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nil. ATLANTA GKORCUAX AND NEWS. >Nh\SI>.\Y, AI'KIIi 7. 1! Hams, Breakfast Bacon and Lard The Best on the Market ' A PURE FOOD IN EVERY RESPECT ALL CAREFULLY CURED AND PACKED BY The John Hoffman’s Sons Go., CINCINNATI, OHIO, U. S. A. * / ORDER DIRECT OR THROUGH ATLANTA DISTRIBUTORS: Fain & Stamps. Walker & Tipton. TWO LETTERS FROM BOY DEMANDING $35,000 CASH Here l» .the first letter received by Follow the Instructions exactly ns Asa G. Candler from the boy who th e yju^e given or you will never awake thought he could trick the capitalist " “ Into giving him a small fortune: Mr. Asa G. Candler, Atlanta, Qa. Dear Sir—We are asking you to please put thirty-five thousand ($35,- 000.00) dollars under the steps of. the pastor’s study of tlio Inman Park Meth odist church on Monday night, April 6th. '09. v . \ Don't let any one see you put It there, nor fall to place the ABOVE SUM mentioned, at the place above named, at THE PERIL OF TOUR LIFE. Let no one know of this, or you and your family will meet a horrible DEATH at our hands. Put the asked-for sum at the place mentioned on the night mentioned, and never go back to this place to look for the money and your life will be SPARED. Tell no one about It, and all will be well. BUT If you fail to put the sum at the place, you alone shall meet DEATH. Tell any one- of It. and you and your house—that Is, all that live with you—shall meet the most horrible DEATH at our hands. Pony up w(th the sum and keep your face closed about It and all will be well. Fall to put the sum there or blab It and hell will be to pay, nothing more nor less than death. It would be well to place it there late In the a&ernoon or early In the night In this world to see the morning of Tuesday, April 6th, '09. Second Letter from the Boy. Here Is the second letter received by Mr. Candler: Mr. Asa G. Candler, Atlanta, Ga. Dear. Sir—Several dayi ago we sent you a note asking you to place $35,000 at a certain place. I am now sending you this note JUst to remind you of the other. Please put the ’’asked-foy sum In as small package as possible, and put It at the place named InAtur former note. Just slide In close up to the side of the steps, or put It under them & then "(23)” as hard as you can. Place the sum there before 9 p. m, and hike at fulLspeed and don't return. Once again I remind you that failure of putting the sum there' means death to you and putting any one to watch or telling any one of U you and your family will meet death at our hands. Monday, April 5th, Is the time we asked you to place the am't there. Do not fall or you will be blown to ‘‘kingdom come" before day Tuesday, Apr. 6th. ig « chnrltnhle as feeding Ice cresm to a wax doll.—Chicago News. L III 1 BLAZE Courthouse, Hotel anc Newspaper Office Are Burped. Booth of Dixie Vinegar Works. It’s pure; its guaranteed! It’s seldom equal ed—never excelled. It’s MADE IN ATLANTA— It’s a credit to Atlanta enterprise and is entitled to your support! It’s packed with care in convenient packages. It’s deserving of your patronage. The above is what makes Dixie Vinegar, apple and distilled, deserve your patronage. Call at The Pure Food Show and visit our demonstrator. DIXIE VINEQAR WORKS B. A. HANCOCK, Prop. Office and Works 364-6-8 Marietta St. Warranty, G«„ April 7.—Fire, which broke out In the residence of C. W. Cason at 10 o’clock last night, destroyed the county ^court house, the Harper Hotel, the residence of W. L. Wicker and the offices of Dr. R. J. Lockett. Conservative estimates put the loss at more than the $60,000 mark. The court house cost more than $15,000, It Is stated, while the loss at the Harper Hotel Is probably even larger. The loss at The Clipper office Is estimated at $7,500. The fire was discovered In the kltch en of the Cason home. It had gained considerable headway and, fanned by stiff breese. spread rapidly. The tw buildings between the Cason residence and the court house were soon strayed and the county building Itself next went. After the court house the offices of The Warrenton (flipper became Ig nited and burned rapidly. The lose here was extremely heavy as was the case In the Harper Hotei, which Is com pletly destroyed. The MUSICAL FESTIVAL will be the greatest gathering of mu elcal talent the South has evor known. If you want to enjoy It come to us for a pair of torlc or deep-curved glasses made to conform to the eye ball, excluding the light .from aides top and bottom of glass, also prevent Ing lashes from touching the lenses. Remember, we furnish the new Torlc or Curved One-Ptece Bifocals, seams, no dividing line. We have fold thousands of them, but you can't see them as they nre In visible. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO.. 75 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga. Twenty Sailors Missing. London, April 7.