-d to the vic
tims, were in many cases pathettf. It was
not unusual to have a half dozen groups of
pretty crying clerks in one bureau Many
of the female clerks discharged had been
long In the service, and one case is men
tioned of a woman who was among the firM
ever aopointed to government office by
United States Treasurer Spmner. over th r
tv-tive years ago. Twelve clerks were dis
'inrr.a.e.l tM.X
$400,000, standing at the close of business ,n
the treasury at $57,430,351.
WarwhipM Ordered to China.
The first matter that occupied the atten
tion of Secretary Herbert today when he
returned to the navy department after five
weeks’ absence, was that of reinforcing the
Asiatic squadron, .and after a brief consu
tation with Secretary Gresham, he
preliminary orders to the commanders of the
Machias and Detroit to prepare to proceed
to 'llina as soon as possible. The -'lach’as
is ordered to be put into commission at the
New York navy yard tomorrow. She wiL
be ready for sea in about three weeks and
will sail as soon as she is joined by the
Detroit, which is now l>eing repaired at
Norfolk. The Machias will carry the Colum
bian relics which were exhibited at Chicago
last vear, leaving these belongings to . pain
at Cadiz, and returning the Vatican collec
tion to Rome. These relics will be sent over
to New York in charge of a state depart
ment official and a marine guard, and they
will be delivered at their destination witn
considerable ceremony. The Detroit and
Machias are expected to reach China early
in December
Secrotary Gresham, this afternoon, receiv
ed a cablegram from Consular Agent Alfred
Cooper, at Ka Libertad, announcing the
death of Consul General Alexander L. Pol
lock. at Salvador, from yellow fever. Mr.
Pollock was a native of Austria, but. was a
citizen of Utah when he was sent to Salva
dor, September 28th, last year.
Troops at RiilKvny Centers.
The sweeping general orders providing for
the concentration of the United States army
at the great railway centers was issued
from headquarters this afternoon. It is in
substance, as follows: Ten of the twenty
five infantry regiments are concentrated at
single posts. The abandoned posts are Fort
Wood, on Bedloe’s island, New Aork harbor,
Fort Ontario, near Oswego, N. Y.; Newpofft
barracks, Kentucky; Mount X ernon bar
racks, Alabama; Fort Mackinac, Michigan;
Camp Pilot, Butte, Montana; Fort Bowie
and Fort San Carlos, Arizona; Fort Marcy
and Fort Supply, Indian Territory. The
regiments to come east in whole or iz part,
are the Third and Sixth cavalry, ti>* Thir
teenth and Seventeenth infantry, w-hile> the
whole Twentieth infantry takes station at
Fort Leavenworth. The department of the
east will be increased by nineteen companies,
while the Platte loses seven, Colorado four
and Dakota eight. The east will now have
119 companies at thirty-one posts, but there
will still remain west of the Mississippi river
forty-nine posts garrisoned by 245 companies.
Davis island, Pennsylvania, will be occupied
by the First artillery after October Ist.
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, will have fo\xr
troops of the Third cavalry.
As to Silver Coinage.
A great many letters have been received
at the treasury department recently' making
inquiries concerning the coinage of silver
dollars and the redemption and cancellation
of treasury notes, and in order to avoid
the labor of repeating the information in
answer to each letter. Secretary Carlisle
today dictated a memorandum on the sub
ject for publication. The memorandum
quotes the first, second and third section
of the Sherman act under which the silver
now held in by the treasury department
was purchased, and says:
“It will be seen from the foregoing that
while the law provides that redeemed treas
ury notes may be reissued, it also, in the
same section, imposes an express limitation
upon the power to reissue by declaring that
‘no greater or less amount of such notes
shall be outstanding at any time than the
cost of the silver bullion and the standard
dollars coined therefrom then held in the
treasury purchased by such notes.’ ”
Notes Must Be Redeemed.
When such notes are redeemed in gold
there is no obstacle in the way of their re
issue, because such redeemption does not
affect the stock of silver held in the treas
ury under the act of July 14, 18JW; but when
they are redeemed with silver coined from
the bullion purchased under that act, they
must be retired and cancelled, for, other
wise, there would be„ after the rede-mpt.on
and reissue a greater amount of notes out
standing than the cost of the silver origin
ally purchased and then held in the treasury
and this is expressly prohibited by the stat
ute. The purpose of congress was to prevent
the duplication of the currency, which would
be the case if the notes and the sliver pur
chased with the notes could be outstanding
at the same time. Treasury notes received
in the ordinary course of business, or re
deemed in gold, or exchanged for silver
dollars not coined from the bullion purchas
ed under the act of July 14, 1890. are not
retired and cancelled. All such notes are re
issued. Prior to the first day of July. I&UL
standard silver dollars to the amount ol
$36,318,264 were coined from the bullion pur
chased under that act. The so-called gain
or seigniorage arising from this coinage was
$6,837,803, which was paid into the treasury as
a miscellaneous receipt, leaving $29,480,461
to be held as a fund to provide for the re
demption of the treasury notes as provided
by law.
rutting Silver tn Circulation.
At the beginning of the present adtninis
tion, this sum of $29,480,461 was still in the
| treasury, and standard silver dollars to the
J amount oi $1,597,223 have been coined since
! that time. Os this last sum, however, $520,-
079 w.us seigniorage, leaving $1,977,144 to be
■ held in the treasury. It appears, therefore,
i that the whole coinage under the act hai
j been $37,905,487, and that the amount to Le
I held in the treasury for redemption pur
i poses was $30,557,605. Os this sum $4,121,000
have been used in the redemption of notes
and that amount has been retired and can-
I celled. No treasry notes have been re
deemed in silver unless silver was demand
ed, the policy and practice of the depart-
• nient having always been to redeem in ths
i kind of money demanded by the holder of a
note. The presentation of the treasury notes
“for redemption in silver began in August.
• 1593, when there was a great scarcity of
; currency of small denominations, and there
j was redeemed during that month $1,273,267,
j w hich is the largest amount that has beez
; presented during any one month.
As shown above there were held in the
I treasury at the beginning of this adminlstra
, tion $29,480,461 in silver, coined from the
! bullion purchased under the act of July
14, IS9O. Notwithstanding the fact that sl.-
597,223 has been coined since that time, there
are now on hand only $26,189,724.
Sartrent Re-elected.
Harrisburg, Pa., September 19.—The
Brotherhood of lx>comotixe Firemen re
elected Grand Master Frank I’. Sargent
by acclamation this morning. He had no
opposition.
Three vice grand masters were also elect
ed. They are: John J. Hannahan, of En
glewood. III.; Charles A. Wilson, of Phil
lipsburg, N. J., and Charles W. Maier, of
Parsons, Kas.
