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The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. X. NO. 80.
HOME(4TH) edition
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1911.
HOME(4TH)EDmON PRICE: On’Vrahii.' FIVE CENTS.
CALIFORNIA SOLID
FI
MINISTERS CALLED TO ARMS
TO DEFEND PROHIBITION LAW
Leading Democrats Say That
State’s Delegation Will Vote
for Woodrow Wilson.
NO OPPOSITION IN SIGHT
Sentiment in Favor of Scholar
in Politics Has Grown at a
Great Rate.
The Los Angeles Tribune prints the
following:
Woodrow Wilson, governor of New
Jersey and candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for the presidency In
..112 will received the solid vote of the
California delegation to the national
Democratic convention next year. At
least that appears to be the conviction
of the leading Democrats of Los An
geles, and they claim there Ib not the
‘lightest doubt of the California sup
port of the former president of Prlnce-
tun university.
The sem vnent among the rank and
die of the California Democrats has
been strongly pro-Wilson, but until re
cently there has been some question as
to the attitude of some of tHe leaders
of the party In the North. Now It Is
said Wilson will have no opposition In
the California delegation.
The Wilson sentiment In the state
has grown at a tremendous rate, altho
there has boon no organised booming
of Ills candidacy. However, Wilson
dubs have sprung up all over the state,
and the Woodrow Wilson club of Los
Angeles Is one of the strongest yet or
ganized.
Anti-Saloon League Sends Out Letter Asking Special Appeal
on Temperance Sunday, November 12—Editorial From
The Georgian Is S ent With Letters.
To every minister In Georgia a "call
to, arms” was sent Saturday by the
Georgia Anti-8alt{on 'league, urging
them to devote their sermons on Sun
day, November 12, to an appeal for
the support of the prohibition law In
the approaching gubernatorial primary
and to acquainting the people with fhe
seriousness of the situation.
With the letter was sent an editorial
from The Georgian of October 28 warn,
lng the voters of Georgia to beware of
whom they trust with the highest office
In the state and to light any man or
men who are not known to be the
friend of the cause the prohibitionists
fpught so hard to win only a few years
ago. An extract from the criticism of
Judge R. B. Russell, contained in an
Interview with Seaborn Wrlgnt, the
prohibition leader of Rome, was also In
cluded In the letter, as. was J. Pope
Brown's declaration of his position on
prohibition.
The letter to the ministers from .the
league headquarters follows:
The Letter to Members.
"Dear Brother. Sunday. November
12, Is world’s temperance Sunday. ,A
crisis has been reached In our prohibi
tion work. AM of our legislation Is in
Jeopardy. The candidates have Inject
ed It Into the present campaign for
governor. Judge Russell has declared
for some form of local option, which
means the legal sale of liquor In many
places and a perpetual war to keep It
out of every county in the state. Ex-
Governor Brown has declared opposi
tion to all liquor legislation not carry
ing a referendum clause, which can only
mean the veto of the Tipplns bill and
any further effort to regulate the liquor
traffic. Pope Brown declares for the
retention, amendment and enforcement
of the prohibition law.
"It should be clenr to you, th'en, that
our whole case depends upon arousing
the people of the state to a realization
of the condition that confronts us to
day. There Is no way we can do this
but thru the 2,500 ministers of Geor
gia.
“This letter has gone to every minis
ter In the state, and If you will all give
the call to arms on Sunday, November
12, acquainting your people with the
seriousness of the situation, you can do
much to Rave the prohibition law from
another attempted assault
“Prohibition must live In Georgia.
What will you do to help?
“The primary takes place December
7. There Is no time left.
“S. R. Belk, president; Charles W.
Daniel, chairman headquarters commit
tee; M. J. Cofer, chairman legislative
committee; C. W. Smith, 51. M. Davies,
W. P. Anderson, L. G. Broughton.
George Hlllyer, S. R. Roberts, M.D.,
REBELS CAPTURE
1 SUNG FORTS
Fortifications Commanding En
trance to Yang-Tse-Kiang
River Fall.
NOT A SINGLE SHOT FIRED
SPLENDID WORK DONE
ON CLEANING-UP DAY
Fleet of Imperial Warships Is
Bottled Up and Can.Not
Escape to Sea.