—According to a ca ble dispatch, the captain of the British steamer Oakbrench. which foundered . he straits of Magellan, was pi up by the eteamer Esmeralda, but no trace has been -found of the other 30 missing men. JNO. L. MOORE & SONS Guarantee every eyeglass they grind to be optically perfect. Their Kryptoks are the most comfortable double-vision glasses ever made. One solid lend with no seam; neat and dressy In ap pearance. 42 N. Broad St., Prudentll building. 1 New Avenue Opened. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 7.—The city of Chattanooga has thrown open to the public the.rebuilt McCal- lte-avc. This thoroughfare Is one of the principal residence streets In Chat tanooga, and (■ the most direct route from, the city to Mission ridge. It has recently been reconstructed at a cost of $15,000. , All Mitchell-st. merchants invite you to attend the Saturday night concerts con ducted by The Georgian. Mother Names Triplets, Knowing SheCouldn’tLive Rome, Ge., April 7.—On Tuesday morning Mrs. W. T. Cobb, who lives at Gore, Ga., gave birth to three children, two boys and one girl. Mrs. Cobb died shortly after the birth of the last child. Her last act was the naming of the children. The names they bear are Willie, Ernest and Lucy. Each one Is perfectly healthy and weighs about eight pounds. Mrs. Cobb was $7 years of age and was the mother of ten other healthy, strong children, the oldest being 19. Mrs. Cobb was burled on Wednesday morning in the Presbyterian cemetery of Gore. Three line lions, shot hr Captain Geof- frt’v Buxton, In Rnit Africa, hare Just In-en placed In the ■'untie museum. All three brants were shot within fifteen min- ntes. and wlteu Mrs. Hinton arrived at the spot twenty minute* after her litiKlininrs M'ttlua out she found litui regarding the three Insjles.— Loudon Mall. * Passengers in Panic. Cubana Is Badly Damaged. Nnw York, April 7.—Passengers on the steamer Havana were thrown into a panic this morning when the Havana, after leaving quarantine for her dock* rammed the big Munson lino freighter, Cubana, damagii% her so that she had to be beached off the Staten Island shore. The damage to the Cubana Is about the stern. Her rudder was kxlocked out of commission and w*ater was let Into her farthest aft compart ment. It is expected that she will have to be docked for repairs. The crew of the Havana promptly reassured the frightened passengers and after a short watt the ship proceed ed to her pier. rrsAbbm THESEasmo Pepsnapper Sau ! l nmnmimH. '•C WillAsk Judge to Dis miss the Indict ment. Lyons, N. Y„ April 7.—The lawyers for Georgia Allyn Sampson In her trial for the - murder of her husband made the startling announcement today that no defense would be made In the prisoner’s behalf. The lawyers declare that the prosecution has presented euch a weak case that a defense Is unnecessary. George Tlnktepaugh, Mrs. Sampson’s chief counsel, summed up his Inten tions In this brief statement: •T do not think It necessary to put In any defense and we shall make a mo tion to Justice Rich to dismiss the in dictment after the state concludes Its case. The state’s case Is so weak I believe It will tumble to pieces. "They have thus far failed to estab lish any motive for murder on the part of Mrs. Sampson, and, from their own witnesses, we will show that Harry Sampson declared that he would rather e than live with his wife any longer.” From her bed of Illness Mrs. Frank P. Allyn. mother of Mrs. Sampson, came today to the court house to sit with her daughter. The mother had hardly taken her seut when she was called to the witness stand. Mrs. Allyn was very weak, and sev eral times had to stop because of ex haustion. SHF wept a great deal. too. She told of the death of her son-in-law, d evidently concealed nothing. She told of the letter received the morning of the tragedy, and said It was to her dnughter from a man named George Manson. Manson asked Mrs. Sampson nftt him at Niagara Falls. She also tnhl of the quarrel between Sampson and his wife the night before and the morning of the husband’s deatlk Red Snapper Sauce Company Has Pretty Booth At The Pure food Show. Red Snapper Sauce is a superb seasoning for salads and dressings, apd can be used in many ways in cooking—tastes good on meats, game, soups, vegetables, oysters, etc. We guarantee our Red Snapper Sauce, Relish and Chow-Chow to be fi’ee from Solicycle, Benzoic, Boric, Hydrofluoric, Sulphurous Acids or their compounds. Guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Act, Juhe 30th, 1903. PRICES: Red Snapper Sauce, per bottle., . .. 