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H. A. ALLEN OPENS
ARGUMENTS FOR
j - DEFENSE AT TRIAL
(Continued From Page. 1.)
He compared the examination of Mr
» Martin by Reuben Arnold to th(
Xcomedy act of a ventriloquist an<
this dummy, to the amusement of th<
Audience.
' '“Martin didn’t make his audit tc
find out the status of the bank, bui
to dig out evidence to convict W!1
Green,” declared Attorney Allen.
“Did the state treasurer employ
Martin for that purpose? Martin ad
mits he has made no detailed report
i# Mr. Speer. He admits that the
only' two books that could show the
true status of the bank have been
destroyed and yet he charges Green
with theft of the bank’s funds. Mar
tin claims to be sorry for Green and
says he testifies reluctantly. His at
'titudc on the stand doesn't bear him
out.”
Refers to Liberty Bonds
Referring to the lost Liberty bonds
alleged by Green to have been stolen
by the robbers on the night of the
fire, the attorney ridiculed the state
ment of one of the state’s witnesses
that jt was impossible for the rob-
Jiers to have taken more than SII,OOO
worth of bonds. He declared that
the evidence introduced by the state
showed that Green, on October 6.
took from the Trust Company of
Georgia Liberty bonds to the amount
of $43,000, carried them to Fairburn
and put them in the bank vault.
Mr. ' Hen then paid his respects to
W. T. Gloer. superintendent of the
Atlanta branch of the Pinkerton De
tective agency, ridiculing the alleged
confession of Mrs. Bradstreet as de
scribed by Mr. Gloer in his testi
mony.
“Mrs. Bradstreet didn’t admit any-
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thing except that Green had made
her several presents,” he asserted.
“She didn’t say Green took any of the
bank’s money.”
“My brother Arnold has put into
this case a whole lot of stuff ju-t
like that. He aims to ‘cover Dixie
like the dew’ and doesn’t overlook
anything. That’s the kind of a case
they have put up to you jurymen.
"Their whole case is a bunch of
camouflage, gentlemen. When you
look for positive evidence to show
Green's guilt you can’t find it. All
this talk about Green’s buying jewel
ly and automobiles for Mrs. Brad
street and his being seen with her
in New Orleans has nothing to do
with this case. It doesn't show that
Green stole the bank’s money. There
is nothing but circumstantial evi
dence in this case and there isn’t
enough of it to establish a case be
yond a reasonable doubt.”
Mr. Allen conclude his argument
after having spoken for an hour and
I fifty-five minutes. He was followed
by Solicitor General George Napier
; for the state. t
i In opening his argument Solicitor
I Napier rea dthe section of the law
under which Green is being tried,
and which provides a sentence of
1 from two to seven years in case of
l conviction, and cited 'as parallel
’cases several previous of
the courts.
Recounts Details
“It seems in this case that every
thing went well,” said Solicitor -xa
pier, “until the appearance of a cer
tain woman. I obtain my best de
scription of this woman from the de
fendant's description of her; that she
was a very fascinating woman.
“The defendant until that time was
a mar. of excellent character and
reputation and good standing. He
was a trusted man. but you must re
member, gentlemen, that in all cgses
of bank defalcations the acts are
committed by trusted men.”
Solicitor Napier recounted again
■ the interesting details of Mrs. Brad
street’s rapid rise from poverty to
wealth with assistance of “Uncle
Jack,” interesting the jury and the
audience with a careful description
of a “stork decorated” kfmona and
the symbolic significance of this
decoration.
“This case has another peculiar
ity,” said the solicitor general. “The
directors and stockholders rehabili
tated the wrecked bank so that
Campbell county and Fairburn today
stand fair before the world.” De
claring thht the record of the cer
tificates of deposits showed conclu
sively that Green falsified the books,
Mr. Napier insisted that on this
one item alone the jury would be
justified in rendering a verdict of
guilty. He pointed out that several
certificates were marked “paid” on
the books, when as a matter of
fact, they had not been liquidated.
