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VOL. X. NO. 259.
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SIMS OF
GAMOLEFF.
NAMED
New York Prosecutor Is Now
Nearly at Bottom of Herman
Rosenthal Case.
ANOTHER OF ACCUSED
IS CAPTURED IN CITY
Confessing Chauffeur Further
Implicates Police in Story to
District Attorney.
NEW YORK. July 26.—With another
nf the alleged assassins of Herman Ro
senthal, the gambler who gave infor
mation concerning police grafters, in
custody and sufficient evidence secured
tn obtain indictments for murder
against four men. District Attorney
Whitman declared today that he had
made a iong stride toward getting at
the bottom of the crime. The latest
tusri'ct captured is “Dago Frank.” one
of -he men who rode in the “murder
car" to the scene of the assassination.
T - fact that he was arrested in the
city is taken as proving the truth of
the charge that nearly all of the “hunt
ed" men are still in New York.
"Tcgo Frank." who has a record as
a mglar and has need many aliases,
’v' rn h< was locked up said his name
w Frank Cirosici. Ho was arrested
at West 134th street. He is de
cl.w.-eri by the police to be one of the
val assassins. . ,
The a "rest Was made by Detectives
t'assa. McKenna and McManus,
who had been, sent to look up Cirosici.
With him they arrested Rosie Harris,
also known as Regina Gordon, and
Abraham Lewis, or “Fat Abie." as his
intimates knew him. They were held
as material witnesses.
All three prisoners were under the
intluei.. e of opium when arrested, ac
re iij;g to Deputy Commissioner
D igl:< rty, who questioned them until
er - . this morning before giving out
t' it names.
Stories of Prisoners
Fail to Agree.
<’r. b the Harris woman was able,
Dougherty said, to give a clear account
o'er movements on the night Rosen
■'i vas murdered. She attempted to
esmblish an alibi for “Dago Frank” by
slating that she saw him about the
nc Rosenthal was murdered, but the
■eus.-d man denied this and insisted
1 it lie was out of town.
Depi:v Police Commissioner Dough
v and Inspector Hughes later gave
out a statement, in which they said:
"Cirosici is charged with complicity
in the murder of Herman Rosenthal.
The two others are held as material
v. 'i, sees. Cirosici will be confronted
":i:i William Shapiro and other wit
nesses of th e shooting of Rosenthal
that he may be identified as the man
known as ‘Dago Frank’ who is wanted
f r the murder along with Harry Horo
"c, ‘Lefty Louis.’ alias Louis Rosen
h "s. and ’Whitey Jack’ Lewis, alias
hiank Muller.
I'irosici admits that he knows and
han associate of Horowitz. He denied
that he knows anything of the murder,
of Rosenthal, or where the other men
are.
Iwo satchels filled witli clothes, as
though Cirosici intended to leave town
right away, were found in.the flat and
re brought to headquarters with the
prisoners.
Chain of Evidence
Now Nearly Complete.
1 hrough the confession of William
Shapiro, driver of the gray auto used
" the murderers in going to the Hotel
-'l’bopole to kill Rosenthal and in
111 king their escape, the district attor
-1 was able to complete evidence
against four of the murder suspects.
Lieutenant Costigan said today that
r ’ ibling could not go on in New York
without the connivance of the police,
lieutenant made a statement which
I’flected seriously upon several civilian
ni'-mbers of the police department.
A cordon of police w as thrown around
a mile of territory in Harlem this
a, ' p rnOon when the police received a
■' "it that Harry Horowitz, alias “Qip
L Blood.” "Lefty Louis" and "Whitey"
"is. all wanted as accessories to the
urder of Herman Rosenthal, were hid
,r ‘? in a flat there. Several squads of
ti ,r[ Ce began “combing” the sec-
Wixor Gaynor this afternoon wrote a
" i to Police Commissioner Waldo
w.nch he ordered that official not to
P- nd Lieutenant Charles A. Becker
l: , il * ,n " n ffial unless he had evi-
!l| e that would warrant his dismis-
• hn mayor told th*- police comhiis
n'-r not to yield to the clamor which
risen sine, the murder of Rosen
"l. and asserted that the clamoi in
, f ri ‘ ' spapers was due to the paid
this ' the gamblers’ clique in
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN. WANT ADS—Use For Results
Wilk School $30,000,
Providing It Doesn’t
Accept jno. D, Money
i Oil Millionaire Who Fought the
■ Standard Always Held Rock-
efeller s Wealth Tainted.
