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R Bush, proprietor of a hotel in Knuth Forsyth street, fixing his bond at 11,000 Rush was accused of conduct ing a disorderly house He was ar rested as the result of a raid by detec tives "All of the cheap hotels of the city, of course, do not come in this clpas," ■aid the court, "but we have many such hotels that are nothing more nor less than dives dives of the most per nicious sort These hotels form one of the greatest dangers that beset young girls today, and everything possible should be done to (lose their doors and put them out of business The time hrs come when we must safeguard the girls at every point, and we must ha ng out the danger signal on these infa mous hotel-dives These places hold outstretched arms Io innocent country girls and girls from country towns w iro go there thinking them to be decent and all right " In remanding Rusli to the .higher courts. Judge Rroylt* instructed Po liceman Ed Arthur, special officer fol police court and the vice commission, to appear before the state courts and push the prosecution of the hotel man YOUTH CONFESSES TO ROBBING HIS BROTHER AND SLEEPING FRIEND THOMASVILLE. GA . Aug 13 Arrest ed on charges of robbing .1 W. 1 Yates of a SI,OOO diamond ring and Harry Wyche of a ring valued at $176 and 12 in money M. R Yates, a younger brother of .1 W Yates, has confessed. Young Yates was arrested as the result of evidence col lected by Detective McWorth. of Atlanta The robbery took place a tew nights ago while Mr Wyche was spending rhe night with Mr. Yales They were drugged while asleep and the rings were taken from their fingers Mr Yates offered a reward of *SOO for the recovery of the rings The night of the robbery, so young Yates stated, he pot a drug in the drinks which his brother and Wyche took When they were fully under the effect* of It he entered the room ami robbed them The rings were found in his room, and. when arrested a bottle that had contained ■'knock out" drops was found in his pocket ft is sard that neither Yates nor Wyche will prosecute the case INDICTED POLITICIAN IS HELD AS FUGITIVE AFTER TRIP ABROAD SEATTLE. WASH. fitig I, Frank M. Jane, under indictment at Atlantic City. N J, for bribery and altering election lists, xxa* arrested here early today by a deputy United States mar shal after oelng a fugitive from mstiee for eighteen months In the meantime Mi Jan- ..id i-hv- ♦ led in Europe and Canada h « <x penses being borne by a group of \t lantic city politicians, he sa JONESES OF ATLANTA TO HAVE PICNIC AUGUST 30 All the Joneses and theii telaiixe have been asked to meet for their eighth annual reunion at Gram path on August 30. A picnic dinner good speakers and good music will tnak-- the day pleasant. The call for the Jones family re union i« signed by J J. Jones <ha •- man of the committee, and W P Jon's, secretary Thtee hundred Joneses ir« expected to ar’end. ■IMAN NAMES HEADS Os GRAFT Police Official. Lawyer, and Hotel Man Control ‘System,’ Grand Jury Hears. XE\y Y< >fU< Aug 13. When the grand jury, which is invertiguting the murd- r of Gambler Herman Rosenthal and graft in the police department re sumed its labors today. District At torney Whit min was ready to present the evidence to sustain allegations that a high police official in the department, a prominent lawyer and a hotel keep er are in control of the "system" wnlch has extolled millions in blackmail from gamblers and other lawbreaker". Detective W. J Ruins, who has been investigating police conditions in New York some time 'or the district attor neys office t» reported to have fur nished Mi Whitman with names of the three men who are charged with being ai the head of the graft syndicate. Developments of the utmost Impor tance are expected to result from the session of the grand July beginning to day This yvas the session designed to reveal tin hhtility of the "m-ti higher up." who for years have been talked about vaguely as beneficiaries of the NAyv York police graft system, but who have eluded exposure. It was predicted that seven indict ments would be returned, one of these against Sam Schepps, the "murder pay mast< i." who was caught in Hot Spilngs, Ark A superseding indictment against Police Lieulenanl Charles A. Recker, one of the principal figures in the scandal, was also looked for Becker Has Safety Vault. Attaches of the district attorney's of fice admitted that evidence has been piling up at a swift rale that Becker lias lualnt lined a safe deposit box in a down-town vault since last Decem ber Mr Whitman claimed not to know tlu- contents of the box. but there was every indication that he believes it is stuffed with currency which came to Heckel in the form of tribute from the undetworki The box Is under guard constantly, and no one can get into It without the district attorney's knowl edge. As the |>r<-ent session of the grand jury is expected to last until Thursday or TTidav without n break, Schepps w'ill in all probability be back in New York In time to testify if he will consent to go before that body. Gn the other hand, if tliv "paymaster" makes a confession he probably will not be called upon to