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GRACE BREAKS DOWN; QUITS TRIAL ' the weather ___ Forecast: Fair tonight and tomor row. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 77; 10 a. m., 80; 12 noon, 82; 2 p. m., 84. 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 ■ III 1^- lw - jlfay. I *fi ? Ift&jfepf JWtW |i IfrUv Ijn wKygi w fife ntT Ji !iv ■','l Fir i *r lj®»; $• B ■ if® K 'wfewlw > pW r'EI r * lift IMIR yi®> •! 11■ ■ >mF* iM^Mßwio'» nr Wf v ''.'. -I iWW®HJf® liiMil 1 I|ll r-• il’&f .JI • ■-ll* v-Mw .». Hj r '. '. iW■; iv iiwW a>^^ ■ ’.; ; < —•»* .■-■;••';■“”«_ ; , ■■- ; -j , ;•■ . UHi x .;,.-■ • .. 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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 ———- 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 / y - v .<■.... W. . . y..-.m - 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 . 11l Wwfeßi ■<< i Ft. W' ■ 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. • ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1912. DORSEY ADMITS EVIDENCE IS ALL QRCUMSTANTIAL w w 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. i 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( ■» -X’st *.• 4 «>.• * ” ‘ -—■ ■ . * 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 v