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GRACE BREAKS DOWN; QUITS TRIAL
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VOL. X. NO, 262.
ARREST PUTS
N.Y. POLICE
IN PANIC
Lieutenant Becker Is Indicted
on the Charge of Directing
Killing of Rosenthal.
NEW YORK. July 30.—Mayor Gay
lor today announced that he would
a i special meeting of the board of
lidernian to begin an investigation of
he ■ olice department. Police Com
missions ■ Waldo was with the mayor
v. lien tile announcement was made.
Panic n'igned in the New York po
? - depurtm, nt this afternoon when it
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km>\vn that several high ofti
eaij been named to District At-
■ ' Whitman as partieii>ants in the
1 m stem that resulted in the as
’■itiun of Herman Rosenthal and
luii' tment of Lieutenant Charles A
s it men occupying high positions
involved in the case by the con
ns of ■•. Jack” Rose, Louis Webbe.
Harry Vallon, according to reports
"■nt about M. Whitman’s office.
1 district attorney refused to give
tl i■■• names. Every newspaper
: "ho saw the district attorney was
in si.'geii by various police officials
nr information he might have se-
Complete Expostire
Os Graft Promised.
mpb.'te exposure of a graft
a in which the police have
mailed gamblers and other
breakers and have protected
in turn, was promised today as a
of the indictment and arrest of
1; r on the charge of planning and
■ng the murder of Horman Rosen
t....'.
I' .-uriet Attorney Whitman is confi
that he will be able to fix the
>'• on Recker as a result of contes
ts made by". Jack” Rose, who ad
!ited that he had been Becker’s col
' lor, Louis Webber, the gambler, and
Vallon, the East Side gang
named Harry Horowitz. Frank
alias "Whitey Jack” Lewis;
Roscnzweig, alias "Lefty Louis, ’
’ lingo Frank” Cicerlo, as the ac
niurderers. The last named Is the
me in custody. Becker Is in the
’Io on a charge of murder in the
ri' gree. while every possible effort
1 ng made to trace the other three
'Ctised of firing the shots that
■ Rosenthal.
■ ' entl'al was assassinated just in
'• prevent him testifying before
gi.ind jury concerning the alliance
"oi the gamblers and the police
neqrnlng the personal alliance
■'m I'licker and Rosenthal in on*'
t bling Ibiuhc
■ it f onfesslons. Rose, Webber
Continued on Page Three
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The Atlanta Georgian
WTO Fill
SPEEHFOR
CONTEMPT
Ex-Mayor of Macon Assails
Federal Judge. Charging Him
With “Crookedness.”
MACON. GA.. July 30.—Colonel W. A.
Huff was taken into the custody of the
United States marshal this afternoon
for sending a letter to Judge Emory
Speer, which denounces that official in
scathing terms and calls for his im
peachment. He will be given a hear
ing before Judge Speer tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock on the charge of con- i
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tempt of court.
Judge Speer was vigorously at
tacked today in a 45-page typewritten
; letter by Colonel W. A. Huff, the 81-
year-old ex-mayor of Macon, whose es
tate, worth more than $150,000, has been
in the bankruptcy courts for thirteen
years. His personal and official char
acter is violently assailed, and his im-
■ peachment is suggested.
This letter was delivered to Judge
Speer last night, and was made public
by Colonel Huff today. It is vitriolic
throughout, and is notable for its ex
quisite diction. Copies of the letter will
be sent at once by express to President
Taft, to members of the cabinet, to
the supreme court, to the attorney gen
eral and to members of congress.
In the letter Judge Speer is urged to
"either take the Hanford route and
resign so as to save yourself from more
disgrace or do like Archbald and take
your medicine like a man.'
Colonel Huff charges that his estate
1 has been eaten by up by court costs
; and fees for thirteen years, so as to
enable Judge Speer “to support himself.