NEWCASTLE. PA„ July 26.—Dis
tributing an estate valued at more than
$2,000,000, the will of the late Thomas
AV. Phillips, of this city, independent
oil producer, has just been filed here
■ for probate. He made many charitable
| and educational bequests, and absolute
| ly specified in a $30,000 bequest to the
i I niversity of Oklahoma that this shall
I become void if the said university so
i Heits or accepts any money from John
| D. Rockefeller or from the general edu
i cational fund established by him.
| Other bequests to the Christian
| church contain the same proviso.
Mr. Phillips had always fought the
Standard and held that "tainted mon
ey” from that source should not be
accepted by churches or educational
institutions.
ATLANTA URGED TO
KILL RATS TO LESSEN
DANGER OF PLAGUE
I .
I Kill the rats! The bubonic plague
threatens America!
This .was the admonition of Dr.
Claude A. Smith, city bacteriologist, to
day. He said that Atlanta was in no
I immediate danger, but that through the
I rats the plague had been brought to
Porto Rico and Cuba and the Pacific
coast, and that it was the part of wis
dom to take precautions.
The plague is brought from the
Asiatic countries to this continent
through rats. Rat fleas become infect
ed and transmit the disease human
beings by biting them. Through in
structions from the Federal govern
ment, the coast towns have revised
their building laws so as to prevent
rats, and in many places a bounty is
offered for slain rats.
While Atlanta has not been warned
by the Federal authorities. Dr. Smith
said that rats ought to be exterminated,
for they do great harm besides carry
ing plague germs. Five years ago it
was not dreamed that bubonic plague
would threaten this country, but world
wide travel has become so extensive
and rapid that the disease has made its
appearance on this side.
MIKADO CAN’T LIVE
ANOTHER 24 HOURS,
PHYSICIANS AGREE
I
TOK 10, July 26.--The imperial minis
| ters were summoned to the palace this
levelling in anticipation of the death of
I Emperor Mutsnhito. The mikado s
| strength was slowly ebbing ami the phy-
I sicians held out no hope that he would
’ live another 24 hours.
The physicians held a conference at 9
i o'clock this morning and then announced
that the patient had been able to secure
| only a little sleep during the night and
I that his weakness was becoming much
! more marked. There was a fluctuation in
i temperature during the day. A 9 (►’clock
} bulletin said: "Temperature 100.7, pulse
100, respiration 32." A bulletin issued at
4 p. m. read: "Temperature 101.8, pulse
100, respiration 30." Three hours later the
temperature had fallen to 100.5, while at
9 p. m. the following bulletin was issued:
"Temperature 1.00.2, pulse 100. respiration
32. Pulse irregular, though firm. Tongue
darkly coated. Continuing as yesterday."
Immediately after this bulletin the min
isters were summoned, and the empress,
who had been snatching some sleep, was
awakened.
At 2 a. rn. it was announced the mikado
was unable to sleep throughout the night.
His temperature was 102, his pulse irreg
ular and his death was expected at any
minute.
;HOUSE STANDS PAT ON
ABOLITION OF TARIFF
BODY; DEADLOCK SEEN
WASHINGTON, July 26.—The possibili
ties of a legislative deadlock were in
creased today when it developed that
the house does not intend to yield in Its
position that the tariff board shall be
abolished. Representative Underwood
broadly intimated that the house will re
ject the senate amendment restoring an
appropriation for the tariff board sundry
civil bill.
It is expected the ways and means com
mittee and the house will stand firm In
their decision that the bureau on foreign
and domestic commerce created in the
legislative, executive and judicial appro
-1 priation bill shall supplant the tariff board.
| The latter organization is now out. of ex-
I istence, ending its labors on June 30, be-
I cause of lack of funds.
I The house thinks a tariff board should
| report to congress as well as to the presi-
I dent, and the proposed bureau on foreign
I and domestic commerce which is an amal-
I gamation of the bureau of statistics and
the bureau of manufacturers, will so re
port.
CHURCH IS DAMAGED
BY LIGHTNING; LIGHT
POLE IS TORN TO BITS
The East Atlanta Methodist church, In
I Metropolitan avenue, has a hole in Its
side extending from the bell tower to
the foundation, and an electric light pole
and light in front of the church are miss
ing, as a result of the structure having
j been struck by lightning during the thun
| derstorm yesterday. No one was in
jured.
| The light ide was tjrn into splinters
land parts of it htirlol a hundred s'ir.ls
J Several pieces as big as ordinary fence
rails were th"hio> nearby yards.