Shanghai. Nov. 4.—The forts at Wu
Sung, commanding the entrance to the
members of the legislative committee, t Yang Tse Kiang river, mu-rendered to
“We hovfl mniln thf» irrAfllORt ftffnrt tn 1 the ■•nkal «nv,<„a to.l.nr o'lllioiil
'W© have made the greatest effort to the rebel forces today without
get this to you in time for your tomor- firing a shot. With the fall of these
row's announcements.*' • * “
Pope Brown's Declaration.
Pope Brown's position on prohibi
tion, as defined by himself in The Anti-
Saloon League Monthly, was as fol
lows:
“I am opposed to repealing the pres
ent prohibition law and going back to
local option. When local option was
the temperance side of the question I
favored giving the counties an oppor
tunity of voting out whisky and sup
ported In my own county efforts to
suppress the sale. Now I believe it
would be a mistake to go back to local
option. Thru the legislature we have
Secured for the country counties of
Georgia state-wide prohibition. I say
we have secured it for them, because
they are deeply interested in suppress
ing the package business of the cities.
It is not now a question as to whether
the issue should have been Injected;
that Is a matter of theory. The condi-
Continued on Pag# TwtJvs.
Says He’ll Try to Escape Again
Draws Crowd to Grand at First
Speech of Gubernatorial
Campaign in Atlanta.
LOCAL OPTION STIRS ’EM
! T
Interruptions From Too Enthu
siastic Adherents Keep Can
didate Busy Repeating.
“You are right; toll 'em about it."
•Stick to It, Dick.”
'That's killin' ’em."
"Hurrah for Russell.”
"All the preacher. In tho state are
against you."
•Little Joe wants to cut It down, (the
railroad commlealon) for tho L. & N.
railroad."
"Hurrah for Hoke.”
There and a few other remarks are
tvhat the audience had to say at the
■rand opera house Friday night when
udge R. B. Russell made his key-
speech In his gubernatorial cam-
sign to a crowd that completely tilled
he seats on the orchestra Moor and al-
hrat tilled the flrst balcony. Probably
he»e standing down stairs would have
RHon up the empty seats In the bal-
[ on T- It was a Dick Russell audience,
srept that here and there a few sup-
oitei's of Joe Brown or Pope Brown,
rmtn by curiosity, could be found.
The first half of the speech was tamo
P ‘ar as the listeners were concerned.
[ *■*« n °t until the judge had launch-
> into his defense of loenl option that
11 stirred up much enthusiasm. It was
«t only a Dick Russell audience, but a
aal option audience as well. That
as tho side of the question tfley want,
ft 10 hoar, and they heard It, except
'• n the uproar of Interjected re-
iaru. imd hurrahs from the house In-
orrupud the speaker. And then he
Continued on Page Twelve.
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ulasslflcetlon "situation.
_ Other classifications
CENT A WORD
ONE
f'jrtlflcatI<ni9 into tho hands ..f tin- rev
olutionists the fleet of Imperial rf&r-
ships under Admiral Sah Cheng ring
la now bottled up and can not escape
to sea. The commandant <>f the fort
ress hauled down his flag as a result of
previous arrangements with the rein 1
leaders that he would surrender peace
fully If the city of Shanghai fell Into
the hands of the rebels. Wu Sung Is
fifteen miles from Shanghai and Is the
most Important military post from a
strategic standpoint yet captured by
the rebels, as It commands the entrance
to the entire Yang Tse Kiang valley by
water.
The rebels have discovered that the
ammunition captured with the arsenal
at Kiang Nang Is useless from adul
terations. The bullets are reported to
have been made of paper and the pow
der refused to explode. This Indicates
that the lYkln purchasing hoard in tho
army department has long been hood*
Continued on Pag* Twelve.
oniifiRE
CRYINGJR HELP
Turkish Government Appeals to
Powers of the World for
Intervention in Tripoli.
THIS LOVING CUP IS FIRST PRIZE.
Handsome trophy given by Maler A Borkele, tho Whltehall-sL Jewelers,
for tho ward club making tho boot ohowing on Cleaning-Up day, Novem
ber 3. Tho award will bo announced later.
INTERFERENCE IS LIKELY
OLD BILL MINOR.
The noted train robber who wee captured at St. Claire, Ga„ Friday
night. Tom Moore, who escaped with him from the stato penitentiary
about two weeks ago, was killed when he resisted arrest. The two men
were asleep in a freight car when discovered by a negro porter.
Negro Porter of St. Claire, Ga.,
Proved Undoing of Noted
Train Robber. v
Waynesboro, Go., Nov. 4.—While re
posing In a box car at St. Claire last
night the ‘Slumbers of old Bill Minor
and Tom 5Ioore were rudely disturbed
by the negro porter on the Georgia and
Florida railway calling out: "Is It C0I4
In there?”