The solicitor general discussed in
some detail the situation developing
early in October, 1919, when the state
treasurer called on Green for a state
ment and notified him that the bank
examiner would audit the books of
the bank. He pointed out that on
October 9, thj-ee days after this no
tice was received by Green, the bank
burned and the alleged robbery oc j
curred.
“On the night of the fire, the de
fendant was in the bank,” continued
the solicitor general. “He was seen
pacing about, he was nervous and he
had a right to be. There had escap-
ed from that vault more thau. $35,000
worth of Liberty bonds. Do you
believe they had been brought back
from Atlanta? Then came the fire
and wiped out much of the evidence
what had transpired.
"Then take the testimony of Mr.
Stephens, who saw a man come out
o fthe bank about 1 o’clock in the
morning, walk to the middle of the
street and fire a pistol, shouting
“fire.” If this is true, no robbery
occurred. He says it was Green who
fired the shots.”
Recess is Taken
“There was no robbery; there were
no midnight bandits. They are the
pioduct of Green’s imagination to
divert public condemnation from
himself for the misdeeds he knew
he could not longer conceal.”
Mr. Napier’s address was conclud
ed shortly before 1 o’clock, when a-,
hour’s recess was taken.
Green’s Statement
The statement of Green on the
stand in his own behalf—the only at
tempt th- defense made to refute the
state’s case—took up the majority of
the athwjgon session. His story,
substantially, was the same as he
has told all along in regard to the
looting and burning of the bank by
two masked men. He admitted that
he had “learned to care for Mrs.
Bradst ee-t” and that she was a “very
fascinating lady,” but he declared he
never spent any money on her, al
though making her loans which, he
said, she always repaid. He ende 1
his statement with the declaration:
‘ Gentlcm’en of the jury, like every
other man, I have done things wrong,
but I cany today place my hands at
my heart and say tnat I have never
betrayed a friend, I have never
abused a trust and J have never
wrongfu l} used any man’s funds.”
Green was perfectly composed as
he took the stand and faced the jury.
The courtroom was packed to suffo
cation, for the wet weather had
given the farmers of Campbell coun
ty a holiday and they were out in
force to hear what they believed
would prove the most sensational
feature of the trial.
Gives Personal History
“I am thirty-nine years old,”
began Green, "I was born and reared
in Campbell county. I have lived
he-e all my life except for four or
five years which I spent in Atlanta,
Social Circle, and Chattanooga. “I
stayed on the farm unHl I was nine
teen years old.
“I became connected with the
Fairburn Banking company in Jan
uary 1910, and was cashier until
Apr.. 7, 1919, when I was made vice
president.
“I have never. taken one single
penny of the bank’s money, without
a check, a note or some other ac
ceptable paper.
“On the night of October 9, 1919,
about 12:30 o’clock, two men entered
the bank. One of them asked about
the road and when I looked up the
other one was standing in front of
the grill pointing a pistol at me.
“He told me to throw up my hands
and I obeyed. While I stood with
my hands up, the first man came
around behind the counter and tied
my hands and feet and put a gag in
my mouth. Then they threw me to
tite floor and entered the vault.
“They were in there 15 or 20 min
utes and when they came out they
must have gone out the back door
for I could not see them leave.
“I then tried to get up.
Bank on Fire
“I got my hands loose and about
that time saw flame coming up near
the vault. I crawled over and shut
the vault door. The smoke was so
dense 1 couldn’t see anything al
though the lights were turned on.
Then I crawled out of the door and
got my feet untied. I told the tele
phone operator and then called Mr.
Reed across the
“Then I went back to the banw and
in a few minutes Mr. Langford and
others brought the hose. I helped
conect the fire hose and asked that
the water be directed in the front
window, because I knew there were
many important books and papers
at this point.
“Another hose was put at the back
of the bank and then I, with others,
took a hose on the roof of the store,
where I stayed until the fire was un
der control.
“After getting the fire under con
trol I came down, and the others in
sisted that I should go home. After
seeing that the vault door had re
mained shut during the fire I went
home, where I stayed until morning.
“In the morning I went back to
the bank to see what books and pa
pers of value had been saved.
“Some time during the day some
one went into the vault and trans
ferred its contents to the safe in
Mr. Roberts’ store. I did not go Into
the vault.
