Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, November 14, 1912, FINAL, Image 1

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    VICTIMS OF PLOT, GUNMEN’S PLEA
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT AlfS—Use For Results.
VOL. XL NO. 88.
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Back From Tour of Investiga
tion, Renews Attack on the
Present Crematory Pact.
FEARS DISEASE PERIL IN
RAZING OF OLD PLANT
Upon his return today from an ex
tended inspection trip of garbage dis
posal plants in various cities, James G.
Woodward. Atlanta’s next mayor, de
clared that Atlanta's city officials were
shout to spend 1200,000 too much on a
new crematory and electric power
plant. ■
I am convinced that the power plant,
to cost SIOO,OOO, will be practically use
less/' he declared. "Without that sea- t
ture, $278,000 Is too much money for the
contemplated crematory. I have seen
;i;i the crematory plants the Destructor
Jompany of New York has built in the
East. I am satisfied that if the plan
outlin’d is carried out it will be a great
mistake.”
“We ought not to tear down thg_old
■ .matory until the new one is com-
is not necessary to
xtory .upon the site
~ ■* -marked that he was
■ ot yet a city official and that he was
ing as a eitisen. As a ctthsen he said
’ie would go before the aldermanic
ooard next Thursday, when it meets
*o again consider the resolution to
eir.olish the old crematory, and pre
*ent the information he had collected
<nd hl- reasons for opposition to the
plan that has been adopted.
“And I would like to have the editors
of all the Atlanta papers present,” he |
added.
Untried Experiment,
Asserts Woodward.
Declaring that his motive for taking
his position was solely business econ
omy for Atlanta, Mr. Woodward said
ie felt no animus toward the Destruc
*or Company or any one else. He sajd
he had made a thorough personal in
vestigation and that he wanted the of
ficial to consider it from a dispassion-
of . combined crematory
. .ot Is wholly experiment-
No city has any’ such
plant in successful operation.
“In order to produce a force draft
And provide the power to be used
round the plant, the type of plant
adopted by the city council must have
boilers. T saw such plants in Milwau
kee and on Staten Island.
"When It conies to using this power
to pump the city’s water or light the
Whhf Way we are faced with a joke.
In Milwaukee they collect garbage from
400,090 citizens. The estimated pow’er
from ‘hat amount of garbage Is 600
rilowatts per day.
It is absurd to figure that Atlanta’s
garbage will produce 1,200 kilowatts.
Our contract with the Destructor
Company provides that for SIOO,OOO a
plant will be installed in con
junction with the crematory. On the
'unds that we are to have a munici
ci. electric plant, a number of city of
have announced their support of
‘he contract.
tut I say that that power plant
would be a failure.
Th" Destructor Company is building
~lant at Paterson, N. J., for
'■aDa"b, ma i te y * 75 ' 000 - It Is a 60-ton
tr; V/ , r ’ Rnt ' ' rhe company has.con
cloev r, t 0 ~perat e for one year. If .it
it ~nf ‘, ,t ? rove suc ressful, they will tear
«,'-ut and receive no pay.
the sort ot contract Atlanta
K“<- only paid $175,000 for its
’ burns 300 tons of garbage
Jrtce Fixed Too
Hl ?h. He Declares.
Pl.inw L-c cost of these two
• ( ♦-16,000 is tno much for a 250-
for Atlanta.
t-'iv wt" t ’ U | St ~reßerve the old crema
men ean be repaired for about
“ I . bu, ' n m <>ie ,han 10° ton*
i<, , . ’’’ should build a new plant
j. K ',’. ur needs. Instead of spend-
■ 1., * " than a quarter of a million
h- . ~ o "'’’nothing which will prove
I’ w ,
i. Gilbert, president of the
V> . Health, said today that Mr.
p*,.. 11 leHp.mslble for all the
> • " *•' In the building of a cutn-
bags disposal plant,
urd of health ha., Iht-u jnven-
J le matter for more tlmn two
v have made inspection trips
ities, ’ i,a assorted.
.|. , m’tact tliMt iiHa l>,‘en adopt
" best possible one .... can se-
GUNMEN SIY
n AND
HOSE SLEW
GAMBLER
“Gyp the Blood” Declares
Stranger Aided in Killing of
Herman Rosenthal.