testify. In bls stead men connected wfih the police undeiyvorld alliance whose names he could furnish will be summoned by Mt Whitman. Among the witnesses subpenaed to appear before the grand jury today were "Raid Jack" Rose. ' Rridgey" Webber and Harry Vallon who caused Lieutenant Becker's arrest sot murder. TROUP’S GRAND JURY AGAINST FEE SYSTEM FOR COUNTY OFFICES I.A GRANGE GA . Aug 13. Troup ■ounty s August grand jury thinks well of the -alary s'stem for count' offi . ials, having reconynended the aboli tion of till fee system It recommends -hat menhgnts take more care In the -ale of firearms and report such sale* I'o < <>unty officials West Point gamblers mine in sot at icntion, indictments being brought gainst eight prominent voting men of that (own A West Point merchant "a* indicted foi selling Intoxicating quo's, while John Carley. John Wright ■md others of this city were indicted on lite same charge Several negro tases of this character were also rounded up by tlie grand jmy, and all will be tried at this term of the superior court now sitting Indicted foi killing Horate Black, a negt.i. on Max James D Daniel has been arrested and placed in Jail to await trial this week. Daniel has al eady been onvh ted and sentemed on a charge of il'egallx- selling intoxii ants ■ ■ -rr' a tw clxe months and pay a fin' of s7'-u THE ATLANTA GEORG FAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. AUGUST 13. 1912. JACK ROSE,, GAMBLER, WRITES HIS CONFESSION FOR GEORGIAN (Copyright. 1912. by Star Company. All rights reserved. Any infringe ment will be vigorously prosecuted.) By JACK ROSE. The gambler who declares that Lieu tenant B«cker forced him into the plot to slay Herman Rosenthal. NEW YORK, August 13. I have been asked to write for The Atlanta Georgian on "Gambling and life in the so-called “underworld." It is i-omething to think over I am a man 37 year* of age. with a devoted wife, two handsome boys and of par entage that I can boast of. My early life was in an environment that should have Influenced me to a useful life At one time I had friend* who would have helped me to acquire a station in life that was worth while. All are now a memory of the past. As I sit in my cell I look back with a heart filled with sorrow and regret, and all caused by one thing, “The curse of gambling.” I gambled away everything, first m.v own money, then the money 1 could borrow from my friends. then my credit; then my wo d of honor. When nothing remained wherewith to gamble I let myself become a tool tn the plot ting of a man s life. It resulted in my self and three of my dearest friends facing the charge of being accessories to the murder of Herman Rosenthal. Wants to Start Over Again. I don't know how it is all going to end. but it ever 1 again set my feet on the pavements as a free man I want to lake my wife and boys to some place where in some yvay I can start life over a ga i n. With gambling I am through. If some young inuri starting on the road I have traveled will read this and turn back I will feel that some of my suffer ing has been worth while As a young man I drifted into th • state of Connecticut. In the city of Hartford I launched the Charter Oak A. C. it was a boxing club, at which we gave monthly exhibitions. 1 added to this another club in Bridgeport, and one In Waterbury I also acquired a baseball franchise in the Connecticut State league All these ventures brought me tn close contact with sporting men. Soon I took to gambling Known a* a Good Fellow, My gambling in Connecticut was confined to friendly games of poker, as tlie stale of Connecticut does not pus sess any public gambling houses. My business as matchmakei and manager of the athletic clubs iailed for frequent trips to New York to meet boxers ami their managers I attended boxing exhibitions and stopped at a Broadway case or restaurant, ell of which usually led to a visit to some gambling house uptown. The game I mostly played was faro hank. Like all gamblers, I had friends when my nit of luck was phenomenal, anti then my winnings run into thou sands. 1 always traveled xvith a crowd with whom I enjoyed the reputation of be ing a "good fellow." one who would be> his money and yvould also spend it I had a reputation to sustain; first, the good fellow" end of it, which meant when I won I divided my win nings ot spent them, anothe part of my reputation was that 1 would bet th limit against the "bank." If I had real ly bet what I ought to. in keeping with my jneans. I would still have been playing in the friendly "penny ante” poker game up in Connecticut On my return to Connecticut after my trips to New York tne poket game had lost its attraction for me. I began making excuses to my asso ciates to get down to New York again The gambling fever was on me. ami life In Connecticut was getting slower all the time I was miking money in Connecticut, besides enjoying the confidence and re. sped of many of its most prominent citizens. On any one of my trips to New York I lost more than my three boxing clubs could earn for me in several nights Soon I began borrowing right and left from my friends in Connecticut hoping against hope that some one night I