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) i iipii •>!i i'll:! V iV« TIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 19U is- f 1 South’s Great Mystery—Where Is Slayer Myers? Lad Who Fled 13 Years Ago, Never Heard From Miss Mary Pool, Its Organizer,' Gives Comprehensive Details of This Sensible Fad. Not the Slightest Word of His Whereabouts Has Lver Been Re ceived by the Atlanta Pol i ce Despi te $5,000 Rewards Outstand ing. This Is not the volco of an opposi tion to tho Sunday "movies." It la Just the story of how young girls of At lanta, sixty to ono hundred In num ber, spend wholesome, free Sunday afternoons, away from paved streets and parlors, and Immaculate giggling beaux. They walk. They go away from the car lines, out Into the fields and woods and there etill are bits of primitive, virgin woods, around Atlanta. Out where they can forget monotonous down town Peachtree and Five Points. "Out Into God’s great out-of-doors." enthusiastically declared Miss Mary Pool, who is director of this walking club of Atlanta. They are young business women of Atlanta, mostly. Bid you get the "business women’.'" It is quite a gaucherle, altogether bad. to use the term “working girl,” nowa days. Dare to apply that term to the Independent girl of Atlanta who makes her own living, and your blood be on your head. An official of the Y. W. C. A., under whose auspices the Walking club was organised, ex plained the girls’ attitude. “They are business girls, and they deserve to be considered as such,” she said. "They shouldn’t be called 'working girls,’ in a sort of scornful distinction from girls who stay at home. They do work as well as men; they are well paid, $80. $90 to $150 a month most of our girls receive. And they are business.’ too, let mo tell you. Nothing of the clinging vine about them." Hikers Not Clinging Vines. And there is nothing of tile cling ing vine about the girls of .Miss .Mary Pool’s Walking club. Winter mud ond winds and cold have kept them from going far afield In regular ex cursions for three or four months, but probably next Sunday they will re sume their trips outdoors, with stout boots and skirts and plain bonnets. They will begin soon because It Is ' spring, and in tho springtime, says Miss Pool, the sensible girl’s fancy does not necessarily turn to thoughts of Jove, not In Atlanta. “It was a mail that the poet wrote about when ho said that,” she re marked. The next trip of the W T alking club twill be taken Into the woods in the \llrectIon of Buekhead. The girls will go as far ns possible on the street tar. and then begin their hike. In a party of 50, 00, or more, there are always amateur botanists nnd geolo gists who have worlds, of Information to Impart, and wonderful stories to tell. Learn to Talk Outdoors. "Girls are drawn out and learn to talk in the freedom of the outdoors,” said Miss Pool. "The results are wonderful for girls who are busy In cramped offices and stores six days in tfte week. They become closer to gether. and form companionships that are real. And they go to their work Monday bright-eyed, a real flush on their cheeks, and ready for the tasks that make them real ’business’ worn- \ She outlined the occurrence of trip. The girls ro Into the woods to gether. Some of them are singing tinder the Inspiration of the mingled coolness and warmth of breeze and •unshine together. They all are laughing; their talk is wholesome. They are told what the flowers are, and what the trees and the rocks. Somewhat In the quiet places, as the afternoon wanes, the girls find a spot more quiet, and stop for vesper services In the open The Walking club was organized last fall to take the place of the Sun day afternoon teas and vesper serv ices. A call for members, said Miss Pool, met a ready response, and a fair sized club was organized soon. The girls caino often to the Y. W. O. A. hall for teas and services, and the opportunity for something new eager ly was seized. Rivalry Instills “Ginger.