ASSERTS POLICE DIDN’T
WANT REAL SLAYERS I
I
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—That Deputy
Police Commissioner Dougherty’ did not
want to know the name of the actual
slayer of Herman Rosenthal, the gain- I
bier,, but that he thought he had the j
goods on the four gunmen now on trial
for the murder and wanted to convict i
them, was the declaration of Harry’ j
Horowitz, “Gyp the Blood,”* under |
cross-examination this' afternoon. De- I
spite every effort. Deputy Prosecuting i
Attorney Moss was unable to shake the |
early testimony of the accused gunman, j
Hprowitz swore that he and Frank i
Muller, or "Whitey* Lewis.” went to a j
saloon on Second avenue about 10 ,
o’clock on the night of July 15, and '
were later joined there by "Lefty
Louie.” They stayed there until mid- ;
night. Then they went to Louis Web- >
bar's poker room at Sixth avenue and i
Forty-second street, where they met '
Frank ('lriflyl, or “Dago Frank,” the|
fourth gunman. Sam, Sehepps. Harry j
Val’fon, Webber, Jack Rose and a*
strange nan were all there, “Gyp" said. |
Places Guilt For
Slaying on Others.
Soon Rose. Webber, Valioi),, Schepps
and the stiange- went out, but in fit
teen minutes the stranger returned, j
"Dago Frank” then left for homei "Gyp" ,
sai<l, but he (the witness). Rosenberg j
iand Mullen went with the strange man '
; toward the Metropole hotel, two blocks
. away.
Then followed Horowitz's story of the ■
actual shooting in which he exonerated i
himself and his friends, placing the t
guilt on others.
"We stopped in front of the Metro
pole. Rose, Vallon, Webber and Schepps
started to cross the street. The strange
man joined them and we started across
to meet them half-way. All of a sud
den, just as they were opposite the
doerway* of the Metropole, the strange
man turned. There was a flash and a
shot, and I saw Vallon and Webber
shooting at a figure. The stranger
joined in the shooting. We were
freightened and ran toward the subway
station. We got into an up-town train >
and rode to our apartment in Seventh j
avenue. ’Dago Frank’ was there when i
we arrived. I never shot any one.
Neither myself nor any- of my three
companions carried weapons. I did not
know until half past 8 the next morn
ing that any one had been killed."
Denies in Every
Detail Rose’s Story.
“Gyp” denied singly and collective
ly every* statement in the testimony of
■Rose as to the trip to the Garden res- I
taurant early in July for the purpose !
of murdering Rosenthal when the plot :
was balked by the presence of a Burns I
detective. Horowitz said he did not ■
know' Rosenthal.
"Rose never asked n • to kill Rosen
thal and m and my friends never said ■
were are ready to do the „' >b tonigh,.'
said the witness with veheme; e.
District Attorney Moss began cross
examination bringing out first that
“Gyp," as young as he is, has been con
victed five times of crimes.
Without a trace of embarrassment :
Horowitz admitted that he had never
done any work, living by thievery.
The witness told the following story
of his and Lefty Louie’s whereabouts
after the murder:--
"We went to 2728 Seveaitli avenue,
directly after the murder, and next day
went to Yonkers. From there we went
to Kingston, then to Monticello and
finally to Harvard, Conn. Then we re
turned to New York on July 22. We
intended to give ourselves up and walk
ed past police headquarters while dis
cussing this, but I objected at the lust
minute, saying they would stick a mur
der charge on us."
Gyp and Louie then went to Brook
lyn, where they remained until cap
tured two months later.
Frank Muller, alias "Whitey Lewis,”
followed Gyp, the Blood, on the stand.
He corroborated the testimony given by
Gyn to the effect that Jack Rose, Harry
Vallon anil Hrldgle Webber were the
gunmen who fired the Shota into the
gambler's body. He denied that he or
any of the gunmen had fired any of
the shuts anil declared their arrests
were the issult of a plot hatched by
Rose, Vullon, Webber and H« heppr, wl« >
wanted to place the blame on them.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1912.
White Christmas for Fulton Now Certain
LATEST COTTON SEASON HERE
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Scenes in cotton fields in Fulton county, where the late crop
will not be completely picked till after the New Year.
ALDERMAN MADDOX
AND DR. MANER NEAR
FISTICUFF IN COURT
"I’ll swear that what he saya is not
true. If he doesn’t like it, he’s as big
a« 1 am, and knows what lie can do,"
said Aiderman J. W. Maddox in police
court this afternoon, but two policemen
moved between the aiderman and Dr.