would "bust" the 'faro bank” and pax everybody That never came Soon my asso ciates began questioning the cause of my frequent trips to New York, my constantly Increasing demands sot money and my failure to pay my debts aftc l a division of profits from th» boxing 1 tubs All this required explanation’, as my associates were all men of standing and high honor. I remember one day, when I owed my partners personally considerable money and when the day after an un usually successful show at one of our clubs we were settling up. 1 asked them if they would please favor me by let ting me have my share in full and per mit my indebtedness to them to stand until the next show. I gave as an excuse that a matter ot great importance down in New York required my immediate attention. 1 needed. I said. Just about the amount of my share to straighten it out. They readily agreed, and one of tny partners, a prominent hotel man, said; “Why, Jack, If when you get down to New York you find that you need more, don't hesitate to draw on me.” I got tny share, about $1,500, rushed ami got the 5 o’clock train out of Bridgeport. Seven o'clock that night found me oc cupying a front seat at the "faro bank.” Twelve o'clock that night I walked out of there penniless, yvlth the colored atlendant helping me on with my over coat. mumbling away at me about "Have a cigar?” and all the other things they keep saying to a loser. I was all in a daze, as my affairs were coming to a crisis. I could not go on much longer, my good friends in Connecticut would soon begin to sus pect the truth. Begins Hunt For Money. I walked out into the street and Im mediately began thinking where I could get more money to play the "bank" with. I would have sold my soul for mon ey to continue playing. I thought of tny friend who that very day had told me not to hesitate to draw on him If 1 needed money, but that wouldn't be good until tomorrow So 1 went into the hotel, got on the long distance telephone and got him out of bed, told him something terrible had happened and couldn't he suggest some way that he could get SSOO to me at once. He said. "Go over to so-and-so.” naming a prominent hotel keeper, "and ask him to get me on the phone." This I did. The result of the talk was that the hotel keqper handed me fixe SIOO bills, and 1 was back at the "faro bank" and "broke" again before 3 a. m. I got up from the table and again had to pass through the torture of lis tening to all the trained attendant had to say to me about "how they yvill run against a man when he has a streak of bad luck.” Couldn't Bear to Face Friends. I walked out on the street like a drunken man. 1 realized then that to go back to Connecticut xvas out of the question. I couldn't bear to face my f( lends and creditors there. Mv in debtedness then in Connecticut repre sented several thousand dollars, all los; In gambling, as well as the large sums I had made in my many sporting ven tures. I sat down In the hotel and wrote several letters to my partners and others in ' onnecticut. making a clean breast of exerything That ended my ca eet in Connecticut, a golden.oppor tunity thrown away "to be a 'man among men." and all through my loye for "gambling ” I remained in New Yo: k and gave myself to a life of "gambling." Dur ing the racing season I played the races. At other tim.es I frequented t gambling houses " All 1 was accumu lating was a reputation that "gam- I bling had taken such a hold on nr that mine was a "hopeless ease," and I could soon see that their attitude to ward me had changed. Becomes Gamble' s' Associate. Then I became the associate of gam biers exclusively, and made ray head quarters downtoxvn. where gambling went on In a smaller way. But just as soon as I accumulated a sufficient sum to entitle me to gamble in the more pretentious Imuses uptown, where the chances of winning a large sum xxas the bait. 1 made for them At times I made large winnings, and with the exception of paying a few pressing things, always kept the bal ance intact, and would make tny ap pearance promptly at opening time and play Almost invariably I tinlshx'd broke. When these periods of. as we term them, "bad luck.” come along. I would be ox ercome with a feeling of emorse and regret and begin to plan anil figut • to break away from “gambling” and m.v gambling associates. It was about this time that two life long friends of mine who were in the theatrical business showed a disposi tion to help me if I would quit gam bling. I promised I would, and they' we e kindness itself I began to acquire a knowledge of the theatrical business and looked forward to an opportunity to get in business for myself. He Is Idle; Drifts Back. About this time an unfortunate thing happened. My txvo friends dissolved partnership, and the one I remained with for the time being couldn’t assist me to realize my ambition. I helped him along in his business part of each day. Affairs went in such a state that with too much idle time I drifted back to my old ways and associates. I was soon at it again hammer and tongs "gambling” hard as ever. 1 had then joined the Hesper club and spent most of my time there. My friend in the theatrical