** Where is Will J. Myers? Eighteen years ago this rollicking, popular youth of 20, twice condemned to hang for tho cowardly and cold blooded murder of Forrest Ij. Crowley, of Roswell, Ga., mads a dash from the Fulton county Jail. He has never been seen nor heard of authoritatively since. For eighteen years his whereabouts has stood as ono of tho greatest unsolved mysteries of the South, In Pplte of the rewards aggregating $5,000 offered for his capture. To-day the authorities, still eager to find him, have not even a theory to explain his baffling evasion of the pursuit of many of the shrewdest detectives in America. They have never learned ANYTHING about him since his disappearance. * Hut they point to the famous Strip ling case, of Virginia and Georgia, as further proof of the inexorable law that “murder will out" and hope that Myers yet will pay the p< nulty if he is alive. Young Myers left a homo and a| sweetheart whom he was engaged to marry. He had a wide acquaintance ship. Ho was popular in school and | society. And yet, not one «*f his friends or relatives—not even his fiancee—ever heard from him after his flight. The sweetheart, no longer a girl now, long since l«as ceased even to hope for word from him. To her and all who knew him he is dead. Completely Vanished. Will J. Myers has vanished as com pletely us if swallowed up by the earth. Some believe he never left Atlanta alive. A sewer manhole located near where he eluded his pursuers aft* r leaving the jail gave rise to the theory that lie had taken refuge in tin- big underground pipe and perished there. Hut his body never has been found, and the theory Is unproved. He has often been reported seen, but investigation proved all such re ports false. A dashing lad, a lover of gir^s ami society, the story of ids astounding- ly brutal crime—laid without the cunning which might have been ex pected—the story of his flight, cap ture, trials ami Anal break from jail, to be lost to the world, Is most dra matic. When Will Myers lied from jail and j justice on October 21, 189f>, he was a dapper young fellow of just 2<» years. He had been out of school but a short time, and was popular ami well liked by a large circle in the younger set. At Gordon Military in stitute, his geniality and his profi ciency in military tactics won for him the office of captain of cadets. Tho elusive young fellow was hunt ed by tireless officers of the law In , every nook and corner of the United States, In mountain fastness and in city throngs, on the high sens, and in foreign lands, but after tin sc eighteen years he remains an unknown quan tity on the face ol the earth. One Who Will Not Forget. But while the memory of Myers’ crime and his remarkable escape may l have been dimmed In the minds of j the general public, there is one per son in Atlanta with whom tin' ques tion has been ever uppermost: “What became of Will Myor That person will never forget. She Is a young woman, who, then but a slip of a girl, was Will Myers* sweetheart. While no public an nouncement had been made. It was generally understood that they were to be married In the spring of 1894, tho year young Myers was jailed for the Crowley murder. This girl was a member of a family higli in tin* so cial world, and objection to the mar riage was raised because of her youth and because Myers, just out of school, had not established himself in busi ness. Despite these objections, she became betrothed to Myers. When the strong arm of the law fell on her lover and he was charged with murder, the young fiancee was dazed. She refused to believe Myers guilty and assured herself that it was all a horrible mistake. “Oh, 1 know he’ll come out all right. I know Will didn’t do that avful deed - -he couldn’t do it he’s too good,** wailed the girl to members of her family. When the overwhelming evidence of the stato convicted Myers and he was condemned to die on the gal lows the girl’s heart broke. If the stoical young fellow, caged in a fel on’s cell, suffered anguish it was but mild compared to the heartache of the sorrowing fiancee. Girl Confines Her Grief. But she made every effort to con fine her grief within the walls of her own home. Never once did she give public utterance to her despair. And, doubtless moved by consld- Facts In Myers’ Crime and Flight Will J, Myers, 20 years old, murdered Forrest L. Crowley, of Roswell, in cold blood early in 1894. He was twice tried, found guilty, and sentenced to hang. He escaped from the Fulton Tower in broad daylight on October 21, 1895. He has never even been heard from since, although hunted far and near. The famous mythical char acter of “Brown Allen” was invented by Myers in his de fense, he claiming that a man of that name, not himself, killed Crowley. It was proved that a sign on Brown & Allen’s drug store suggested the name to Myers. i Many ExplanationsOf- fered for Complete 1 )isappearance of In ventor of “Brown Al len,” City’s Famous Mythical Character. But Without Basis. | had his hair dyed. When the job was finished