25c Red Snapper Relish, large bottle 25c Red Snapper Chow-Chow, per bottle 25c Red Snapper Ketchup, large 25c Red Snapper Ketchup, small 15c Red Snapper Sauce Co MEMPHIS, TENN. • .» Factory and Farms at Centerville, Miss. T. L. HARDIN, Sales Manager. HITCHCOCK IS BETTER — - - Small Hope of His Recov ery, However. . Washington, April 7,—The condition of former Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock Is slightly Im proved this morning, altho the attend- ng physicians hold out no hopes of recovery. Mr. Hitchcock passed a rest ful night. Former Representative Joseph W. Babcock, of Michigan, was much Im proved this morning. His physicians jelleve he will recover. N CANDLER WON’T PUSH CASE AGAINST BOY Continued from Pago Three. Federal District Attorney.Carter Tnte es to proceeding toward an Indictment by the federal grand Jury. Penalties in Two Courts. The penalty for use of the malls with Intent to defraud.la a maximum fine of $600 or a maximum term of Imprison ment of 18 months, or both, at the dis cretion of the court This Is for each offense. If the case Is made In the state court. It will come under section 117 if the Criminal code of Georgia: Threatening Letters.—tf any person shall knowingly send or deliver any K>t- r or writing, threaten, with Intent to tort money, goods, chattels or other valuable thing, • • ® to malm, wound, kill or murder such person or any member of his family • • • he shall be punished by Imprisonment and labor In the penitentiary for uny time not less than two years nor longer than five years." It would be possible to Indict and convict In both the federal and the statj court tor a proved offense of this char acter. tho the sentence first Imposed would have to be served or carried out before trial could be held In the other court. It Wes Childish Plot. He read the dime novels and the nickel ones. too. did Daniel W. Johnson, Problem Solved Mothers, think of it! You can give your baby Castor Oil In its bottle by using Is pure CASTOR OIL IN POWDER. Absolutely odorless and tasteless. Prescribed by leading physicians. At all reliable druggists. bright-eyed, clear-complexloned young ntnn who lived at Inman Park, end It all looked so easy and so sim ple! Wednesday Daniel W. Johnson, Jr„ Is a member of the motley crew behind tho bins at the police station and await* Indictment by the state author ities and by the federal grand Jury for trying, by Black Hand methods, to ee cure $35,000 from Asa G. Candler, At lanta’s weajthlest citizen. Everywhere In the crude but bold attempt to hold up the prominent At lantan there is the Indubitable touch of Inexperience and youthful Irrespon sibility, but the plot was bold, the ex ecution daring, the capture easy and the confession nothing short «f pitia ble. Young Jultnaon was a member of Mr. Candler's Sunday school class at In man Park, where he designated the $35,000 should be placed under the threat that If he failed “you alone shall meet DEATH." "Tell any one of It," he wrote, "and you and your house—that Is, tall that live with you—shall meet the molt hor rible death at our hands.” Two “Blsck Hand” Letters. The first Black Hand letter—there were two—was received by Mr. Can dler Friday. It was printed by hand In large letters and was addressed to Mr. Candler at his office at 179 Edge- wood-ave. With Its dire threats, nat urally It alarmed Mr. Candler end the letter was turned over Immedaltely to Inspector Sutton of the government secret service. ■ From the receiving of that first letter on, every move made by the young man who had sailed-out on the perilous sea of the Black Hands showed the touch of an amateur and the working of n childish mind. The first letter asked that the $35,000 be placed under the steps of the pas tor's study of the Inman Park Metho dist church on Monday night, April 5. The letter closed with the warning, Follow the Instructions exactly as they are given or you will never awake In this world to see the morning of Tues day, April 6. 1909.' luring sight Of $35,000 to a youth's Im agination rather bedimmed his sense of the fitness of things. So Johnson wrote another letter to Mr. Candler Just to remind him of the first one—that's all. Thr* second letter was received Monday morning. Mi Candler tipped off the* detective de partnient, and later In the morning startled the clerks and tellers of his bank by sending In his personal check for $35,000 to be cashed. The packet with $35,000 was placed under the steps as directed, before Monday night at 9 o'clock. Four de tectlvee were stationed Inside the chtlrch to see that the packet was un molested, while other men guarded Mr. Candler’s home snd the homes of the tembenr of his family. Didn't Visit the Trap, But It must have been dark Monday night, and chllhood Is nfrald of the did not go out after the money, didn't even hang around to see I was placed there. J. D. Barton Sc Co. Frccent “Through Death Valley" No Performance Good Friday ORPHEUM 1.1 ,i II MATINEE AND NIGHT TODAY |\ t BEST , SHOW ! OF Lawrence Crane A Co. Grill—Warren and Blanchard Frcder.ka Raymond &Co.