'“On Saturday I went back and
looked at the place in the vault
where I had placed the Liberty
bonds. They were not there then.
Neither were the envelopes which
had t>een with them. Papers were
scattered all about the vault.
“On Saturday night I was in
• formed that two suspicious looking
men had been seen in Palmetto, and
I went down there with the sheriff.
Why He Had a Gun
“This accounts for the fact that I
had a gun in my pdeket when seen
by the Pinkerton man that night.
“This man asked me if I had not
spent a lot of money on Mrs. Brad
street. I told him no, that I had not
spent anything. Later I was arrest
ed and Sunday afternoon a warrant
was sworn out and I ■was released
on bond. I came back to Fairburn.
“When Mr. Martin was appointed
to audit the books I offered him all
possible assistance.”
Green then asked permission to
see the statement which had been
submitted by Mr. Martin to the in
surance company. Over the objec
tion of the state’s counsel he was
given this statement.
- About Liberty Bonds
, “Mr. Martin asked me to explain
to the insurance company about the
number of the bonds that were
stolen. To the best of my knowledge
they were between $33,500 and $34,-
000 worth of Liberty bonds In the
vault that night. I had brought in
that day from the Trust Company of
Georgia $43,500 in Liberty bonds
that I had there as collateral on the
bank’s paper. I carried them by the
state treasurer’s office. to show Mr.
Cagle, who had called my attention
to the fact that in the last audit of
the bank there had been no receipt
for these bonds.
“On the night of October 9 I had
the bonds out of the vault to make
a list of the numbers and to separate
the bonds belonging to Mr. Roberts
and one or two other people. I was
working that night to prepare a state
ment for Mr. Speer to show my
$13,000 notes as bills payable as he
had required. I also had some other
notes and casffi items out of the vault.
Some of these have since been found
and collected .others have not.
“Sometime in September or Octo
ber, 1918, during the fourth Liberty
loan campaign, I was introduced to
Mrs. Bradstreet, at the Piedmont
hotel, by a soldier I knew. Her hus
band was at Camp Gordon. I saw
her five or six times in a month and
when I would go to the camp to ar
range for a band to come to Fair
burn for Liberty loan rallies, she
would ride out there with me to see
her husband.
“I learned to care for her and per
haps became infatuated with her, for
she is a very fascinating lady.
“After the period from October to
December I saw her only a few times.
She and her husband seemed to have
money. They were always well
dressed and spent money • freely. I
was informed that their people were
well off. In December, I made her
a loan of SSO of $75, and then loaned
her various sums, not over SIOO, till
April, 1919, These loans she always
paid. In April, 1919, she bought a
house and lot on St. Charles avenue,
in Atlanta, and I loaned her larger
amounts, not on long time, however,
but mostly for 30 days. I made her
loans to buy jewelry and to pay the
bill at Allen’s of $5,200.
“This loan she repaid $2,700 in
cash and the balance in notes. I
had this as a cash item for 15 days
or more.
“I.answered many phone calls in
the back room, for it was too
noisy to hear up in the front part
of the bank. We always did this on
long distance calls. In July I loan
ed her $3,500. This was t" - check
cashed at the Third Natiopal bank
in Atlanta. I wrote them saying I
understood her to be the daughter
of a wealthy Atlanta man.
“I saw Mrs. Bradstreet in New
Orleans in December, 1919, when the
Shriners were holding a conxfention.
She was with some ladies I didn’t
know and I was with her only
about two or three hours.
“As to the certificates of deposit,
these enteries on the register were
merely as a memorandum and were
not considered accurate. I know
nothing about the other certificates
being marked “paid” with the rub
ber stamp.
Completes Statement
“In regard to the check of the
cash book 1 in August by Mr. Ed
mondson we had talked various times
of him taking the cash book, but
we had so much and kept him so
busy that we hardly ever had time
to do It. He checked it up, as I
remember, about SIB,OOO short as
it appeared to him. I was never
advised by my attorneys not to talk
to Mr. Martin about affairs of the
bank but in talking to Mr. Martin
I have never seen the books or pa
pers of the Fairburn bank. All of,
my talks with him proved to be a
series of cross examinations. I
could not tell him about entries
without seeing the books.