This gave a clew to the searcher,
who were on the lookout for the two
criminals yesterday morning, and J. W.
Whittle summoned help and surround
ed the car. A.demand was made fo
the two to come out. Old Bill cami
out slowly, and upon being told
throw up Ills hands, he put up one hand
and held the other one on his gun, a
32-callber magazine plstol.owhlch he
reluctantly left.in his pocket, and put
up the other hand.
Moore Is Killed.
Moore showed fight and was shot In
the face by William Salter. Two shots
were fired by Tom and one at him.
Early this morning old Bill Minor
was brought to Waynesboro for safe
keeping and when .he was placed In the
sheriff's office a criwd surrounded It to
get a look and talk to the famous old
train robber whose record for escapes
almost equals his record for crime. He
thanked Commissioner Gresham for
some favor done him.
Deputy Sheriff Samuels, who had
charge of him, told Minor that he was
looking for him alt day Friday. Bill
replied that he was at home; why didn't
he come In. He says he was In the
swamps. Minor is In the best of spir
its and talks as If nothing had hap
pened. He says he will escape If the
opportunity presents Itself.
When questioned as to where he and
Moore have been spending their I me
since their escape from Milledgevllle,
he says for several days most of the
time was spent In Augusta.
Was Searching For Papers.
Tom Moore, who was with Minor and
who was killed while resisting arrest,
was sentenced to life In the peniten
tiary for killing his brother. Moore
was in search of some papers that he
considered Important In his esse and
was accompanied by Minor. He had a
case In Augusta against some Insur
ance company who cairied the policy
on hla brother’s life and he had several
mistrials with It. It was for this case
that he u*aa searching for papers when
he and his pal were surprised at 8t
Claire last ‘
HAVE STAYED OUT
—MRS. 8AM P. JONES.
His Candidacy, She Says, Is a
Menace to the Prohibition
Law of Georgia.
That Joseph M.-Brown "has played
both to the temperance people and the
brewers" and has made "ambiguous
utterances as a salve of a soothing
nature," are the statements Mrs. Bam
P. Jones, widow of the evangelist,
makes In a letter to the editor of The
Georgian.
Mra. Jones says she favored Joseph
M. Brown when he rsn against Hoke
Smith, because she believed he was
the stronger advocate of prohibition.
She say* now, however, that Pope
Brown Is the man who should be sup
ported by the prohibitionists of the
state.
In regard to Joe Brown's entrance
Into the race, she says:
"If he was the ardent prohibition
ist that he lead me personally to be-
hlm during
Slaughter of Innocent Men and
Women by Italian Soldiers
Is Charge Made.
lleve, when I talked with
his first race, he would have not en>
tered the race after the Imuo had been
drawn by two candidates (Russell and m „ ***»»•*««. — —
Pope Brown )»o sharply, thereby dl- f near the eastern oasis outside of Trip-
Paris, Nov. 4.—With a protest agalnBt
the alleged slaughter of helpless women
and children captives by the Italian sol
diers in Tripoli, lodged In the hand» of
all tin- powers by the Turkish govern
ment, outside Interference in the Turko-
Italian war Is believed In official circles
here today to be *Lj>re probable than at
any other tlmCalnce the outbreak of
hostilities. Following the receipt of
this latest nppeal from the Ottoman
g<tvernment, baeed upon the massacres
of non-combatant Arabs by Italians and
scenes of hontor depicted In dispatches
and letters from Tripoli, the public
opinion throughout Kurope In believed
to bogrowing so strong ns to command
official notice. While no official as
surances have been given by tho
French, British or German governments
that Intervention was even under con
templation by them, nevertheless the
press and public generally are arraying
themselves on the side of humanity and
demanding official action In tho Inter*
cats of humanity.
Official denlAls by Italian government
iiffii’liils that Innocent natives In Trip
oli are being killed have been offset by
dispatches and letters from the sceno
of war. Tales of shocking cruelty and
slaughter also are being received dally
at Malta from persons who declare
they were eye-witnesses of the terrible
deeds they depict.
While the Italian* deny premeditated
slaughter la Tripoli, admission was
made In statements emanatlqg today
from Italian sources that Arab men and
women had been killed. The women, It
Is said, were found guilty of carrying
ammunition secreted In their clothing
for the Turkish soldiers, while the Arab
men were mistaken ttor native soldiers
in the confusion and shot down by mis
take.