! The lightning r.it "he belfry, ripping its
1 way down the tower, through the sid<
I of the church, and then shot across the
; sidewalk to the light p< le. The weath
lerboarding was t..rn f »m the structure
| all the way to the »r -”uA
MIMI
SAYS COURT;
BACK TO
ASYLUM
Third Attempt of Slayer of
Stanford White to Go Free
Proves Fruitless.
APPLICATION FOR HABEAS
CORPUS WRIT IS DENIED
z
Judge Rules That Public Would
Be Endangered by Prisoner
Being at Large.
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y., July 26.
Justice Keogh this afternoon handed
down a decision denying to Harry K.
Thaw his release from Matteawan on
a writ of habeas corpus.
The decision of Justice Keogh deny
ing liberty to Thaw in his third effort
to escape from the madhouse was brief.
It held that the applicant had not
proved his sanity and ordered his re
turn to the Matteawan asylum for the
insane, from which he was taken when
the writ of habeas corpus was sworn
out.
The court directed Sheriff William J.
Doyle to deliver Thaw to the authorities
at Matteawan immediately.
The decision was on the application
of Thaw’s mother. Mrs. Mary Copley
Thaw, for an order releasing her son.
Justice Keogh said:
"My whole duty is fully performed
when I decide the single question pre
sented for decision, merely, is Harry
K. Thaw at present sane or insane, and
would his release be dangerous to the
public peace and safety? Having lis
tened to all the testimony and serious
ly considered it, I am of- the opinion
that Thaw is still insane and that
his discharge would be dangerous to
the public peace and safety.
"The writ, therefore, must be dis
missed on the merits and Harry K.
Thaw be returned to the authorities at
Matteawan.”
The application for the writ of
habeas corpus set forth that Thaw
had never been personally examined by
the experts upon whose testimony he
was committed to the asylum and that
he was now of sound mind. The con
tention of his counsel was that he was
suffering from insane delusions when
he killed White, but that the insanity
was temporary only.
Mrs. Thaw, the prisoner’s mother,
who has been stopping at the Hotel
Carlton Arms since the hearing in
Thaw's mental condition began here
June 17, was much disappointed at the
outcome and. while she refuses to be
interviewed, it is know that she feels a
great Injustice has been done her and
her son, in whom she has never lost
faith.
GIRL TRIESTO BE A
MINSTREL TO SAVE
HER BROTHER’S JOB
POWELL. OHIO, July 26.—Lucile
Martin, of Syracuse, N. Y„ masquerad
ing as her brother, Hal Martin, a sing
er, was discovered here at the Al G.
Field farm, where the minstrel com
pany had gathered preparatory to open
ing the season.
Mrs. Field, the minstrel man's wife,
was the only one whose suspicions
were arottseu, a.id she forced a confes
sion from the girl.
Early this summer Hal Martin was
engaged for a tenor in the chorus.
When he received word to report here
he was convalescing from an operation
for appendicitis.
Fearing be would lose the engage
ment bis twin sister donned one of
his suits, cut her hair and. came in her
brother's stead.
SENATE WILL INSIST
ON BATTLESHIP AND
SUBMARINE PLANS
WASHINGTON, July 26. —The sen
ate today voted to insist upon its
amendments to the naval bill provid
ing for a battleship program and for
additions to the submarine fleet.
Senator Perkins presented a confer
ence report in which the house had
agreed to most of the senate amend
ments, but which leaves the battleship
and submarine amendments still tn
disagreement. Another conference on
this bill will be sought.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS IS
EPIDEMIC IN NEW YORK
ALBANY. N. Y., July 26.- Another
outbreak of infantile paralysis, which
is believed to be confined to New York
city, is occupying the attention of the
state health authorities, although cases
have been reported in many sections of
the state. The conditions In New York,
however, are th< most threatening, the
present outbreak being regarded as the
first dangerous recurrence in some time.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1912.
Traveling-Men Missionaries Welcomed
200 GIDEONS IN CONVENTION
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Miss Fannie Todd, of Atlanta, is as enthusiastic a Gideon as any of the hand of 200 as
sembled for their convention today. She had a handclasp for every one of the visitors and made
them feel at home in Georgia, Her father, A. F. Todd, is state president of the Gideons.