Ills relatives, pet friends ami hirelings,"
' and with this charge furnishing the
basis for the attack. Colonel Huff re
’ views the personal and Judicial acts of
the judge in recent years and gives al
leged additional evidence and conclu
sions that are sensational in nature. In
' one place it is declared to Judge Speer
that "your court lives to steal, and in
: most cases your thefts are for yourself
. and friends."
The absolute charge is made that
"you are cruel, churlish and crooked,
my dear judge," and then the author
1 of the letter cites alleged facts which,
’ he contends, supports his allegation. It
■ is declared that Judge Speer lias "com-
• mitted numerous corrupt acts” and al
leged evidence of these is claimed.
Judge Speer today declined to make
any statement In regard to the letter.
• He leaves tomorrow night for Nova
Scotia. It is possible that he will take
some official action before that time.
Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results
MRS. GRACE BOUGHT
A MOURNING DRESS
‘‘We expect to show, your
honor, that Mrs. Grace expect
ed to find him (Grace ) dead, and
that she had taken the precau
tion to provide herself with a
mourning , dress. "—Statement
of Solicitor Dorsey.
GRACE IN COURT— Drawn by P. A. Carter
Oiff Wife-L. k~) I
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ASK 51§5,808
FOR OIL DEATHS
Suits for $ 1 .■>s.ooi> have been begun
against the Texas t'ompany, kerosene
oil refiners, as a result of deaths caus
ed by the many recent kerosene oil ex
plosions in Atlanta. The suits, filed in
superior court by various persons, ask
from sHi,ooo to $75,000 each. Hewett
& Dennis, attorneys, have the entire
number. They are:
For the death of Mrs. Maude S. Over
bey, her husband. J, L. Overbey, asks
$75,000, in two suits; for the death of
Mrs Elizabeth t'urtis, her husband, \V.
M. t'urtis. asks $10,000; for the death
of Clarenci Watson, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. T. Watson, ask $50,000; for
the death of Pinkey White, her parents,
Mr. ami Mrs. Homer White, ask SIO,OOO
each.
The principal charges made in each
suit are that the company sold oil pur
ported to have been passed on by the
state board of examiners of Georgia,
and that it was combustible when sub
‘ mitted to only 90 degrees of heat Fah
renheit. when it should withstand 100
I degrees. The cases will be heard in the
September term of court.
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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1912.
DORSEY ADMITS EVIDENCE
IS ALL QRCUMSTANTIAL
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LOOK FOR THIS MAN! 1
He is John F. Quillian. His
home is al \o. 41 S. Gordon
street. He is 55 years old. His
hair is dark, tinged with gray.
He has a short, black mustache,
and when last seen by his
friends wore a black slouch
hat and heavy dark clothes.
He disappeared from his home
Saturday morning. For some
time his health has been poor,
ami Ins friends are sure that
he wandered away while his
mind was temporarily de
ranged. If you see him notify
George 11. Perry, telephone
Main 438, or West 1059.
TWO SMALL FIRES.
The fire department answered calls to
two small fires early this morning. The
first was at 2:30 o'clock at the four
room residence of Paul McNeal, 359
West Third street. The house was de
stroyed.. The second was at 6:20 o’clock
at 20 Delta place. The roof was dam
aged. '
J. ME SMITH IS
NOT GOIAING BACK
ED PASO. TEXAS. July 30. J. Wy
lie Smith, absconding loan agent of At
lanta, (4a.. will never go back to the
red clay hills of his home state, accord
ing to an announcement made today by
Demetric Ponce. chief of staff to Gen
eral Orozco, commander of the revolu
tionists at Juarez.
"Mr. Smith,” said Ponce, "will never
have to face trial in Georgia as long
as he remains true to the revolutionary
cause which he has embraced."
His statement followed orders Issued
in Juarez to Detective O. Turrell, of'
the Pinkerton force, to get out of the I
Mexican border city and not return.
Turrell has been shadowing Smith, even
watching the prison while Smith was
inside.