—Warren, EVERY H to, | i SEASON lyiini I Meya-i, and olhct HIT H I |NO PERFORMANCES FRIDAY I - ______ , He Read Dime Novels. The wording of this last paragraph was token from some nickel or dime novel—and young Johnson, In his cell at prison, says he read them all the time—and these things looked so sim ple. so easy! « Getting off with that first letter with out being caught seemed to have en couraged the young fellow. Here was fun and excitement, too—and the al- Concentrate your endeavors. Place your advertising in ' DAILY NEWSPAPERS in states, cities or towns where your trade needs help, where your distribution is perfected, or where a sales campaign could best be under taken. Select the papers which appeal to the class you wish to reach. NO WASTE. NO LOST MOTION. For details apply to any Daily Newspaper ,any respon sible advertising agency, or Secretary, The Six Point League, Tribune Bldg., New York. Insist on Dailies quiet in Inman Park—barring, perhaps, the dream* and the wakeful tossings of young Daniel W. Johnson, Jr., xvho had been rending the dime novels. Telephoned From Home. Still, the fact remained that young Johnson had written two Black Hand letter* and hadn’t been caught yet. And every time he wrote another letter and made another move without being caught, the more experienced he be came and the more bold. So Tuesday afternoon ho was emboldened to tele phone Mr. Candler at his private office In the Coca-Cola building. The fact that Mr. Candler knew this member of his Sunday school class end knew his voice—that Mr. Candler had known him from the cradle—did not seem to occur to the young man. Mr. Candler recognised the voice as soon as the conversation began. "You didn't put the money there as I told you," the voice said. Upon being told that he had, John son hung up the receiver. At least, now he had the satlefactlon of knowing that the packet had been there. He seemed to have forgotten, however, that he had threatened If the money were not placed there, that Mr. Candler would not awake to see Tuesday morning. An hour later young Johnson called again, nnd said he must have the money that day. Mr. Candler said the bank was closed. Then he asked for $15,000 that day and the other later. Mr. Can dler told him to call again In a tew minutes. He consented. Up Against Brains, It woe an easy matter to have detec tives sent to the office In the meantime and to notify “Central" to keep tnb on the number of the phone, which would be connected with his In a few mlnutea. Eaay and very simple—except to young Johnson, who had last sight of the fact that while his poor little brain was working on one side, the big brain of a big man tjvho mode millions was at work on the other. Johnson called, and Mr. Candler and the officers were all connected at the same time. ' Mr. Candlert notified the young man, whose voice he now felt assured was that of his Sunday school pupil, that he hod only Tl.OOO at fhe time, and the youth aahl "that would help." He told Mr. Candler to bring It out In a package and drop It on the east side of Moreland-ave., "between Annabel-st. and.Mr. Shale's new house.” Mr. Candler agreed. learned that Mr. Candler’s phone naa connected with Ivy 2494. The young man, who had been read ing the cheap novels, had called up from his own home! The Trap Is Set, Mr. Candler folded a number of tissue paper dollies Into the size of a package of money, wrapped them In a handker- : chief, and enciosed all In an envelope. He went out with Detectives Lockhart | nnd Coker, each of whom got oft at dlf- j ferent place*. Mr. Candler dropped the package at the appointed place, and, ns If tho young man had not already given him self away by talking and by his phono : number, ho came riding up on a mulo anil spoke to .Mr. Candler. ' Mr. Candler went- on. Tho young man circled around the package for several hour*, the detectives closing in on him and malting the capture. At first Johnson denied his guilt, but when he canto face to face with tho man whose life nnd the’ life of whose family he had threatened, the thrillers which had held him enthralled dropped from his mind. For the moment, the dreadful se riousness of tho offense he had com mitted loomed up big and black before him. "My boy! My boy!" exclaimed Mr, J Candler, hla voice ringing with sadness id sympathy. Breaks Down .and Telle, It woe too much. And the young man, caught, confessed—confessed like the youth that he la! He said once that three men had made him do It, but later he said this was not so. And now he la awaiting trial on the . state charge of blackmail, punishable by Imprisonment front one to ten years, nnd on tho Federal charge of using the malls to defraud, punishable by Im prisonment from twelve to eighteen months. He had read the dime novels nnd the nickel ones, too—had tills- Daniel IV. Johnson, Jr., bright-eyed, dear-con ptexlonod, end Just IS! Cheneys Expectorant cuts coughs and colds short. Cures babies and During thj conversation, it was fcTIwn people. 25c., all druggists. a