“I have never talked to him
about the collaterals of mine or
other peoples ijotes because he has
never asked me about them.
"The cash book was about 400
pages, and was on my desk that
night with daily statement. I have
been keeping books since about 10
years old. I do not see how you can
get an accurate record without the
cash book and the daily statement.
All these other discrepancies could
be fully explained by that cash
book.
“Gentlemen of the jury, like ev
ery other man I have done things
wrong, but I can today place my
hands at my heart and say that I
have never betrayed a friend, I
have never abused a trust and I
have never wrongfully used any
man’s funds.”
Green completed his statement at
3:50 o’clock. The defense an
nounced that was all it had.
Rebuttal Testimony
In rebuttal President Roberts, of
the bank, was placed on the stand
,by the state and asked to repeat the
’conversation taking place between
himself and Green on the night of
the fire.
“I said, Well, what did they get?
What did they get? and Green re
plied that they got some cash and
about $35,000 in liberty bonds.”
The state placed Detective Burke,
of the Pinkertons, on stand to
tell of his investigation of the fi
nancial condition of Clarence Brad
street’s family in Metechuan, N.
J. The detective stated that the
Bradstreets lived in a small house
in the country worth about $2,800
and being bought on the install
ment plan. Bradstreet, he stated, had
been an insurance solicitor before
entering the army, and Bradstreet’s
father had been a mill hand, who
had lived and died a poor man. So
far as he could find out, he stated,
the family had no money and no
resources.
W. O. Martin was recalled to the
stand in rebuttal testifying that
Mrs. Bradstreet had no deposits
with the Fairburn Banking com
pany except $195 shown by the
books at one period during 1919. He
asserted that Green admitted to
him that several checks made pay
able to Mrs. Bradstreet and signed
by Green as vice president, wei;e
drawn on the funds of the bank and
that the money of the Fairburn
Banking company went to Mrs.
Bradstreet. Mr. Martin also Identi
fied several burglary, automobile
and fire insurance policies made out
to Mrs. Bradstreet and found In
Green’s desk in the bank after the
fire. These policies, with the can
celled checks cashed by Mrs. Brad
street, were introduced as docu
mentary evidence.
Saw Running Man
Otis Stephens, a farmer, testified
that on the night of fi;he fire, he had
taken a bale of cotton to the gin.
He saw the smoke, he stated, and
drove to within 75 yards of the bank.
From this point, he saw a man cross
ing the sidewalk in front of the
bank. The man walked out in the
street and turned around and looked
at the smoke.
“I could see no fire then, but soon
it burned through,” said the wit
ness.
“The man fired several shots and
went off toward the drug store cor
ner at a rapid speed.”
“Could you recognize that man?”
“Not positively.’*
“What size man was he?”
“About six feet tall, and weighing
apout 175 pounds.”
“You couldn’t say who it was?”
“No.”
“Who did it look like?”
“It looked like Mr. Green.”
On cross examination, when asked
if he could swear that it was Mr.
Green, he said no. The witness de
clared positively that the man was
not Alton Milam, the town marshal
of Fairburn.
State Closes
The state closed at 5 p. m.
Green was recalled to the stand in
rebuttal after the state closed its'
cases to deny a statement made by
W. O. Martin, to the effect that Mrs.
Bradstreet had a book of checks
signed by Green.
“She never had but two such checks
and I knew what they were for,” said
Green.
In explanation of the funds tele
graphed by. him to Mrs. Bradstreet
while she was in New Jersey in Feb
ruary, Green declared that the Brad
streets wished to come back to Geor
gia for the trial, which was original
ly set for the February term of the
court. They needed money to come
back, he said, and he wired SIOO on
two occasions.
“While I was in the telephone ex
change the night of the fire, I heard
somebody fire some shots out in the
street,” he said, referring to the tes
timony of Stephens.
”1 did not fire them, for I didn’t
even have a pistol.”
—This concluded his statement and
the defense closed its case immedi
ately, Judge Hutcheson adjourning
court at 5:10 o’clock.
