Georgia Historic Newspapers

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W YORK GANG
KILLS ANOTHER
SOOEALER i
Revelations of Appalling Police
Corruption Come Thick
and Fast.
\’E\\ YORK Jul' :IL—Wh.-< Jack":
Ro?e. who claim- to have befit the col
lector of blackmail fi"m New York -|
under" mid f" Lieutenant < hai'les A.
Becker, today was "Tiling a full con
fession of the g.aft system which he}
■ barges has’ netted the C'"’” $- too.-|
non a year, a dragm ‘ whs om for the:
assassins who shot down .lames \ arella ;
the betrayer of "Dago Erank < ’lrO'Ti. .
the only one of the men charged with!
the actual killing of Herman Rosenthal!
now in ■ -ustody .
Varella who tan the case Dante at !
163 West Thirty-fourth street, a favor-|
ite haurit of gamblers and gun men. |
was "Dago Frank’s" intimate and eon-'
fidant. and to him the undet world .
charged the arrest of the accused slat - ,
er. Varella was killed in his case yes- |
terday. but it was not until early to-j
day that the police learned that bls |
death was directly due to the arrest of .
Cirocci.
Four men are said to have done the j
shooting. Twa are undet art est !• rank I
Coliner a noted gun man. and Albert
Contino, a young Italian, who was
wounded and is now in Bellevue hos
pital. The police are looking up ''di
ners record, and meantime are on the •
trail of two other men who they say
were In on the killing and both of whom
are noted in the underworld as gun
fighters who can be had for any kind'
of a "job."
Rose Writing Confession.
The completion of Rose's confession. }
containing, as it w ill, a complete tabu- |
lation of blackmail collected by Rose |
for Recker for distribution among the}
men higher up. as Rose charges, is i
confidently looked to by District At
torney Whitman to give him the last;
weapon he needs to force an exposure .
of police alliance with ■■rime that will |
dwarf anything else of its kind ever;
known.
Becker, according to the district at-I
torney, stands in the shadow of the
death chair as the case now stands, and
his only hope to escape the extreme
penalty is to confess all that he knows.
In order to get the men at tlie top of
the graft system. Whitman is w illing to
grant clemency to Becket and he be
lieves that the latter will sooner or
later bteak down an’d tell the full store.
Becker's nerve has held fairly well,
so far. but so did the nerve of Rose,
Louis Webber and Hart y Vallon until
reflection in their cells for a few days
brought to them a realization that the
district attorney had them helplessly
enmeshed in his net. Thon they told
all, Becker, the district attorney be
lieves. will follow the same course
Becker's defense will be that Rose
Webber and Vallon are flaming up a
job on him to save themselves Hi
friends today declare that he is a man
of iron nerve and will fight to the last
and then go to the death chait if tie. -
essary without uttering a word to im
plicate any of his supeiiors or asso
ciates.
A Frame-Up, Becker’s Defense.
A close friend of the lieutenant said
today that Recker’s counsel had tin
declaration of five witnesses to provi
"that the whole thing is a frame-up."
Rose, according to this man. was Ho k
er's stool pigeon in getting inform,
tlon on which to raid gambling houses
and when he. Webber and Vallon foun t
themselves in a tlx that promised either
the chair Or long prison terms they
hatched the scheme to get clear by
throwing the burden of the Rosenthal
murder on Becker
"Becker never had anything to do
with the killing of Rosenthal direct" or
Indirectly.” this man declared
Recker Is unde, constant gua d lit bis
cell in the Federal wing of the Tombs
The removal of Webber Vallon ami
Rose to the Fast Side prison because
of their feat of assassination has |,.ft
as the Rosenthal murder prisoners in
the Tombs, Becker. "Dago Frank" and
Jacob A Reich, o Jack Sullivan. .-t.<
he is known, king of the newsboys and
close friend of Becker
, District Vttormy W! itman mday
planned to send witness afte: witne.-s
before the grand jury with added de
tails of the giaft and murder ~■--■
THREE BRIDES SAIL FOR
AFRICA ON HONEYMOONS
PHILADELPHIA July 31. Tnr. •
brides. all less taan 22 \ s of and
none of them with mutt than ten days
experience in ma.tied lift, are away on
one of tin stiangesi hon<-\nn"»ns »-\. r
started Tliex sailt-d with theii hus
bands. who ha\r bet-n appointed mis
pionaries lot tin gian (’ongo in
Stable? I ’ark* st Afrit a.