the barber smilingly remark - “Your own mother wouldn’t know you now.” “That’s just what I want,” calmly replied the youth. But, despite his disguise, his iden tity was discovered by the two offi cers in Cincinnati, and he was cap tured easily. oration for the heart broken girl, Myers protected her to the last, whatever may have been his emo tions. In all of his trials and tribula tions and as, in his solitude, visions of the gallows tortured hlnj, her name never passed his lips. If he was to die an Ignoble death, he would spare her public disgrace—he would not in crease her pain. When Myers finally bolted from Jail, his fiancee’s emotions were sud denly transformed Into unutterable joy. Day after day she gleaned the newspapers anxiously, eager to as ertaln whether he had been caught, It wa on his tliKht to Cincinnati that My *rs, a though fie •ing from the law Hid iiaun ted by lis victim, again disp! lye 1 his mark ?d fondness for Kiris c >n Hi e train w is a bevy of Kiris on their .way to Shorter college, in R •mt , and Myers ar iused himself by liirti na tie finu liy struck up a conv *rsf tion with a pretty girl. da uk lit** of promim nt parents in a soutl G eorgk town, an d rode beside her aim ost a 11 the wa y to Rome. laughing and chatting as though he was merely on a pleasure jaunt. When this girl later learned that her companion of the train was a fugitive murderer, she aluoct went into hysterics. Story of the Killing. The murder of Crowley occurred earl) in 1894. The scene of the t rag* ly was situated just beyond Davis or whether the horde of detectives on park, half a mile from the Gordon Myers went to Roswell, and, introducing .himself to young Crow- \S time 1 . - • d and tie fugitive* seem- ley represented himself as a railroad Ills trail had obtained a tangible clew i III I * »U UUliiK .miiiotrii i«» v .v. ‘ ley. represented himself as a railrc I snf« , tin girl resumed her normal contractor in search of mules. He I place In tlu* affairs of hoi - family, but was Uolnyr some snidin« near At-j ,, lanta, lie explained, and needed extra eke was never quit.• tlic same. stock. He l.ad heard that Crowley Of late years it had been rumored |, m ] sorne fl n e mules for sale, that .Myers had passed entirely out On the pretext of buying mules he 1 .. . .... then induced Crowley to come to At-! luntu. Crowley shipped several mules Figuratively, 111.' noose still dangles , n aiivulK e, and, with his father, Sea-J from the* crossbeam of the gallows, horn 'Towley, then one of the most] Should fate, in the years to come, do- prosperous men In that section and .' , , ()lfl now in llie real estate business in liver the long sought fuglthe into the, Afl;(ma met Myfrs lien*. Crowley outstretc hed hands of the law. he will ids mules in a stable in Ala-I h ive to enter eternity through the banm street, near Forsyth. He had J grim death trap as long ago decreed. brought with him several hundred dollars. Myers suggested to young His caw. for the second time, wag in; Crowle ’ y tllnt they drive out to t the supreme court when he escaped, “works,” and hired a horse and buggy and, the time limit in that tribunal from the stable. having expired, lie would have no fur- Late that afternoon, Myers return- tlier recourse in the courts. id alone with the buggy and paid lor Twice Convicted. its hire. Forrest Crowley was to meet lit was twice tried and each time id a father at a certain point down- convict >d without a recommendation town after the drive, but he failed to mercy. Following the first trial, t () show up. Night came on, and lie the supreme court iwt i ed the lower was still absent. Crowley was a model court and granted a new trial. After young man, and had never before the second conviction, another appeal railed his father.' The latter became was taken to the supreme court. This alarmed and notified the detective de- appeal was pending when he took ; partment. flight. It was tin* prevailing opinion When the livery stable man inform- that he would have been turned down this time, and ids execution seemed certain within a A w weeks. ed detectives that Myers had return ed alone in the buggy, a systematic search immediately was begun. The Although no definite evidence was trugic hunt came to an end the next ever unearthed, officers of the law and morning with the finding of the dead the public generally wore convinced body of the young Roswell man in a that the escape of Myers was the re- I dump of weeds in the secluded spot j suit of a well laid