GOT SIO,OOO FROM
BANK LOOT, SAYS
MRS. DICKERSON
/
SEALE, Ala., April 2.—Testimony
from a number of witnesses concern
ing the Ford car in which the ban
dits who looted the Phenix-Girard
bank, January 16, of $27,000 in cash
and $25,750 in Liberty bonds, are al
leged to have escaped, after leaving
the Ford Brothers ’store, two miles
from Girard, and to have driven to
Montgomery, and a confession from
Mrs. Irene Dickerson, herself a de
fendant, that she made three or four
small black masks used in the rob
bery and discussed plans with the
participants, featured the second day
of Rufus Ford’s trial, in Russell
county circuit court here Thursday.
Mrs. Dickerson declared when she
left Rufus Ford’s home, after the
cash had been divided into five
shares of $5,430 each, she. carried
approximately SIO,OOO in currency
and the entire amount of Liberty
bonds. She declared she was pres
ent at the “goose supper” at the
Ford home, when the plans for rob
bing the institution were perfected.
Other witnesses examined were
John Collins, S. M. Morris, Dr. Ashby
Floyd, Sheriff Ragland, Seabe Jones,
Detective Waggoner, of Atlanta;
Chief W. H. 'taylor, Montgomery;
Detective Avant, Montgomery, and
Tom Pace. President Mullin, Her
bert Shouse and William Crawford
were recalled to the stand.
Ford will know his fate today
some time. Judge J. S. Williams
delivered the charge at 8:30 o’clock
and Immediately thereafter the case
{against Tom Ford was called for
trial on a similar charge.
The trial of Rufus Ford came to
a sudden close at 8 o’clock Thursday
afternoon after the defendant had
been placed on the stand and emphat
ically denied any connection with or
knowledge of the plans to rob the
bank, which state witnesses had pre
viously declared were laid at his
home. He denied knowing Roy Dick
erson, alleged ring leader of the
band, and said he boarded them about
fifteen days as Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Smith.
Small Increases Are
Shown in Southern
Cities’ Population
WASHINGTON, April 2.—Popula
tion statistics announced today by
the census bureau included:
Wilkesbarre, Pa., 73,828, an in
crease of 6,723, or 10.0 per cent over
1910.
Waterloo, la., 36,230; increase, 9,-
537, or 35.7 per cent.
Murphysboro, Hl., 10,411; increase,
2,926, or 39.1 per cent.
Long Branch, N. J., 13,521; in-
crease, 223, or 1.7 per cent.
Clinton, S. C., 3,767; increase, 495,
or 15.1 per cent.
Union, S. C., 6,141; increase. 518, or
9.2 per cent.
Lake City, S. C., 1,606; increase,
532, or 49.5 per cent.
Pulaski, Va., 5,277; increase, 470,
or 9.8 per cent.
Radford, Va., 4,627; increase, 425,
or 10.1 per cent.
Elizabeth City, N. C., 8,925; in
crease, 513, or 6.1 per cent.
Tarboro, N. C., 4,568; increase, 439,
or 10.6 per cent.
RESOLUTION ON
PEACE RAISES
MANY QUESTIONS
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright,' 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, Apriil 2.—Peace by
joint resolution of congress instead
of a treaty has raised such a serious
question as to the relative powers
of the president of the United States
and the congress that it may require
a decision by the supreme of
the United States to settle the dis
pute.
Republican leaders in the house
have framed a resolution not only
declaring the war at an end, but un
dertaking to communicate to a for
eign government an ultimatum which,
under the constitution, heretofore
only the executive branch of the gov
ernment in its own discretion has
been privileged to send. Here is
what is likely to happen:
President Wilson surely will veto
the joint resolution on the ground
that it trespasses on the constitu
tional right of the executive to con
duct the foreign relations of*the
country and to make treaties and
agreements with foreign powers.
Congress may decide to pass the
resolution over Mr. Wilson’s veto, as
suming that a two-thirds vote oE
both houses is possible—something
which is doubtful because in the
senate the treaty itself was beaten
because enough Democrats stood
steadfastly by President Wilson and
prevented ratification with the Lodge
reservations —a grave question would
arise as to the validity - * the joint
resolution.