Tin three brides ale Ml s. I \\ X
len, of S Louis. Mis .1 ’’ MvQib •n.
of New Orleans ami M - H M -
burn. <-f Louisx i h
EMBALMS OWN FATHER:
WOMAN IS UNDERTAKER
STRATTON ' ''l." I y ’I I
Webc.tr. who i. . s . Hhw. st of .<• .
ton. died nt h1 J> tartn horn*- afti-r a sum '
I !n< -s His daughtei Mi s Rog- -. ■
Selden, Kans, was -ummoiwd. and sb.
embalmed tin body and oitt . to S.
ill n. Kuns
Hei friends w< i- hu- ilieu at tin po
► e "n 'he took iii the matt* S •
pin »1. Thai wa- th< him thiiitf I muL.
P“o pap.t M s
[These Men Rode in This Auto Night of NewYorlc s Gambling Traaedy\
THEY ARE CHARGED WITH SLAYING ROSENTHAL}
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I lie above is tin acliitil |>hoto*fi"ipli ol ihe ctir used by llie gangsters in carryiiifj
out their plans for Ihe murder of Herman h’osenthal. with photographs inset of the
linen who occupied ihe ear and their position, as described by William Shapiro, the
clmufieur. in his confession to Districl Attorney Whitman.
Shapiro, who is a part owner of the ear. was at the wheel during the trip to
; the Metropole and during the light. At his side is ‘black" Hose, who hired the car.
GOVERNOR KILLS
fiNTI-BEER BILL
I
Brown Holds That Measure
Violates Expressed Will of
the People.
Continued From Page One.
; take but Huh- time tn reach the
conclusion that the wisdom of t lie
I proposition is seriously debatable.
Another objection to this bill is
found in section -I. which places
Upon the executive of the state the
duties which as to every other of
fense except that denounced by this
proposed law is placed upon the
1 court officers in lite several coun
ties of this state. This proposition
is so contrary to the very genius of
the gox ernmenatl plan of Georgia
1 that it suggests legal absurdity. Ry
it tin executive is commanded to
' undertake functions which the con
stitution restricts to tile judicial de
partment. lie must then require a
man io make affidavit whether he
is or ip not a participant in an of
-1 lense against the laws, an oath
which even the courts can not ex
' act of any one
In this addition, or .imemlmcnt.
1 to the prohibition law more sacred
' or mor< essential to the protection
1 of life, liberty ami property than
the laws which forbid murder. bit’
glaiy, etc.'.’ No one endowed with
* < ominon sense w ill assert tiiat it is.
And no feature of tin prohibition
law will so quickly bring contempt
i and ridicule upon it and. possibly,
break down the entire prohibition
structure as this section if it were
> permitted to go on the statute
bok The people of Georgia hold
'■ their highest office in highest re
-1 -peit, and will not brook any ef
*l fort, howexer eoveit. to bring it
1 i into contempt.
Cites Condition
Os The Treasury.
i ' \m’. ,<s guardian of tin- < ted . of
1 th, stat,- I must call your atten-
I ion to the tact llm t iiei e is yet
. ' a not h< r mo-1 praeticq! r.a son
agains tin a ppi oval m' t his bill,
which a this ilme lias no bearing
ol oxerwhiiming importance. I i.
ei to tin condition of the state
;11 a-ii ix . T - .i ,i son. I ma y say
I >.i - In i n -i■ emulating fol mini
Vi a t's
Tin liuty iop goxernor
to IM. X • I till.l Io 11 dit of
i Geoigia, an.l x.ith -m i onlig.nion
I on him. In i ■ glVi II tin- potx e> to
I Vote tile items of ill' a ppi opt* 1,11 101 l
fill’ And xi t. with Ihi I'ippins bill
ci xmg bell lb lux! n toi one xea r.