J W. Maner, of 349 Luckle street, and
no fight took place.
Aiderman Maddox was being tried for
conducting a nuisance In that his wag
ons which lie employs In his contiact
ing work w<-ie causing Luckle street to
become a rive, of mud. Dr Mauer was
the principal witness and it was his
testimony which caueed Judg< Broyles
to tine the alderman >l6.
"He said that I was from the coun
try und no uMomed to traveling over
dirt roads," Ute physician told the r< -
dut'lec. Hti'l pointed to Maddox
Fleecy Staple Will Be Unpicked
Till New Year, According to
Many Planters.
Atlanta will have a white Christmas.
That’s not a weather prediction. It’s
a fact. The white won’t be snow, but it
will be Just as unusual, for It will be
the fleecy staple, which for the first
time In many years Is still blooming In
the fields around the city and which,
according to farmers heieabouts, will
not al! be picked until after the present
year has been tolled to Its death.
The late summer, heavy rains and
other weather conditions have delayed
the cotton opening t > an unprecedented
extent and negro laborer* are busy hi
the fields these dayr shivering in the
unaccustomed cold.
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RACES
RESULTS.
! AT JAMESTOWN.
First—Fly By Nic-ht. 7, first; Turkey in
tne Straw. 20; Gardenia, 3-5. Also ran;
ICtifreiHh -R. H. ‘Tray. Lindeet:-., Hends All
! Around, rJjaSanerolle, Fairy Godmother,
.rutin, iffrs’ Troijtp, FMvonet. Kock Rest
( 4ikl SwAeO’Cimer.
Srtconci- 3 ; <5, first; Continental,
3: Brynary, 4-5. Also ran: Honey Bee,
: Gol.ly, Kilo Yr»a»e. Early Light and York
’Hle.
I Third —Jesuit, 7-5, first; Azure Ma;d. 12;
- no third. Vftaers fell.
Fourth —Amalfi. 5, first; Joe Diebold,
I 4-5;. Patton. 6-5. Also ran; Mudsill, Re
publican, Judge- Monde, Carlton G. and
: Volthorpe. .■*
Fifth—Coughnlil, 6. first; Acton, 2; Fly
inc Yankee, 2-5. Also ran: Clothes
: Brush, Lochfel, Marjorie A.. Grover
| Hughes and Guy Fisher.
Sixth —Apiaster, 2. first; Idleweiss, 6-5;
Lad of Langdon, 4-5. Also ran: Senator
j-Sparks. Napier. My Gal, Little England,
; Michael Angelo and Spin.
ENTRIES.
AT JAMESTOWN.
FIRST- Two year olds, S3OO, selling, o
j furlongs: Manna Johnson 96, Chilton
Hance 99, Pass On 99. Willis 101. Sand
hog 101, Fike s Peak 102, Joaquin 102.
Mimesis 104, Cordie F. 104, Miss Tromp
105, Latent 107, Mattie L. 107. Prince 10<,
Thesleres 107.
i SECOND—Three year olds and up, S3OO,
I selling, 554 furlongs: Fatherola 101,
| Jessupburn 102. (’alisse 106. Dipper 106,
Camel 110, Lady Sybil 107, Berkeley 107,
Miss Moments 107, .York laid 109, Ar
gonaut 110, Patrick S. HO. Rye Straw 110,
I Moncrief 113, Royal Onyx 116.
THIRD—AII ages, maidens, S3OO, selling,
mile: Syosset 92, Mohawk Boy 95, xJfm
i Cattery 102, xAbsconder 106, Slim Prin
cess 107, Concurran 110. Doormat 107.
I FOURTH—D. P. Reid & Brothers, S4OO,
(three year olds and up. mile: Rey 100,
Royal Message 100, Sir Blaise 106. Flani
ma 100. Yellow Eyes 106, Bashti 106, Law-
i ton Wiggins 109.
FlFTH—Three year olds and up, S3OO,
I selling. furlongs: xV. Powers 116,
I Fond Heart 107. Kerran 107, J. V. Manioc,
j Jr.. 107. Port Arlington 109. Deduction
1109, Jack Denman 110, xFnlon Jack 111,
. xTakahira 111, x.lacoblte 111. Jack Nun
nally 113, Amoret 113, Cardiff 113 Myles
O'Connell 119.