plot, hatched when i u . V ond West End. H hod been shot all other ruses and legal moves had) j n the back of the head, and his failed to sweep the dread gallows money was gone. Then came the reve- froin the young man’s pathway. It lation that Will Myers had disappear- cost tin* job of a jailer named Pol- ed. When he was captured . and lock, who was on duty at the time, brought back to Atlanta, he stoutly and resulted In a new regime in the protested that he was innocent. Origin of "Brown Allen." tlon. It was from tills plea that grew the | The esi ape occurred about l o’clock J famous mythical character of Brown! in the afternoon of Monday, October Allen, which figured as a star fea- 2 1. 1S95. A W"tnan. a close personal ture in the two trials of the accused friend of the Myers family, called at slayer. Under the press ol* circum- the jail that afternoon to see "Wil- stances, Myers finally admitted going lie.” as lie was familiarly called. Jailer to the scene of the murder with Crow - l*ollock, instead of admitting the ley. but declared they were aeeom- w oman to the pi ison, lei Myers come panied by a third man—Brow n Al- iluw n into tlv Jail office to set* her. U n. Myers said he remained in the on his way down. Myers borrowed buggy, while Crowley and Brown Al- I i a Rat fi in a negro prisoner. As he h>n walked over the hill to the spot sat in the office chitting with his t> f the murder. When Brown Allen caller, Pollock opened the office door returned to the buggy. Myers said, i to admit another visitor. This door he explained that he had shot Crow -1 was tin* only obstacle between the lev. Myers said he then drove backl condemned man and fn edom. Leap-! to the city, and that Brown Allen The girls camo from the two clubs into which the association members are divided, til© IS. 1. 45. P. club and the Clover club. The two clubs, In stilling spirit of friendly rivalry and hospitality, keep alive the work of the association more than any other factor, it is regarded, giving it a kind of ‘ginger.” But they both are united on the proposition of the Walking club. Miss Genevieve Saunders is presi- , dent of the 8. I. S. P. club, and Miss Cora L. Jessup heads the Clover club, and both are active in the organiza tion of the Walking club. Men are not exactly craved as com- „ panions on the hiking trips of the girls. At first, said Miss Pool, as a concession to the lovelorn among its member*, it was announced that the girls might bring along their beaux, If they desired. Bui complications were foreseen, and a tffobable injury to the earnest work of the club was •' lid tL< u. * ’ * w .< r jiiaiic* d. L'" ’famaii nr iv/u hu> something the girl.' lory to exp ce on the t Pff- or t .o nn i favored. But. afu ^party and a girls’ s>v;ig \ veil. W . iinething of nature lain to them his rip may be borne men may thus be r all. it is a girls club, and they ge« lank you. u ing ’from his scat, he shoved Pollock aside, and darted through the door way. Outdistance Jailer. On the steps, lie stumbled and fell, but was on his feet again in a Jiffy. left tilt* buggy in the outskirts and boarded a trolley car. 'Pile state branded Brow n Allen a | myth by one of the most dramatic, bits of evidence ever produced in a ( murder trial in this city. It was He run to the corner of Fair str* et. shown that Myers, just before board- a short distance away, and up Fair ing the train for Cincinnati, made a| to Capitol ;t\«niu\ Jailor Polloek. purchase in the store of Eiseman & 1 leaving the jail door open, pursued Well, at the corner of Whitehall street him about two blocks and then fell and tin* railroad. This was before up against a fence exhausted Myers' home In Alexander street, and the homes of his friends in dif ferent parts of the city were con sistently shadowed by detectives for weeks, but no tn found here. This was Myers’ second flight--hi* first was a failur ■*. He fled from At- the time of the Whitehall street via duct. The drug store of Brown & Al- I len was then situated across the street from the clothing store. Stand ing h; the door of the Lisenian ^tore f him was ever and looking across the street, a per son would read the drug store sign “Brown Allen”—-a telegraph pole com-J plctely blotted out the A pho- lanta immediately after the murder tograph, showing this, was tendered of Crowley, hut a few days later was in evidence. captured in Clneinnati by Captain M. The state contended that this was 1\ Rolan, of the Covington. Ky. the creation of “Brown Allen, uiiir- forcc