business began to meet xvith great success, and 1 was looking forward to the chance that hud been promised me. All this time my friend helped me in every conceivable xvay, excepting the yvay I hoped he xvould. He supplied me with all the money I wanted to keep at "gambling.” On many occasions he paid my gambling debts, and when my tun of hard luck was unusually long and 1 felt ashamed to go to him, I re sorted to methods that caused him con siderable embarrassment, such as bor rowing from his partners or making promises when negotiating a loan that m.v friend would pay for me He spoke of my methods on many occasions, and eventually they led to an open quarrel. Was Rosenthal's Chum. Then 1 drifted back doxy n town and became indifferent to everything and anything but "gambling.” Most of my time was spent in the company of Het man Rosenthal. Right here 1 want to say, without violating a promise made to District Attorney Whitmaij, that for years Her man and I were the best of chums. We often had our differences, but nevet of a serious nature. They were the quarrels that come to men who have given up their lives to the "hell of hells”—gam bling. When things xvent wrong yve blamed each other. Each thought the other should have done the other thing "bet on the other horse, or to have played the opposite system at the bank”—but soon xve would patch it up and then everything was all right again. We continued on trying to get rich over night. Dispute Over Winnings. 1 am just thinking of a strange freak of fate. Herman and I had been on the outs for quite a xvhile over a mis understanding xve had as to what should have been the proper division of some money 1 had won playing "faro bank.” Gamblets have certain laws of their oxvn. and our dispute involved the question of a gamblers point of law. I had at Herman’s suggestion made a loan of S2OO from a friend. We went up town to gamble (»n our way I said to Herman. "Whatever 1 win half is yours." 1 started playing and soon won SI,OOO. cashed in and quit, handing Her man s.">oo as his part of the winnings, as per agreement. We left the place and returned down town. We sat around tile Hesper club a while, when some one else in the club said they wet> going up town to play the "bank." He Beats "Bank" Again. I said I xvould go. too. (jn my xvay out I stopped to ask Herman if he xvould come along. He said he bad enough for that night. I xvent alone, played again, and won SSOO. The fol loxving day 1 met Herman, xvho had al ready heard the result of my second play He greeted me xvith "I can just use thtit $250 Jack." I said. "What $250?" "Why, my part of that S3OO you won ' "Why." 1 said, "yog are joking," "No." he said. *The last thing I said as you left the club xvas 1 am in.' which, if I had heard him say. or if it had been said in the pr, sence of a third party, entitled him to his share. But 1 had not heard him. nor could he produce any one xvho heard him say it. So 1 refused him his half. It result ed in a quarrel and we were not on speaking terms until one night some time after he met me on Fourteenth street in front of Tom Sharkey's case He asked me in to have a drink and xve patched it up. From this same case, about four years later, started the gray automo bile xvhich end'd its tide in the murder of Herman Rosenthal, and all through gambling JACK ROSE REBELS, BEATEN, MASSACRE 208 Zapatists. Defeated by Feder als, Slay Garrison of 100 and 100 Townsmen. MEXICO CITY. Aug. 13.—Two hun dred persons were Killed, one hundred of them townspeople, following an at tack on the town of Ixtapa, in the state of Mexico, by Genevevo De La Or's band of Zapatists. Today the soldiers have withdrawn from the town and are marching toward Toluca, the capital of the state, xvhich is only' fifteen miles distant. The fight and massacre at Ixtapa oc curred late yesterday after the rebels had been repulsed by a garrison of 600 federals at Tenancino. a town in the vicinity of Ixtapa. A garrison of 100 rurales guarded the latter place. The rebels charged and drove the rurales back into the narroyv streets of the vil lage. There they began a murderous fire, and hardly one of the rurales es caped. Then the rebels marched through the streets, shooting and stabbing any one they met. Among the dead, it is said, are a feyv womOn and children. Two hundred bodies lay in the streets, ac cording to reports today, after the reb els had withdrawn. Rebels in the vicinity and at Toluca are in a state of panic because of the rebel activity. There is only a small force of federals at Toluca, ami it is believed they can not withstand ths rebel attack Many persons have fled from the city. Only One Killed In Attack on Capital SAN JI'AN DEI. SFR. NICARAGUA. Aug. 13.