BOARDING HOUSE
LIFE PERILS GIRLS
—JUDGE ELLIS.
—4
Court Declares Surroundings
Are Bad for Young Women,
Especially Attractive Ones.
“Any young woman who stays In a pub
lic boarding house must not only be by
nature of unusual propriety, but must
also be unusually fortunate if she does
not suffer in her reputation.”
Such was the statement of Judge Ellis
in superior court today.
“However properl) they may be con
ducted, boarding houses are not conducive
to a goml reputation,” he continued. “I
think such places very bad for young
women especially attractive ones and
believe a woman should not attempt to
raise her girls in the surroundings public
rooming houses make.
“They may be conducted in com pana
tive moral cleanliness, but the mere fact
that a woman or young girl is constantly
thrown in company with a lot of men
where none of the restraining ties of the
home exist, is had for them.”
Judge Ellis made the statement during
the case of Mrs Stella Dodgen, who
asked an injunction against her divorced
husband, James E. Dodgen, through
which she sought the custody of their
two small children.
She was allowed to keep the smaller of
the children, a little boy, ami Is given
the right to visit her daughter during the
summer vacation from school, but must
not attempt to have her remain at. Mrs.
Dndgen’B boarding house, 53 Luckie
street.
In her appeal to the court for her chil
dren Mrs. Dodgen trstifi'd that she look
in sewing at nights to earn money by
which to tight for p i<<n of, her chil
dren. Several witnesses bore out her its
timuny.
Delegates From All Over the
United States and Canada
Gathered in Atlanta.
"And they stood every man In his
place.”
The slogan of the Gideons, Christian
traveling men. was well carried out to
day when over 200 delegates from all
over the United States and Canada
gathered in the convention hall at the
Piedmont to open the thirteenth inter
national convention.
There were a number of women pres
ent, the wives, mothers and daughters
of local members, and of those who
journeyed here from all over the coun
try. In recogniticii of the international
order, the flag of Great Britain was
draped in the hall, side by side with
the stars and stripes.
The morning meeting was turned into
a series of individual talks on the re
sults of the work of the order. A. P.
Lounsbery, of Cincinnati, state presi
dent of Ohio, presided and made the
first address.
He was followed by a duet between
Charlie D. Tillman and his daughter,
Miss Jewel Tillman, who sang one of
her father's songs. "Keep Me From
Loving the World.”
The Gideons spent this afternoon at
a real Georgia barbecue at Cold
Springs, and tonight they again will
assemble in their convention hall, where
addresses of welcome will be made by
the mayor and other city officials.
Mote than 10,000 traveling men are
enrolled in the order, which was found
ed in 1889. Since its Inception it has
placed 175,000 Bibles in the guest rooms
of hotels from Canada to Mexico. It
is keeping up this work at the rate of
5,000 Bibles per month.
While in Atlanta tomorrow and Sun
day, tlie Gideons will hold street meet
ings and will occupy the pulpits of the
evangelical churches. Their conven
tion will close 3unday night.
Prominent among the men welcoming
the visitors ate A. F. Todd, of Atlanta,
president of the Georgia state organ
liz ition, and C. H Burge, president of
the Atlanta camp. Miss Fannie Todd,
daughter of the local president, is tak
ing an active interest in the convenHon
land is helping to make the delegates
' feel at home.
FARMER IS SLAIN
81 INJURED WIFE
After Shooting Husband Twice,
Woman Hacks Him to Death
With an Ax.
CHARLOTTE, N. July 26.—V. ,J.
Hartsell, a fanner, living ten miles from
this city, was shot today by his wife,
who, seeing that life was not extinct,
seized an ax and hacked him to death.
The coroner lias been summoned to the
scene.
Hartsell and ills wife had quarreled
last night. Today she met him at the
door with a gun and shot him down. As
he attempted to rise, she shot a second
time. Then, goaded on by the memory
of years of abuse, she seized the ax and
finished her deadly attack.
According to neighbors, the domestic
affairs in the Hartsell home are with
out a parallel in this section. Hartsell,
it is alleged, was the father of children
by ills stepdaughter, all living witli his
wife under the same roof. An effort
was made several years ago to indict
Hartsell on this account, but the prose
cution was dropped.
The Hartsells are well known in the
rural districts of Mecklenburg county.