Wilson Holds Whip Hand
Constitutional lawyers disinterest
ed in the present dispute declare that
if congress gave a two-thirds vote to
the joint resolution wlten vetoed by
the president it would not stand in
the same category as a bill which
becomes law that way, but would be
absolutely invalid.
If congress disputed the invalidity
of the joint resolution under such
circumstances, any citizen of the
United States whose property is af
fected by the statement in the joint
resolution that the war has come to
an end may bring a case into court
to determine the validity of that res
olution. The executive branch of the
government itself through the de
partment of justice, could bring such
a case.
' Inasmuch as the supreme court
lately has shown that when the pub
lic interest demands, it can dispose
of cases without the delay of so many
months which commonly attends
cases on the calendar, It might be
possible to get a decision in a few
weeks.
But the effort to make peace by
joint resolution really is doomed to
failure simply because the president
has so many moves by which the
measure can be blocked. People in
administration quarters realize,
though they may not be willing to
admit it, publicly, that there is much
merit in the contention of so many
members of congress relative to the
irhplied right of the legislative
branch of the government to termi
nate a war. If congress alone can
declare war, why can’t congress
bring the same war to an end? •
Troubling Both Sides
That simple question is what Is
troubling law’yers on both the Demo
cratic and Republican sides of the
controversy. The constitution does
not say anything about the power of
congress to end wars, but it does
specifically give the president the
right to make treaties and submit
them to congress for approval. The
point never has before arisen. It
will establish a precedent.
On the other hand, the Republican
leaders have included in their joint
resolution the proviso that the pres
ident is instructed to communicate
to the German government that un
less Germany concurs in the action
of the American cong’nc"" and be
stows the. same rights and privileges
to America as would have be'n gain
ed by the treaty of Versailles with
reference to property and trade ad
vantages, commercial intercourse
w'”i Germany will be suspended af
ter the lapse of the forty-five-day
time limit. In other words, congress
u, . ,<ej to dictate the naturte of a
communication to a foreign govern
m'—,x the ron«'.titut ; -'i says the
president alone shall have that right.
pendulum Swings Back
The pendulum has swung from one
extreme, in which the president
sought to make a treaty without tak
ing into account the sentiment in
congress, to the other extreme In
which congress will, if the joint res
olution is passed, attempt to dictate
how the president shall conduct for
eign relations.
The partisan atmosphere, together
with a government divided on pollti
c ' lines, is —-oducing constitutional
tangles unknown in American his
tc - and is -’owly building up a bit
terness of feeling that may make it
difficult to decide ny question ex
cept through the roundabout but
nevertheless effective process of the
courts.
Only the calm and disinterested
judgment of the supreme court of the
United States, set up to say what
laws are valid or invalid, now can
settle the dispute to the satisfaction
of everybody concerned unless • the
Republican congress withdraws its
complicating joint resolution and
President Wilson sends the treaty
back to the senate with a statement
showing his willingness “to compro
mi~e on reservations.
Prosperity Ahead
For Georgia, Says
Americus Banker
AMERICUS, Ga., April 2.—L. G.
Council ,a leading banker here, has
just returned from Atlanta, whee
he said evidences of industry he saw
convinced him there is a lengthy
period of prosperity ahead for Gear •
gia. “When freights move promptly
and in large volume, it spells pros
perity for the nation,” said Mr.
Council, “and that is whac Is going
on all over Georgia. Three weeks
ago, when the government first turn
ed the railroads back to their own
ers, the greatest congestion was ex
perienced everywhere, espcially at
the ports. It was impossible then
to get ’a shipment of anything
through, and I was actually com
pelled to send a special representa
tive to Savannah to get through
some supplies needed by my indus
tries at Americus.
“This has changted now, though,
and I am especially impressed with
industrial and commercial condi
tions as I found them in Atlanta.
The hysteria which seized the world
during and just after the war is rap
idly passing away, and people every
where are getting down to business
again. When people come to their
senses, and workmen produce anJ
business again is settled, the whole
commercial and business world can
not fail to be benefited thereby, and
this, in my opinion, is just’ ahead.