Italy now claims that the Arabs are
Inflicting barbarous tortures upon Ital
ian captives. Italian soldiers captured
vldlng the temperance vote and men
acing the cause. It would have been
his part os a true prohibitionist to
have remained out of the race, throw
ing his support and his following to
Hon. Pope Brown.”
The letter of Mrs. Jones follows;
Carteraville, Ga., Nov. J, 1911.
Editor The Georgian:
Having been told that tny action in
resigning from the presidency of the
local W. C. T. IJ. In preference to going
Continued on Page Twelve.
was a young man, about twenty years
of age. and his chances for commuta
tion were good. He had been ji trusty
for the past two years, being allowed
much freedom during that time. Minor
la about 60 years old, a native of Ken
tucky. He will be kept In jail here un
til the state authorities come after him.
oil are reported to have been tortured,
having their ears and noses cut off and
• i. banged and shot.to death.
The possibility of an uprising of Mos
lems In Egypt may force the hand of
the British government. Reports from
Cairo, Alexandria and other Egyptian
cities today state that demonstrations
of the natlvoa over reports <-f Turkish
victories have In some Instances exceed
ed the control of the authorities and the
spirit-of the Moslem population of
Egypt is becoming more threatening
dally.
Danger of a grave outbreak of re
ligious fanatics Is causing keen anx
iety to Lord Kitchener, the new British
agent '
Cleaning-up day as a symbol of the
work which the Civic Federation of
Women’s clubs, of which Mrs. W.
Woods White Is president, was gener
ally observed In all ten wards of the
city Friday.
Each ward has a club of- Its own,
and In many yards the club divided
the territory Into sections, and the va
rious ladle* went to work early In tin-
week asking as many householders as
possible to aid In making their ward
the cleanest and best kept In the city.
The neat and sanitary conditions of
the backyards was especially stressed,
and, altho all reports of committees
were not in by Saturday afternoon, all
those heard from were encouraging.
The commltees will meet in a body
later and announce the winners of the
two prises offered. The prizes will go
to the two wards making the best ef
fort and show on Clean-Up day. The
first prize la a handsome loving cup,
offered thru The Georgian by Maler
& Berkcle, the Jeweler*, and the second
prize is 610 in gold, offered by Tho
Georgian.
Last April when the day was gen
erally observed throughout Atlanta
the Third wfcrd club won first prize,
and this ward was disqualified for first
prige Friday, giving some other ward
a chance to win the cup.
J. P. ALLEN IS SHOT
BY A BOOKKEEPER
Accused of Shortage, Garrison
Draws Pistol and Wounds
Three Men.
WHO’LL PAY FREIGHT WOMAN BLUEBEARD
IN STATE PRIMARY?
County Organization Hasn’t
Any Funds, and Candidates
Can’t Afford to Pay Bills.
COMMITTEE WILL MEET
Some Means Must Be Found
to Raise Funds for Choos
ing a Governor.
W-H
-i-H-l-i’ t-I-H-H-l-H-H-H-i-i-
E. .Maddox, chairman of the Fultcn
county Democratic executive commit
tee, has called a meeting or the commit
tee for 12 o'clock on Wedneeday, No
vember 8, In the council chamber of the
city hall, when tho probletn of how to
secure funds to hold the state primary
on December 7 will be considered.
No funds have been provided for this,
primary and I? the custom of assessing
tho candidates for the expenses Is fol
lowed tt Will become on especially se
rious matter—to the candidates. It
cotta something like (2,000 to hold one
of tlTosc primaries and If the candidates
for the offices Of governor.and labor
commissioner have to pay Its cost, even
the successful candidates will have
made quite a sacrifice. The atate com
mittee has already assessed the candi
dates for governor 31(0 and th*- candi
dates for labor commissioner 175 each.
Usually the state primages are held
In conjunction with county primaries
and the assessments of the epunty can
didates pays the cost of the primary.
But politically speaking, this Is an ex
ceptional year and the other county
Democratic organisations find them
selves In the same predicament as Ful
ton county's. There Is one hope, and
that I, that the managers and clerks
will serve without pay.
"The committee Is up against a hard
proposition," says J. O. Cochran,- sec
retary. "We have no money to pay
clerks and managers and rent polling
places nor even to secure & registration
list. The committee realises that It la
absolutely Impossible to.hpM a primary
without money and. means to secure
this money will be determined at the
meeting."
Murder Charge Made Against
Mrs. Louise Vermilya Fol
, lowing Investigation.