FIREMEN, DECEIVED BY
SWARMING FLIES, HUNT
FOR BLAZE IN STEEPLE
SAVANNAH. GA., July 26.—A swarm
of sand flies as\ thick as a dark cloud de
ceived the inmates of the residence of
the Right Rev. Benjamin F. Keiley, bish
op of the Catholic‘diocese of Savannah,
Into the belief that the spire of the Cathe
dral of St. I -hn the Baptist was on tire.
From the bishop's house the insects
locked like smoke coming ou‘ of a crack
in the tall steeple Some one telephoned
the fire department.
Carrying small chemical tanks, firemen
climbed the ladders inside the steeple.
Tiro went to >he very top and peeped
through the trap door. Thar, it was that
they discovered now they had been hoaxed
1 by a lot of flics out for a lark.
HOME
EDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE Y RE NO
WOMAN OF
MYSTERV
IN GRACE
DEFENSE
Stranger Seen at Home Day of
Shooting Is Called From
Boston.
HUSBAND WILL BE AT THE
TRIAL, SAYS HIS LAWYER
Jury List Containing 108
Names Completed—Expect
Panel in First 36.
That a woman, now in Boston, who
was at the West Eleventh street home
of Eugene H. Grace on the morning he
w«s shot is returning to Atlanta as a
witness for the defense of Mrs. Grace
in her trial next week was the report
at tile court house today, coming from
an official of the court.
It was said this woman had been sent
for by counsel for the defense and
would play an important part in clear
ing Mrs. Grace of the charge of shoot
ing her husband, perhaps the most im
portant role of all the witnesses.
It was asserted that this woman was
seen to leave the Grace residence on
the day of the shooting in an automo
bile owned and driven by a prominent
Atlanta citizen.
Attorneys for Mrs. Grace were asked
to verify the report this afternoon. They
merely said they knew nothing about
it and would not discuss the matter
further.
Abe Steinberg Told
Os Seeing Woman.
It will be remembered that Abe Stein,
berg, a traveling man, signed an affi
davit before a Florida justice in which
he said he was passing the Grace home
on the day of the tragedy and saw a
woman on the veranda whom he took
to be Mrs. Grace. Afterward he drove
past the Piedmont hotel and again saw
a woman so closely resembling Mrs.
Grace that he bowed to her before he
realized his mistake. He was confident
that the woman he saw at the home
was not Mrs. Grace, but the same per
son he afterward saw at the hotel.
Grace Will Appear.
Says His Lawyer.
"Eugene Grace will be here Monday
morning unless the physicians attend
ing him forbid him to take the trip,”
said Lamar Hill, of Grace’s counsel, to
day.
"Nothing can be given out with cer
tainty. for no one can tell what his
condition will be Monday morning, it
is probable that he will have no relapse
by that time.”
The Georgian published an interview
with Eugene Grace a few weeks ago in
which the wounded man said he would
come to his wife’s trial if he had to be
brought on his cot, but since that time
it was announced that he was not gain
ing strength as rapidly as expected, and
it might be impossible for him to leave
Newnan for Atlanta. The statement of
itis counsel indicates thjt Grace’s con
dition has improved.
Grace Can Only
Be a Spectator.
Just what part Grace will play In
the trial is not clear. Lawyers in
sist that his evidence can not be placed
before the jury under the law which
forbids a husband to testify against his
wife, and it appears that Grace can
only be a spectator. Os course, sight of
the wounded man, swathed in ban
dages and paralyzed below the waist,
might have its effect on the jury.
From 108 of the best known citizen*
of Atlanta will be drawn the Jury of
"twelve good men and true” who must
decide next week whether Mrs. Grace is
guilty of shooting her husband, with in
tent to murder him. The list from which
the twelve are to be drawn has been
made out by the court.
Judge 1.. S. Roan, who will preside at
the trial, would not state today wheth
er the public would be excluded from
the hearing, but the fact that an extra
number of chairs were being placed in
the court room indicated that it is ex
pected a certain number of interested
persons will be admitted. The police
department has been called upon for a
detachment of patrolmen and a ser
geant, the court officers anticipating a
curious crowd will flock to the court
house.
Judge Roan is visibly annoyed at the
questions insistently asked him, as ha
must, of course, decline to discuss the
ease in any manner. He takes the po
sition that the case of the State vs.
Mrs. Daisy Grace is merely No. 1 on the
court calendar, differing In no wise