People in Atlanta are all optimistic
over the outlook, and there is every
reason to believe that within a few
weeks even the 'remaining obstacles
will be removed from the path of
business, and trade channels will
again assume a normal condition.”
SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1920
“Gypsy’ Smith, War Hero
And Famous Evangelist, Tells
Oj' Narrow Escape on Front
How he lay outside the German
lines from 8 o’clock in the morning
until 11:30 at night, with arm and
leg broken, then crawled 700 yards
back to his own trenches, fainting
seven times on the way and not
reaching there until 9 o’clpck the
next day, was told Friday by Cap
tain Gypsy Pat Smith, the fighting
preacher, who arrived in Atlanta
from Miami to begin a three weeks’
revival Sunday morning at the Bap
tist Tabernacle.
His slight Scotch accent, his boy
ish spirit, his quick wit and ready
smile, which are a part of his gypsy
heritage, give him a charm of man
net that promises to draw thousands
to his meetings. In many ways
Captain Smith has the most engag
ing personality of any evangelist
ever known here, and by all odds the
most romantic history. Gypsy, sol
dier, singer, preacher, he furnishes
one of the most picturesque figures
in the pulpit. In Toronto, Canada,
where he held meetings just before
his trip to Miami, over 40,000 people
heard his sermons in a few days’
time.
He will open his three weeks’ re
vival in Atlanta with a sermon Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock at the
Baptist Tabernacle. He will preach
again Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
and Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock.
In an interview Friday afternoon
he told of the gypsy life that he
lived in his youth and of his war
experience which began with his en
listment as a private in Kitchener’s
first 100,000, and ended on Armi
stice day, at which time he held the
rank of captain and was an acting
major.
Boni in Gypsy Tent
“I was born twenty-six years ago
in a gypsy tent in Glasgow,” he
said. “So, you see, I’m Scotch, not
English. My people have been gyp
sies through all the ages, and until
I was eighteen years old 1 lived a
nomad’s life. A gypsy’s life is fine
if you have money, but it’s some
times hard if you haven’t. Many
times as a lad I was sent out to bes
breakfast. A great many people
think that gypsies steal, but they
don’t, not real gypsies. They may
find things, but that’s all. Many of
the so-called gypsies in this count
try aren’t gypsies at all. Simply
because a man - is born in a
doesn’t make him a gypsy any more
than a cat having kittens in an oven
makes them ’scones. Scones,” tie
added, “are our Scotch name for lit
tle cakes.”
Captain Smith said he was con
verted at sixteen years Os age and
began preaching when he was eight
een. At first his father drove him
from home because he had embraced
religion, but later Captain Smith
converted his father and mother and
his two sisters. ,
The day war was declared he was
just about to go aboard ship to come
to the United States for a series of
revival services." He abandoned
those at once and enlisted as a pri
vate in a Scotch cavalry regiment,
which was a part of Kitchener's first
100,000. He stayed in the ranks ten
months and then became a‘ sergeant.
He was never a cM&plain, but always
a fighting man. Later he was com
missipned as a second lieutenant and
finally rose to the rank of captain.
“At the first battle of the Somme,”
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to our lines and got there abojit 9
the next morning. I dropped into
our trenches in a dead faint. JVhen
I woke up I was at a dressing sta
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teen months after that.” x
Arrival of Americans
Captain Smith has terrible scara
on his arm and his leg from these
wounds. As soon as he was dis
charged from the hospital, he went
back to the front and was there
when the war ended.
He told Friday of how the arrival
of American troops restored the mo
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low point; he declared that the-war
did not end prematurely, but was
brought to a close at the right time;
and, touching for a moment on the
Irish question, he declared that e
Y alera, “president of the Irish re
public," is in the United States to
get money and for no other purpose.
“He is a Spaniard. He doesn’t care
nearly as much \about Ireland as I
do,” said Captain Smith. “If I had
my way he would be in blazes, wher
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“Speaking of Bolshevism, he said:
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or very little; nothing like as much
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