POISONED EIGHT PERSONS
Remains, Long Buried, Are Be
ing Exhumed for Examina
tion—Search for Poison.
Charles I. Branan. J. M. George, Hugh
M. Dorsey, F. J. Paxon, E. P. Bums, J.
A. Fisher, B. Lee Smith, A. D. Thom
son, F. J. Chnppeller, Dr. O. Y. Pierce.
Louis Gholstln, W. T. Winn. W. P.
Anderson. L. Z. Rosser, Jr., Albert
... Howell, Jr., H. F. West, Frank Ham-
+ "JUDGE RUSSELL” NOTICES +, mond, J. E. Maddos. J. O. Cochran. C.
+ WERE ADVERTISEMENTS C.Mason, R. C. L. Carroll. J D. Hlgh-
- j. j tower, I„ E. Buttles. A. C. Mjnhlnnlt,
The reward of 1200 offered by the j + Tho largo number of notices ap- +! W. 51. Campbell,
ittlea. J
I, J. D.
..... night. 5!oore hoped to re-
open tbe* case at some future time. H#
Brad well, W. J.
Southern Express Company for the! 4- pearing In the Oeorgtan Friday. Lloyd, Oscar Mills, Oarnett McJlWan,
capture of Bill Minor will be paid to d-saying "Hear Judgo Russell Speak + (*• *• TUlaJJ. A. C. Bgr-
1 —- 1 + a t the Grand Tonight," were paid +: dett, Howell Cloud and J. W. McWII-
+ advertisements. +1 Hams.
+ This explanation it printed to + „
+ correct the.,false Impression that + ., . —. _
+ The Georgian wag calling on Its +1 NotlCCS Of Sunday S8I*-
+ readers In behalf of Judge Rue- ♦
•F sell. +
the persons responsible for his capture
upon the filing of affidavits and proper
proof. r »
The express company received the
flrst Information of the capture of Mi
nor thru The Georgian Saturday morn
ing and officials stated that tbe reward
would be paid promptly when the prop
er action had been taken.
vices in Atlanta churches
T*>n i h 111111 hwm HliJ appear on page 20.
Chleago, Nov, 4c—Mra.. Louise Ver-
mllya, formally charged with the mur
der of Arthur Blsonette, a young police
man who boarded at her homo, and
suspected of having been Instrumental
In bringing about the deaths of eight
persons. Is an enigma to the; police.
While relatives of her supposed vic
tims and the police were weaving about
her a net of circumstantial. evidence
which may brand her ns tbe most nota
ble woman Blue Beard of modern time,
Mrs. Vermilya retains entire composure.
No question which the police have put
to .her haa In any manner served to
unnerve' Mr. With stolidness ' she
listened to the reading of the warrant
for. her arrest. . *
In an even more cold-blooded man
ner she replied: "If they found poison
In Arthur's body, I can’t explain It."
Following the report of the toxolo-
gtsta that a large amount of. arsenic
had been found In Blsonette’s viscera
and the placing of a charge of murder
against 5lrs. Vermilya, . developments
came rapidly today In what the police
believe Is on# of the greatest poisoning
mysteries of the century.
Coroner Peter Hoffman ordered the
exhumation of the body of Richard T.
Smith, an I|llnols Central railroad con
ductor, who llvtd with Mra. Vermilya
as her husband, and who died under
. Smith's body
North Henderson, III.
Dr. Ralph Vermilya, a veterinary sur
geon of St. Paul, 5llnn., arrived here
today and Immediately took stepa to
have exhumed the bodies of his father,
Charles Vermilya, Mrs. Vermllya's sec
ond husband, and hla sister, Lillian
Vermilya, both of whom died under
circumstances similar to the death of
Blsonette. *
51ns. Hazel Wezt Rehe, who was be
lieved to be In New Tork, was found
In Chicago and she agreed to tell tbe
police of a promise which ahe had made
to her former husband. Frank Brin-
kamp, Mrs. Vermllya’s son, that should
he die she would have hla death Inves
tigated carefully. ThlB Investigation
was not made because when Brlnkamp
died the woman had divorced him.
Miss Lydia Rivard, daughter of a
salthy Marshall (Minn.) farmer, came
Chicago today to aid Blsonette’,
relatives In prosecuting Mrs. Vermilya.
The disappearance of many of the love
letters received by Blsonette from Miss
Rlvurd led Peter Blsonette, who swore
to the warrant charging Mra. Vermilya
with his brother’s murder, to declare
that jealousy was the motive for the
crime.