wmi tin Appropriation mH signed
m.m i iin . xpi , ta ; niti ot tln ie< cipt
■ I of <x * limn xx 111. o a i now pl o-
a posed to h. i.ikm i xay I hate I’m
im tic o , ■ >i, -’ pi i \ imt
THE ATLAXTA GEORGTAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY. JL3I. 1912.
the state's credit, and the only pow -
ii I have is io preserve-the antici
pated revenues. When this is done
I iiei e will st ill lie a de He it of a i trge
’ | amount, and it is impossible for the |
i xeeutive lo pax money when your
laws- have left none in the treas
ury. |
it is a matter of common knowl
edge that the deficit which exists
has for years been handled, if I
I max so express it, by taking from
the common school fund such
amounts as wise needed during a
passing year to pay excesses in ap
propriations made by one general
assembly ifter another and curry
ing over the deficit to be paid out
of the taxes received early the next
year. It is a lamentable fait that
the excessive appropriations have
so steadily increased by the prae
ice I have described that w ithin the
pies nt year only $239,772.65 has
been paid to the common school
teachers, although they hat e earned
thus far fully 1,250.06(1. We are.
therefore, face to face with the fact
tiiat the teachers of the common
schools have been deprived by leg
islation already enacted of at least
one million dollars, which they have
earned.
Can t Make Farmers
Bear The Burden.
in this connection, it is proper to
i mphasize the well known fact that
the crop prospects in Georgia are
worse this year than they have
been lor several tears. The con
tinuous rains and ..other causes
have wrought serious results to tin ,
farnieis of the state, if we now
add to their burdens tile payment l
of taxes amounting to practically
$15(1,1)00 per annum, then we shall
, iiise them to face an embarrass
ing problem.
Therefore, for the reasons above
enumerated, and for the further I
reason that tiie drastic legislation
herein proposed from which the
referendum has been intent tonally
omitted, may be accepted by the
people as an attempt to place a
bridle on their sovereignty. linked
with an imputation on their integ- j
' city, and is Imm e calculated to ;
tiring about a rexuision of feeling
which max endanger the existence |
of tiie entire prohibition law. 1 mue
withhold no s-anetion of house bill
No. knpwn as the Tippins bill,
and impose upon it toe executive
Vito.
< lent ielle-n of Georgia, honoied
,x ii n t.u confidence of the \ oters
of -ou - minties and. am sure. Int -
ers of the state —my highest object
In sending this eommum cation io
ox u is to call xon fiom <i i-l la i tmg
.■-,n s speciously presented, to a
reeognitior. of tile ascertained will
~f ■ ie people. 1 fi.mkly admit that
I lot -■ thi prop i . 1 hax e faith in
t com I leel it mt dull , in tile otti •
i ml life to which tliex have called
ne. to obex them. It is sot .Volt to
determine your duty Respectfully
submit ted.
,|( iSIH’H M Hill iWN. Govei m t
’A It Ila Giev ah - rx. As good a* j
Sam-1 ■ SAI’GR'S Pf’Rl! FLAVOR ;
ING EXTRACTS hate received thir
teen ‘itglie-t Ano llt an ami European |
a ' at u •
r
and who admits he recruited tile murder crew. Silling behind Shapiro is Louis
Marks, alias “Lefty Louis." who is being sought as one of the. murderers. Next to
Marks on the rear seat is Harry Vallon, who was in the auto, but claimed he left it
before the shooting. Frank Muller, the one with the derby hat. and Harry Horowitz,
looking from left to right in the rear seat, are also being hunted by the police for
the murder. •
CHAUFFEUR HELD j
IN KILLING CASE
Ike White Charged With Com
plicity in Death of R. J. West
hofen. Near Montgomery.
MONTGOMERJ’. AGA.. July 31. Ike
White, a negro chauffeur in the employ
of Mrs I. E. Boyette, whose husband is
in the younty jail charged with the death
of l‘. .1. Westhofen, has been arrested
on a warrant charging complicity in the
killing. Boyette’s wife is tiie daughter
of Richard Tillis, a local capitalist, owner
of the Montgomery street railway, a” large
lighting plant and the Montgomery base
ball franchise. Other arrests are ex
pected.
Westhofen was shot while out automo
billng with Mrs. Boyette on Monday of
last week lie died this week in a local
infirmary. lie made a dying statement
which is in the bands of a physician.