and a Cincinnati detective, derer.” Ju t bel’oi. - i'.vii’Lv \tlanta. .Myers Tii contention conv'.u vd two ju- vlsited a barber shop, was shaved and , rles. Told By the Funny Fellows Jurisprudential. Student—If the legislative body in a city should say that four-wheeled ve hicles could go 60 miles an hour, while three-wheeled ones could only go 30, would that be special legislation V Professor-—What do you w ant to do —go on a joy ride with a velocipede? Hard on Father. (Lippincott.’s.) Supper was in progress and the father was telling about a row which took nlace in front of his store that morning: “The first thing 1 saw was one man deal the oth r a sounding blow and then a crowd gathered. The man who was struck ran and grabbed a large shovel he had been using on the street, and rushed back, his eyes blazing fierce ly. 1 thought he’d surely knock the other man’s brains out. and 1 stepped right in between them The young sun of the family had had stopped eating his pudding. So proud was he of his fa tiler’s valor his eyes fairly shone, and he cried: "He couldn’t knock any brains out of you. could he, father?” Father looked at him long and earnestly, but the lad’s countenance was frank and open. Father gasped slightly and re sumed his supper. The Doctor's Twins. An Irish doctor, while enjoying a holiday in 4 he country, took the op portunity, along with a friend, to go fishing. During operations the doc tor’s sinker came off and was lost. Here was a dilemma no sinker, no num Us i ng that . H ippy thought. He had a bottle in his pocket. The bottle was tilled with water, carefully corked and sent down on its mission. After a few minutes’ interval the doctor, twins this time!” exclaimed his companion. "Yes." quoth the doctor, "and brought up on the bottle, too.” The Succession. A teacher was hearing the class in civics and asked this question: "If the President, Vice Presiden and all the members of the Cabinet) died, who would officiate?” The class thought for some time, trying in vain to recall who came next in succession. James at last had a happy inspira tion and he answered: “The undertaker.” Suspicious. a bi in fi ua rra p» Brer Rabbit—Hear about tho tn ble in the barnyard to-day? Challii Bug Slip it to me. Bivr Rabbit—Why. little John Smith put some Faster eggs in <j pudew on his i of the hens' nests and Chanti* hiding a fine I nearly killed the pe n peueouk bet'. Ii 1h*"k. “Ho, J lie learned the truth. STARTLING REVELATIONS MADE j ABOUT DISEASES THAT WRECK MEN’S LIVES “! Can Cure You If You CAN Be Cured” DR. WM. M. BAIRD. Brown-Randolph Building, 56 Marietta St., Atlanta. T HIS is a message of hope—a message to suffer ing manhood throughout the South. It is a message from the South’s most eminent spe cialist to young men, to middle-aged men and to the men who are comparatively young in years but who are really aged. It is a message which will bring joy to the hearts burdened with sorrow and comfort to bodies tortured with pain. It is a plain statement of truth about the diseases which wreck men’s lives and tells of the won derful work which has been accomplished by the South’s most eminent and successful specialist, Dr. William M. Baird, of Atlanta. Few men of the medical profession have met with the success which has marked his professional career. By years of study, research and specializing, he has made himself a master of the diseases in which he specializes, with the result that hundreds of men throughout the South have been made to realize that all was not lost and that life was worth living after all. Years and years ago Dr. Baird realized that more wrecked homes, wasted lives and human suffering were caused by venereal diseases than by any other one cause. Few agreed with him at that time, but as time went by and such matters became the subject of legislative inquiry and the medical profession be gan to study these diseases and their deplorable re sults more closely, it was generally agreed that he was right. And notwithstanding the fact that he was ridi culed years ago for the positive declarations he made, he continued his study along original lines and learn ed many valuable things concerning the treatment of these chronic diseases. That is why he has been so successful. That is why he has brought relief and happiness to those who were in the depths of despair and who had been faked and bled by unscrupulous quacks. Dr. Baird has declared for thirty years that fully eighty or eighty-five per cent of the operations upon