SIXTH —Three year olds and up. S3OO,
selling, mile and one-sixteenth: xMonkey
90, xßad News 11. 95, xTaboo 96, <) I .
Buster 101, Madriver 102, Font 103,
Springmass 103. Donald McDonald 103,
xWorklng Lad 104. Haldeman 104,
Breaker Boy 105, Husky Lad 105, xOak
hurst 106, Pardner 107, Chester Krum 108.
x -Apprentice allowance claimed.
; Weather cloudy; track heavy.
O’BRIEN? SECRETARY
| OF GIANTS, RESIGNS;
M’CUTCHEON NAMED
NEW YORK. Nov. 14.—J. W. Mc-
Cutcheon, a director of the New York
National league base-ball club, was to
day named secretary, replacing Joseph
D. O'Brien, of Milwaukee, former head
of the American association. The an
nouncement was made following a
meeting of the board of directors. The
board also appointed Mr. Meinpstead,
son-in-law of John T. Bush, us vice
president of the Giants' club
Tin- name of a succexsor for O’Brien
came as n surprise In baseball circles.
It was sut<l, however, that tip- strain
.if atrei Inga i hamnlonsldp club like the
i Giants th'ougli a hard ..eas>>D, and us
- iieetsiit a -hu tnpionship series bad
H flood too glint for him He | r now
n th«> West
FINAL * *
HUNT YDUIH AS DEATH
OFFIANCEEISPROBED;
POISON THEDHYIS HELD
I Miss Minnie Marchman Dies in Ashburn
in Convulsions—Coroner Has War
rant Sworn Out for Tan Cleghorn,
Her Friend, Who Has Vanished.
i
.ASHBUKN, GA.. Nov. 14.—The body of Miss Minnie March
man. a beautiful young girl, lies unburied while Atlanta experts are
i waiting to examine the contents of her stomach. A warrant has been
: issued against Tan (.’leghorn, a young farmer, charging him with hav
J ing caused the death ot Minnie Alarehman, and officers are search
img for him. (Leghorn has been missing for four days.
Preparations had been made for the burial of the young woman.
I who lived with her widowed mother six miles from Ashburn, when th
i family physician and friends of the family became suspicious and or
dered the funeral stopped. It is reported here that Cleghorn and Miss
I Marchman were sweethearts, and visited Ashburn together some dav s
lago. While there, it is said. Cleghorn purchased fruit and candies
which he gave to Miss Marehman, and after eating these she wa>
i attacked with convulsions and died in agony.
At the coroner’s inquest today
the mother vs the dead girl tes
! tified that she died after eight
eonvuisions, foaming al the mouth
and with every indication that she
had been poisoned. The mother
had not seen her daughter take,
any medicine, and there was no
I trace of poison in the house.
Girl Die? Four Days
After Man Vanishes.
Friends of the dead gill say Cieg
home had promised to marry her and
their visit to Ashburn was ostensibly
I with the purpose of securing a mar
riage license, but Cleghorne made some
excuse and the pair agreed to postpone
the wedding for a few days. The girl
went back to her home in the country
and Cleghorne disappeared. It was four
days after his disappearance that Min
nie Marchman died. ,
Doctors Dixon and Thompson, of the
yillage of Rebecca, were'called to the
inquest. They removed the stomach
from the body of Miss Marehtnan and
forwarded it to the state chemist at
Atlanta for a close examination. It is
expected that the analysis will reveal
just what poison, if any, killed the girl.
Friends Looked
For Their Marriage.
The little town of Ashburn, county |
seat of Turner county, is stirred as it I
was never stirred before. Minnie
Marchman was known as one of the
prettiest girls of the lumber country
and one of the most popular.
She and young Cleghorne had been
"going together,” as young folk say, for
many months, and their marriage was
looked upon as a. certainty. But for
some time Miss Marchman had been
avoiding her friends and living almost
as a recluse, seeing only Cleghorne.
Stomach Examined
For Poison Here.
Miss Marchman’s stomach was re
ceived in Atlanta Monday afternoon by
Dr. John Funke, director of the Carne
gie laboratory - of pathology and bac
teriology, a department of the Atlanta
College of Physicians and Surgeons on
North Butler siieet, from Dr. J. W.