According to the chauffeur’s version of
the affair, as told to Sheriff Hood. Mrs.
Boyette started on an afternoon drive on
I the day of the killing, and before leaving
| the city Westhofen joined her. White
I sax s he drove to McGehee’s switch, eight
i miles from the city, where Westhofen
I ordered the car stopped:
The negro says Westhofen went in the
, woods and then a shot rang out. White
Isays he investigated, anti found West-|
i hofen shot in the arm, with a revolver at ,
Ibis feel. Westhofen declined to get back |
i in the ear. ami told the negro he shot ;
I himself.
White says Mrs. Boyette started back j
j io town and, passing Dr. John Anderson i
i a short distance from the scene, told him I
i a nan had been shot "up the road." Dr I
Anderson brought the man to Montgom-
I cry in his machine.
Westhofen, at the infirmary, repeated
his statement that he shot himself, but
Sheriff Hood was summoned to come
immediately to the infirmary to obtain an
ante-mortem statement. Before the sher-
I iff’s arrival Westhofen died.
In \mb»rson told tl <-sheriff that \\ est ■
! liofen, m his delirium, said Boyette did
I die shooting. Boyette was then arrested
Boyette refuses to make a statement
i except to deny the charge He says
i xVesthofen shot himself.
NEW “RIP VAN WINKLE:”
HE'LL HAVE TO BE SHOWN
LIRI'RTY. Mt'.. July 31. The mod
i.-rn Rip Mun Winkle lives tn Liberty.
His name is Gus Bishop.
In 41 years he never ha- been out-
-de the i ity He never Ims seen a tel
: egiapli instrument, never has seen an
lat roplmie. never has », en a moving
■detme show , never saxx a passeng -r
■ i x.ito . nex er saxx an electric street
G ar. mx ei \x as insidi- n theati- 1 . never
! saxx a hoise rate. There ale scores of
building- in the little town that Gus
Bishop nex er lias seep
Bishop is a graduate of Liberty’s
/William Jeyxe college, class of 1x69
I I'lm colli ge buildings are only thri e
blocks f Olli til. public square, but Gus
i Bishop It.i- mx. bo'ii insidi on.- of
' tin ,n m . ih« ' ix lie g .olti.it. u
'SEARCHINGSIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
It is generally agreed that the [ires
ent legislature is One of the ’’talkie-t'
that ever gathered in this capital city
for the purpose of making and unmak
ing laws.
To call it ’gabby" would be. perhaps
more or less irreverent, and yet m
other word seems so nearly to fit.
The house fools away hours and
hours of good, valuable time orating,
and usually to little or no purpose. )
If the time consumed thus far in ut
terly inconsequential talk had been de
voted to the public business, the calen
dar undoubtedly would be in liner form
and there would be fexv bills unlikely
to come to a hearing, whereas there
now are hundreds that never will reach
a vote in any circumstances.
A particularly clear and lucid expla
nation xvas given the house a day or so]
ago of a bill proposing a new county.'
There was practically no opposition to
it—at least, it was sure to pass safely.
The proposition xvas outlined definitely
—the committee had recommended the
| creation unanimously. If ever a law
seemed shaped up nicely for passage,
that law did. Nevertheless, the first
speaker xxas followed by mother, and
another, and another, and still a fourth
another —all favorable to the bill, and
j all covering identically and precisely
i t he same ground I
There are sure to be a dozen or so
j ’’explanations" of votes on every aye
j and nay roll call. They amount to
j nothing whatever —they are not made a
1 part of the record, and even the news
i paper men never bother with taking
! them down. It is safe to say. however.
' tiiat front 30 to 60 minutes come out of
i every day's business by reason of these
j "explanations.”
There are members who ’speechify’’
• on anything and everything!
The “gabbiness" of the present house
lis amazing and astonishing! It sure
j loves to hear itself talk!
The disfranchised Georgia negro
should consider the recently in
vented seedless xvatermelon. Every
negro knows that seed take up a
lot of room in a watermelon, any
way. that might be utilized to a no
bler purpose.
Mr Adams of Hall put me laugh on
himself neatly during the progress of
tiie debate on tiie county solicitors bill
Tuesday.