women can be traced directlv to chronic local dis- DR. WM. eases. Other eminent specalists to-day agree with him. Much of this suffering could have been prevented by the proper care and treatment of the diseases in the first place. After the condition became chronic, it was difficult to deal with and the sufferer dealt with honest physicians who honestly misunderstood his his condition and then drifted to dishonest quacks whose only thoughts were to get his money. . Because of the many years of study and special izing, Dr. Baird has been able to successfully treat these difficult cases and effect CURES. He has al ways pointed out the difference between temporary relief—the temporary removal of symptoms—and permanent cures. There are in his private files today hundreds of letters filled with words of blessing and praise for the benefits he has wrought. He has letters of heartfelt thanks from those who were on the brink of a sui cide’s grave—from those who have been lifted from the depths of despair to the heights of happiness. These letters have come from young men old before their time—nervous wrecks on the verge of insanity. They have come from mid dle-aged men who had paid the penalty of past folly and from old men from whose hearts the spark of hope had fled. It was Dr. Baird who demonstrated time and time again that hundreds of men were being treated for rheumatism, kidney trouble and various organic diseases whose troubles were of a nervous nature caused by prostatic irritation. By properly diagnosing these cases, learning the CAUSE and then RE MOVING the cause, he has effected cures. He has had patients with agonizing pains which honestly mistaken doctors attributed to various causes who have been relieved and restored to health after their cases had been carefully studied, correctly diagnosed and then treated patiently. Never has Dr. Baird claimed to be the discoverer of some strange medicine or secret treatment. In stead, he has always pointed out that his success was due to a more thorough knowledge of the diseases in which he has specialized for thirty-five years. In this connection he has declared time and again that what the medical profession needed was not new specifics or alleged “sure-cures,” but a better knowledge of how and when to use the remedies already known to medical science. One carpenter might take an excellent set of tools and in building a table make a botch of it. On the other hand, another carpenter with more knowl edge regarding the use of these tools will turn out a magnificent piece of work. The carpenter who made a botch of the job didn’t need any different kind of tools—he needed more knowledge concerning their use. It is the same way in medicine. Dr. Baird has devoted his life to the study of diseases of men, chron ic diseases and nervous disorders. He knows these diseases and knows how to treat them successfully with the remedies known to medical science. He -knows WHAT to do and WHEN to do it. He has no shotgun treatment, as it were. He carefully studies each individual case, diagnoses it and treats it accord ing to the needs of that particular case. It is doubtful if there is a more modern or better equipped laboratory and office in the South than that of Dr. Baird. He has every scientific appliance to assist him in his battle with disease and in his ef forts to help suffering manhood. Because of the many years of study and special izing in these Diseases of Men, Chronic Diseases and Nervous Disorders, Dr. Baird has had no hesitancy in declaring that he can cure any case which CAN be cured. He makes no charge for examination, so there is no reason why any man should continue to suffer. It makes no difference how many others have failed. Dr. Baird has succeeded dozens of times where others have failed simply because he has been a crank on diagnosis—because he has insisted upon finding out the CAUSE of the trouble and then removing the cause. If you cannot arrange to call on Dr. Baird at his offices in the Brown-Randolph building, write to him. Tell him about yourself. Have a heart-to-heart talk with him through the mail. His letters alone have instilled hope into the hearts of hundreds. He has some very interesting booklets which he has written and which he will be glad to send free by mail in plain, sealed wrapper. But if you can possibly ar range it, call upon him and tell him your trouble. He will help you if help is possible. . BAIRD 56 Marietta Street J Brown-Randolph Building ATLANTA, GA. -r\