Dickson of Rebecca, near Ashburn, Ga.
Dr. Funke has handled many poison
eases, having up to two years ago been
in the pathological department of Jes-
Dr. Funke started examining the
ferson Medical college, Philadelphia,
stomach Tuesday morning. The ex-'
amination had not proceeded far
enogh, he said, to give out anything
definite to show poison had been used,
made,” declared Dr. Funke. "The first
"There are two examinations to be
and the second is microscopic, of the
is chemical, of the gastric secretions,
membranes in the lining of the stom
ach. Hydrochloric, nitric sulphuric
and other adds are used in analyzing
the gastric juices, and a high-powered
microscope in determining whether the
membranes have been affected by poi
son.
Makes Two Tests to
Determine Death Cause.
"I have started both examinations,
that of the Juices first, and while that
is on I have started the other, so that
the analysis of the case is progressive.
About three or tour days are required
to tel! anything deflnitely. Owing to
tile fuel that my present conclusions
might be erroneous, I won’t say what
pr-qrrtMs bus been made thus far.
"In inner of suddvn death th.- man
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
ner of dying tells much to those who
are interested in the examination. Tt
might be a ease of death from brain
or heart or lung or stomach trouble
anfi in performing an autopsy the phy
sician would want to know how the
person acted before dying.”
Dr. Funk was Interested to learn thru
the dispatches from Ashburn stated
that Miss ‘Marchman died after tw
hours of suffering. Then he con
tinued: >
an autopsy, the thing to do in poison
If nothing definite is determined by
cases is to tie up the stomach at both
ends so that the juices will remain
intact, and have examination made un.
der chemicals and microscope. Strych
nine can be taken into the stomach
and absorbed either in the stomach
vi all- oi the walls of the intestines
and leave no apparent sign behind
Only expert examination brings out be
yond question the cause of death.”
MADDOX SEABOARD
DIRECTOR; HARAHAN
TO SUCCEED HIMSELF
PETERSBURG, VA.. Nov. 14.—T0.
stockholders of the Seaboard Air Lin
| met here at noon today in annual ses-
I sion and elected the directors of the
| road for the corning fiscal year. Th.
I directors will meet Tuesday, Novem
ber 26, in Balti.nor-- for organizatior
and election of officers. It is conceded
that W. J. Harahan, of Norfolk, will
succeed himself as president. The di
rectors named today are:
Milton B. Alles, of Washington; Ja,-
A. Blair. New York; Franklin O
Brown, New York; Charles R. Capps
Norfolk; James C. Colgate, New York:
Samuel L. Fuller, New York: W. J
Harahan, Norfolk: Wilson S. Kine:-’
New York: Lili B. Lane. Savannah
Maddox, Atlanta: N. S. Meldrum, Nev.
I, F. Lores, New York; Robert l-l
York; J. William Middendorf, Balti
more; Norman B. Ream, Chicago; Fci
gus Reid, Norfolk; W. T. Rosen. Nev-
York: Charles H. Sabin, New York:
Townsend Scott, Baltimore: Benjamin
Strong. Jr., New York; A. P. Talia
ferro, Jacksonville: Frank A. Vandei -
Up, New York; S. Davies Warfield,
Baltimore; George W. Watts, Durham.
N. C.; A. H. Wiggjn. New York; A.
H. Woodward, Birmingham; B. F. Yoa
kum, New Y'ork.
M’MANIGAL DECLARES
M’NAMARA PRAISED
TIMES DYNAMITERS
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 14. --Orth
McMantgal, testifying this afternoon at
the dynamite trial, told the Jurors that
when he took J. J. McNamara a copy
of a newspaper telling of the Los An
geles Tinies explosion and pointed out
that many people had been kilted, J. J.
said:
"Yes, that’s pretty bad, but 1 sent
J. B. out there to give those Los An
geles. people a good cleaning up, and I
guess he has gone and got In with those
stat.- federation of labor people and
they have sent hint down after those
printers. I guess that will teach them
a thing or two out there.”
negroslayer lynched
BY MOB AT OCALA. FLA.
JACKMONVILLK, FLA. Nov. 14.
French Nells, a negro, who klll.-.l n»
aged while mini and his daughter nt
Mclntosh, Flu., was lynched by a mob
In the veuiu, Ha., jail this af'ernoou