Colonel Ponce declared that Smith
agreed to join their cause If the rebels
would not surrender him, and that they
had accepted him as a brother.
"He will be taken with us when we
leave,” said Colonel Ponce, "and will
not be left here for the Federate to sur
render to the United States."
NEEDN’T EAT FOWL 13 YEARS OLD
WASHINGTON. July 30.—1 f a man
has reason to believe that a chicken is
thirteen years old, he has a perfect
right to object to eating it, according
to Judge Pugh of the police court.
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Prosecutor Makes Statement
to Have Disputed Evidence
Wounded Man’s Mother Testifies Ac-|
cused Woman Said “J. C. Shot Him.’i
Fearful of the effect of the terrible ordeal of his wife’s trial onM
the emaciated constitution of Eugene H. Grace, attending physician*!
this afternoon barred the accusing husband from attendance at thas
hearing. The wounded man’s temperature rose to over 103, portend-41
ing a breakdown, and when he was taken back on his stretcher to,
Piedmont sanitarium, the doctors ordered that he remain there.
Dr. T. F. Bailey, who was in charge of Grace, returned to Newnan(
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last night on account of the death of his father, and Drs. Miller and.,
Paine, at the sanitarium, are attending the stricken man.
‘ ‘ Your honor, this is a case in which the state must rely
upon circumstantial evidence,” declared Solicitor General Hugh NL
Dorsey at the trial this afternoon of Mrs. Daisy Grace for the shooting
of her husband, Eugene.
Thogp who had looked for sensational testimony against the
fendant, who had perhaps expected the state suddenly to confront thei
woman with some hitherto concealed witness of the deed itself, sank;
back into their seats. Mrs. Grace sat as emotionless as usual. It waal
regarded by Mrs. Grace’s lawyers as a declaration of weakness upon
the part of the prosecution in an effort to gain from the court a rulinjg
permitting the introduction of important evidence.
Whether the state has built up a chain of circumstances about the,
movements of Mrs. Grace before and after the crime of which she isi
accused which will convince the jury of her guilt is a question.
state’s counsel, and perhaps Grace himself, think it has or will
the trail is ended. The accused woman’s lawyers are confident.
Perhaps.the most interesting de
tails of the state’s testimony today
was the statement of Dr. W. S.
Goldsmith as to ihe conversation
between the wounded husband
and his wife when she faced him at
the hospital. The state’s counsel
insisted that the surgeon had tes
tified that Mrs. Grace was first to
I broach the subject, of his accusa-
I tion.
"We shall show, your honor,” de
clared Mr. Dorsey, “that Daisy Grace
faced her husband and upbraided him
for accusing her of the deed when not
a living soul had intimated to her that
she was accused or suspected of the
crime."
But counsel for the defendant will
show, upon cross-examination, that on
the afternoon of the shooting the At
anta newspapers published in late ex
.ra editions the fact that Grace had
* accused his wife of shooting him; that
! the newsboys were crying it on the
streets; that reporters met the ac
; cuaed woman at the train and ques
tioned her as to her husband's charges.
HOHL I)
EDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P / O Y RE NO
They declare they will break down the-'
statement of Mr. Dorsey that the state's)
witnesses were with Mrs. Grace every
moment of her trip from Newnan t«r
Atlanta and the hospital, and that
Grace’s accusation had carefully been
kept from her.
The state, through its succession of
witnesses, is endeavoring to weave a,
web of evidence about Mrs. Grace, from
her instructions to the servants to re-'
main away from her husband’s room,
to her actions when she confronted him
in the hospital. Here, briefly, are the,
points which the state expects to prov<
by its witnesses;
That Grace was drugged and
wounded when Martha Ruffin laid
the fire in his room on the morn
ing of March 5.
That Mrs. Grace instructed the
servants to take their day off that
day ana hurried them from the
house.
That she had locked the doors
upstairs leading into Grace’s room
and had gone to Newnan, leaving
him locked in.
That she had persuaded him to
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