—One person was killed, sev eral women and children yvere wounded anti a dozen or more buildings were riddled by shells in the bombardment of the capital city of Managua ny rebel artillery Sunday, according to a dis patch received here today. It was stated, however, that no foreign prop erty had been damaged. The rebel ar tillerymen apparently took pains to prevent tiring into the consulate build ings. When the message was sent the rebel batteries of General Luis Mena and General Zeledon were still planted be fore the city, xvhile the defending bat teries were kept shotted on Loma hill for a renewal of hostilities. The casu alties were caused by the bursting of shrapnel shells. During the firing the I'nited States bluejackets from the gunboat Annapo lis were kept near the United States consulate out of the path of the shells. DEATHS AND FUNERALS" Miss Edith Ai'ten. The funeral of Miss Edith Auten, sixteen years old. who died late yes terday, will be held at the Hemphill Avenue Methodist church tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock. Miss Auten, xvho xvas the daughter of W. J. Auten. 334 Hemphill avenue, died at a private san. Itarium after a long illness. Mrs. W. H. Reagin. Mrs W H. Reagin. 59 years old. who died a: her residence in East Atlanta, was buried In the church yard of Stamps chapel today, following funeral services at Poole’s chapel. She is survived bv her husband and three children Mrs. Ophelia Beck. The funeral of Mrs. Ophelia Beck. 34 years old. who died at No. 54 Stewart avenue yesterday, was held at the resi dence this afternoon Interment was in Westview cemetery Mrs. Beck was a member of the Daughters of America. She is survived by her husband. II M. Reel., her father. C. 1, Stanlex. and two children. Matilda Roberson. Matilda Roberson, little daughter of .11.. Roberson, died at the residence. 48 Flora avenue, today. The remains were carried to Poole's chapel awaiting the funeral tomorrotv morning nt 1(1 o'clock. Interment xxill be in Decatur Ga. COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA. Mangham vs. State (two cases); from Spalding superior court —Judge R. T Daniel. Judgments affirmed. R R. Arnold Frank Flynt. C. G. Mills. W A. | Fuller. Dodd & Dodd, for plaintiff in n ice J. t\ Wise, solicitor general W. H Reck. T. E Patterson, contra. GIBE LURED Bl AD ELOPES AND IS DESEBTEO Lured by an advertisement offering to share $40,000 with the country girl who tvould become his wife, wooec and won and deserted after eloping. Mary McEaehin. nlneteen-year-old daughter of J. P. McEaehin, a re tired farmer of Denton, Ga., appeared at police station today and asked Chief Beavers to begin a hunt for her dash ing husband of a few days. Miss McEaehin told the chief a story that had all the.elements of romance ir it. Some tveeks ago she read in a daily newspaper an advertisement in which the writer announced that he wanted a country girl for a wife and had s4o.otu to share with her. She answered ano w as delighted to get a quick response. A Dashing Wooer Was Hutcheson. Her correspondent, who gave his name as Conyvay Hutcheson, of Bat tenberg. Va., proved a lightning wooer He announced that he'd run down to Denton at once and before Miss Mc- Eachin could draw a long breath h< was on his way. He arrived July 31. Although Hutch eson had said he xvas from Battenberg he had all the dash country girls usual ly associate xxith the big cities, and Miss McEaehin lost her heart in less time than it takes to shuck corn When her parents got an inkling of the romance they put in strenuous objec tions and the pair pretended to be re signed to their verdict. The actual wooing, the parental ob jection and the pretended resignation all came in one day. Hutcheson said he'd be on his xvay home, heartbroken and discouraged. Miss McEaehin said she'd see him off. and went to the sta tion with him, while her parents flat ter'd themselves on her implicit obe dience. They Elope and Are Married Here. But instead of seeing her advertis ing sweetheart off, she got on the- train with him and they came to Atlanta On August 1 they were married by Jus tice of the Peace Orr. and spent the first days of their honeymoon at a ho tel in this city. Then they decided to go back to Denton and brave the pa rental tvrath. They got there Sunday morning, and Hutcheson announced that he had a pressing business engagement many many miles axvay. He left S2O witti his bride, and a score of kisses, and de parted. On August 8 the young bride, dream ing of the far away husband, got a letter —a letter that sent her romance crashing. It was full of assumed trag edy. It tap xvet with tears. "You don't love me any more." the dazed bride read, "’."herefo-<a J am going away. You w ;'l see me no more 1 can not bear the thought of your love having turned cold. God forgive me for leaving you like this, but I could not look upon y ou again in the realiza tion that you love me no more." That was the gist of it. Today the sadder and wiser little bride appeared at the police station with her sister-in law. Mrs Herman McEaehin. of 97 Lovejoy street, Atlanta, wife of a Southern railway conductor. Chief Beavers promised her to start a search for the vanished husband, but the pros pects of locating him are none too bright. STRENGTHEN THE NERVES Take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate A teaspopnful in a glass of cold water makes an invigorating, refreshing bever- ••• Distribution of the 45- piece Dinner Set commences Wednesday, August 14. Subscribers who desire back numbers of the coupons can get them at Premium Room. ATLANTA GEORGIAN.