INJURIES ARE NOT SERIOUS
Sudden Attempt to Slay Busi
ness Men Occurs in White-
hall-st. Store at Noon.
.bo , ^ vf 1 W th a clmrK ° that ho was
short In his accounts. Moss Garrison,
an assistant bookkeeper, shot and so-
riously wounded J. P. Allen, of J p
Allen & Co., and C. A. Pollard and S. j]
Hayes, expert accountants, in the prl-
vate office of Mr. Allen, In the rear of
the Allen «tol-e, 51 Whltehall-st., about
12 o’clock Saturday. The shooting was
witnessed by John Bylngton, credit
man, and H. G. Lewis, assistant man
ager of the store. Mr. Bylngton beat
Garrison into submission after the three
men had been wounded.
Mr. Allen was shot In the neck, Mr.
Pollard in the back and Mr. Hayes In
tho left arm. Mr. Alien was removed
to St. Josephs Infirmary. Mr. Pollard
was taken to tho Elkln-Goldsmltb san
itarium and later was removed to his
home, 210 Sells-ave.
Garrison was taken to police head
quarters, where charges of assault with
Intent to murder were docketed against
him. He Is being held pending the de
velopments In the condition of the
wounded men.
Dr. Reese, house surgeon at 8t. Jo
sephs, stated an hour after the shoot
ing that Mr. Allen was not aerlously
wounded and should be out again In a
short timo. Ho would not permit a re
porter to see tho wounded man, as ho
was suffering to soma extent and need
ed qnlet.
It appeared that the bullet had struck
Mr. Allon In tho right Jaw and ranged
downward Into tho neck; where It
lodged. An operation will be performed
Saturday afternoon to remove tho bul-
A panic for the time being ensued In
the big department store. When the
first shot was heard, women employees
and shoppers on tho flrst floor rushed
toward the front, whllo those on the
upper 'floors hurried down tho stalri.
The Whitehall and Broad-st. doors
were closed until the excitement had
subsldod, but It waa fully half an hour
before that had been accomplished.
Crowds gathered from all directions
at both entrances to the store, attract
ed by tho shots, tho excitement and the
arrival of ambulances. Captain Poole,
with a detail of policemen, waa early
upon the scene and took Garrleon In
custody. Officers were stationed at
both entrance* to hold the crowds In
check. Garrison waa sent to th* police
station In charge of Detective Pat
Campbell. Captain Poole Instructed
Detective Campbell to have Garrleon’,
wounds, where he wag beaten, exam
ined and given necessary attention.
The office In which the (hooting oc
curred I, about ten feet square, at the
rear of the flrat floor, by the ttroad-
st. entrance. One of the ehots flred
by Garrlaon craahed thru a plate glass
window of the office. With the offics
furniture there waa scarcely room fot
tli- half dozen men In the office at the
time of tho shooting to turn around,
and consequently the wounded man had
no chance to dodge the bullet*.
Mr. Lewis, the assistant manager,
Jumped out th* door as the flrst shot
was flred, thereby escaping Injury. He
said Garrison was employed as an as
sistant In the office and had the hand
ling of some of the C. O. D. collections
The accountants. In audltlngjhe books,
he said, discovered a shortage In these
collections, the amount not being mads
nubile. They reported their findings to
Mr. Allan, Mr. Bylngton and Mr. Lewis,
and Garrison was "called on th* car
pet.” No sooner were the chargee
elated, said Mr. Lewis, than Garrison
pulled a pistol from his hip pocket and
began firing, with the result aa stated.
Fultowln a statement made to De
tective Campbell by Moss Garrison, the
youth who did the wholesale shoot
ing, H. F. Stearns, another employee In
the Allen ofilce, was taken Into custody
Saturday afternoon, and is being held
pending an Investigation.
Garrison puts the responsibility fol
tho nlleged shortage on Stearns, deny
ing that he himself had taken any
money.
Garrison Is but seventeen years ol
age. and lives at 14 East Alexander-st.
Shortly after he had been locked In
the police station, hla mother and sls-
ter'called to seo him, and both w(pt
hysterically.
The youth was In a stupor when
first taken to the station, the result of
lows on the head when ho was beaten
own after tho ehootlng, but soon re
covered sufficiently to make a brief
statement.
He told Detective Campbell that the
shooting grew out of the charge that
he was short In his accounts, and then
Implicated Steams. The latter denies
the charge of Garrison.
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