Mr. Adams x.a- eloquently and kind
ly. but firmly. orating in opposition to
the measure, when Mr. Wohlwender of
Muscogee asked him if. even though lie
did oppose the bill, he was not willing
that the people might pass upon the
prop, dtion
The l ice of tiie gentleman from Hall
brightened p- t. eptibly, and In turned
triumphantly to the Muscogceite and
said: "Yes, indeed, Mr. speaker, 1 would
. favor that: and if the referendum clause
I- attached to this bill, I will xoti for
it tin ■ fully ! "
Then Wohlwender maliciously in
quired if the gentleman from Hall was
axvate that the bill he was discussing
was a constitutional amendment, and
necessarily had the referendum clause
attached already !
Then Adams' smile faded away, and
he plunged headlong into his argument
against the bill, regardless of the em
barrassing predicament in which he
found himself—but the house xvas
' laughing immoderately and the gentle
man from Hall xvas visibly disconcerted.
And, then, he didn’t vote for the bill,
after all!
Over 1.600 babies have been
named for Woodrow Wilson since
the Baltimore convention. They
can not vote, of course, but. their
proud papas can.
Representative Carl Ain-on, of Bald
w in. has a soil survey bill before the
committee on appropriations that is
approved widely by the farmers and ag
ricultural interests of the state.
The bill cariies an appropriation of
$25,000, and provides for a complete
survey and analysis of the soil of Geor
gia. and the proper charting and map
ping thereof, to the end that only such
fertilizei as will produce a maximum of
benefit shall be used in a given lo
cality.
The Federal government has appro
! priated $3,000,000 to a national soil sur
! vey, and Georgia has the right to par
' ticipate in that fund to the extent of
! $135,000. Nothing can be utilized by the
'.state, however, until the state shows
positive evidence of a desire to co-oper
ate with the national department of ag
riculture in the matter.
i The passage of Mr. Vinson's bill
would mean that, within a year or two.
any person interested might find out
pi’ceisely what the soil of any county
’ of Georgia is best adapted to, its exact
composition and fertilizer necessities,
it would make intelligent farming much
more the rule than now.
Rains and floods come, and now
and then drouth gets in its work,
but the Georgia candidate crop al
ways is of the bumper variety
, Representatives Nix. Wohlwender and
• Wimberly discussed somewhat at length
I Tuesday the cost to the tax payers of
speech-making on the floor of the
j house.
,1 Mr. Wimbeily used $11.22 worth of
■! time. Mi WohlwendiT u-ed $9.34 worth,
, and Mr. Nix $3,67 xvorth during the
progress of the discussion.
Mr. Wilson of Gwinnett says he
favors abolishing the men laxvyers
and substituting women. It cost
the state $7,35 for Mi. Wilson to -ay
that, but the remark doubtless was
cheap enough, al the prir»
The pi isi nt legislature has a finer
supply of fiirmer football < liamplon-hlp
CARUSO TD WED
CHILD OF FOB
• ———- —■_
Tenor Loved Mlle. Velasquez
Years Ago—Won by Sheer
Persistence.
PARIS. July 31.—Caruso has at
| won by sheer persistency in his m, .
I recent love affair. Mlle. Velasquez. ,
j daughter of Monsieur De Paz, a w ■ a i
Argentine, who, dying recently. ..
with numerous estates, but no m
to maintain them, has at last b> -
betrothed to the famous tenor, arc,
wearing a wonderful ruby, -et in
monds, making a ring which binds
bargain
This seems really to be the great
romance in Caruso's romantic life,
was a great friend of her fathe:. ~ ■
watched the girl grow into woman
to find the love for the child dm
Into a great passion .for the w- .
For the past year, ane especially sir
the father’s death, which left he
such embarrassing circumstances c
ruso has laid siege to Mlle. Velasqu. . .
heart, bombarding it daily with bun. .
of orchids and presents of all kin, -
But Mile. Velasquez was adamant,
her highly sensitive and artistic natr.
expressed itself to friends when -
told them that , she’could never bring
herself to “marry a butcher, even If
were the world’s greatest tenor ”
Caruso Didn’t Despair.
But Caruso never despaired, and '■■
her he knetv she would love him so>
day. When he was out of Paris floo ■
of telegrams and continual bunches of
orchids poured into her house. No. It
Avenue de la Grande Armee. remindin'
her constantly of the tenor's devotion
So strong was the siege that Mlle Ve
lasquez has at last had her endurance
tried to the limit and has been forced
to surrender.
One of the first things the newly en
gaged couple did was to have a photo
graph taken in the most loving ati -
tude. Then Mlle. Velasquez went ■ ■
Italy, leaving Caruso here to sign im
portant contracts for South Arne an
and although these contracts involved
a sum of J 54.00 is to get $7,000 f
each night he appears in Buenos Ayr--
—yet the manager could scarcely pc
suade Caruso to remain In Paris long
enough to sign the papers, so anxious
was he to get to his betrothed. Befor
going to South America. Caruso will
sing at Ostend, where he gets s4.nan r
night for just two songs.
Mlle. Velasquez must be called rather
stout and has a peculiar type of Span
ish beauty pleasing, but not extraordi
nary.
In order to obtain what is justly her
right she has instituted proceedings
against her father's estate. She says
she will never marry Caruso until sh
is absolutely independent financially, as
she would never be content living oii’
any man's bounty. Mlle. Velasquez
Is very musical and sings well. N"
definite date has been set for the wed
ding. as Mlle. Velasquez desires a set
tlement of the ease against her father's
estate before marrying. It is said th
family appreciates the omission of Mi -
Velasquez's name in the will as merely
an oversight and will compromise the
matter with her.
| ARMY ORDErT
WASHINGTON. July 31.—Army "’-
ders:
Captain James T. Mabee, ntedica
corps, from Fort Huaehica, Ariz. I"
Letterman general hospital, the Ptv
sidio. of San Francisco.
Captain Robert W. Ke r. merit'-i
corps, from Fort D. A. Russell. Wyom
ing. to Columbus barracks. Ohio
Captain Howard H. Bailey. Fort
Myer. Va.. to Fort D. A. Russell, Wy -
oming
Captain Charles C. Riliingslea. m
ical corps, from Columbus bar ai..-
Ohio. to Chicago.
■Captain Perry L. Boyer, med.
corps, from Chicago to Madison ba
racks, New York.
Captain Harry S. Purnell, tm
corps, from Madison barracks to F"
Dupont. Del.
Major E. H. Hartnett, medical "
from Fort Dupont to Fort Robinson.
Nebr.
Captain W illiam H. Moncrief, tm -
cal corps, from Fort Leavenw"
Kans., to Philadelphia.
Captain W. C. Williams. modi'
corps, from Philadelphia to Fort Lr-a'■
enworth, Kans.
Following changes assignment
coast artillery corps ordered:
Major Robert E. Callahan, from I ■'
Hamilton, N. Y.. to Fort Andi'"'
Mass.; Captain Theodore H. Ko< h, fro n
Twenty-sixth to Twenty-seventh ■ " 1
pany: First Lieutenant Robert E. '
from 126th to 38th company : E: '
Lieutenant Willis C. Knight, from
to 126th company.
AGED PERRY WOMAN DIES
PERRY. GA., July 31.—Mrs \l-
Maishburne. who died at her resideii'■
here, was buried in Evergreen cemci-
She was 87 years of age. She is s
vived by two sons, John Marshbun 1
of Macon, and Virgil Marshburn'
Barnesville, and one daughter, Mrs I'
| Hlomes. of Perry. She was the w" : '"'
of Nicholas Marshburne.
material than any legislature that ■
sat in Georgia.
There are three bright and part:
stars of football in the house--M""'’
Butts. Kent of Montgomery, and 1
joy of Troup.
These solons were giants of Hu
in their days- not so long ago. c'- 1
and all three have fine records or.
gridiron.
Wherever there is a I’nivcts
Georgia graduate, there dwells lh-
I'orcsi i of Moore. Kent ami LiwJ"
Any om- of them doubtless wo.;
pcrii'nce little difficulty getting In
lor a game right now. moreoV' >
Threatt Moore, by the wa
blothei of Joint W. Mooli th'
Inwyet fol the ih'letl'-e In 11' 1 ’