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TUT: ATLANTA (iKPK(il.'VN T AM) NKVU3 .MON I)A \ . Al'KJL L'l, IMS. 3 SWAINSBORO. April 21.—Jordan Flanders, one of the brothers of the late Fred Flanders, for whose death I>r. \V. J. McNaughton has been sen tenced to death and Mrs. Mattie Flan ders, his wife, is now under indict ment for murder, has given out a re markable statement from the family of the dead man. "We do not concede the inno cence of my brother’s wife,” he says. "We do not for a moment doubt her guilt. "But we do recognize a differ ence between the guilt of Mrs. Flanders and Dr. McNaughton. Mrs. Flanders actually adminis tered the poisons which resulted in his death, but it does not nec essarily follow that she knew the character of the drugs. I am quite sure now, although unknow ing at that time, that even I also have administered poison to my brother. "We know that not every dis loyal wife is willing to join in a plot to kill her husband, and not every man who conceives a plot to murder his affinity’s husband and secure his property, as well as his wife, is willing to trust her with the secret of his intention.” Jordan Flanders’ Statement. The statement of Jordan Flanders follows: No one regrets the necessity of this continuance more than the P'landers family. The con stant worry and repeated prepa rations for this case have been a great strain on us. 1 would be thankful, indeed, if it could be terminated, but there are »o many witnesses scattered over the State that it seems, even with every effort, almost impossible to pro cure their attendance when need ed. We can only do all in our power, and I sincerely pray thaf at the July term nothing will pre vent a final disposition of this case. Until the night before the case was called we expected fully to be able tt^ dispose of the case, but the presence of our absent wit nesses was so very material that even Colonel J. Alex Smith and Colonel Luther Rosser, represent ing the defendant, were obliged to concede the force of our posi tion. The Flanders family have felt since they have been engaged in tiie prosecution of this, the high est crime known to law, that they wished to do everything in their power to insure this case being disposed of fairly and impartially. Alleges Plot to Mislead. We have rigidly refrained from rushing into print to poison the public mind, deling that such a course, while possibly approved by usage when indulged in by the defendant, is unbecoming when used in behalf of the State. But the persistent efforts to mislead the people of Georgia unfamiliar with this crime, by the manipu lation of an evidently carefully planned campaign devoted to the writing of such articles, have led us to the conclusion that it is our duty to the people of Emanuel County to set right some of the erroneous impressions sought to be made. Dr. McNaughton has b£en sen tenced to death, and, as we all know from our knowledge of hu man nature, that fact in itself is sufficient to rally to his support all of those well-intentioned but misguided people who, being of a sentimental or hysterical turn of mind, see nothing but the con demned man in jail awaiting the gallows. It has always seemed strange to me that this class of people devote so little thought to the innocent victim whose body .ies beneath the sod, but yet such is the nature of mankind. The • lead are soon forgotten, while the living continue to occupy our thoughts. Fred Flanders was our young est brother. I suppose there are none who knew him who would take issue with the statement that he was a kindly. Christian man. If he had ever done harm to any one, I have never heard of it. He would go out of his way to do a kindness, and a harsh, un kind word seldom, if ever, fell from his lips. While no children had been born to him and his wife, yet they lived happily. Into this happy home crept a viper, and the result we all know. Do Not Doubt Her Guilt. We wish particularly to cor rect the statement so often made in the public press of late that the Flanders family conceded the innocence of Mrs. Flanders. We do not for a moment doubt her guilt; much less do we concede it. Still we recognize the vast difference between the case against Dr. McNaughton and that against Mrs. Flanders. Dr. McNaughton was a physi cian. He attended Fred during his last illness, being the only one who prescribed any part of the course of treatment or the drugs used. Two facts must be admitted; to deny them is sheer folly. One is Fred Flanders is dead. The second is that he died as a result of an administration of arsenic. Dr. McNaughton claims, in substance, that he died as a result of a complication of diseases. This explanation of his death from a physician is about as intelligent as to say that the man is dead because he died. The arsenic was found in Fred’s body; will some of those who are so hysterically support ing the cause of the doctor give us any reasonable explanation of how it got tnere? They have never offered but one, that was through the use of embalming fluid. No one who heard the trial, or who will take the trouble to read the reported evidence at the trial, would have the effront ery to claim that this explanation is not completely exploded; first, because the body was not em balmed: second, because there was absolutely no arsenic in . what little fluid was used by the undertaker. Admits Hfi Gave Drugs. Search the facts in this case where you will, and the finger of fate points uneeringly to Dr. W. J. McNaughton as the needle of the compass to the north. Still we recognize the fact that as far as the case against Mrs. Flan ders is concerned, she must be connected with the administra tion of this poison. It. of course must be shown that she had knowledge of these facts, and while the relations shown to have existed between McNaugh ton and Mrs. Flanders furnished a motive for her, yet it did not necessarily show that she was acquainted by McNaughton with the character of the drugs he was administering. She. of course, administered these drugs, but, as far as that is concerned, I have no doubt that I have also administered them. 'I certainly gave to my brother at different times medi cines prescribed by the doctor. And I am quite sure now. al though unknowing at the time, that these drugs contained some of the very arsenic that killed him. We know that not every dis loyal wife is willing to join in a plot to kill her husband, and not every man who conceives a plot to murder his paramour's hus band and secure his property, as well as his wife, is willing to trust his paramour with the se cret of his intention. Generally her very infatuation tends to blind her to the real purpose of her lover. Distinguishes Between Cases. We have thus called attention to the distinction between those two cases because we believe it is right and fair to the people of the State that.it be done. We want to be frank in this matter. We believe the guilty should be punished, but they must be legally punished. We have never been willing to asi: for a convic tion on sentiment. We must ask it on facts. During the present week a number of emissaries of Dr. Mc Naughton have been here, not for the purpose really of the trial of Mrs. Flanders, but for the sole purpose of endeavoring to work up an artificial sentiment in fa vor of McNaughton. They have tried to create the impression and have through newspaper ar ticles said that one dare not in Emanuel County mention above a whisper his belief in the in- !Flanders’ Relative Indicted for Arson Accused of Burning Swamsboro i House After Chase a ia Sher- j lock Holmes The elements of a Sherlock Holmes yarn are contained in the story re lated to-day by State Fire Inspector \V. R. Joyner of the manner evidence was obtained wnich resulted in the finding of an indictment for arson against Charles M Flanders. By the arrest ot Flanders another member of the prominent Emanuel County family is bought into the limelight. The entire State has been Interested in the case o' Matti- Flanderx, whoso arraignment for complicity in the murder of her hus band, Fred Flanders, has been post poned again, the sixth time. The Sheriff’s bloodhounds, tell-tale footprints, a five mile trail of a buggy track and a half dozen other favor ite sleuthing devices were employed in ::V5stenin upon Flanders sufficient suspicion to warrant the issuance of the true bill. Slays Wife and Commits Suicide Former Pulaski Official Enacts Double Tragedy Following Domestic Troubles. COCHRAN. GA., April 21. -Domes tic troubles that had caused a sep aration several months ago resulted to-day in A. J. Thompson, one of lhe > most prominent men of this section, shooting his wife to death and then committing suicide. The double trag edy leaves a 10-year-old son an or phan. Thompson formerly was Commis sioner of Roads and Revenues of Pu laski County, before the creation f the new county of Bleckley, of which Cochran is county seat. His brother, Morgan Thompson, is Mayor of Haw- kinsville. Continued From Page Or.e. group Freed Convict Lives Here to Avoid Vice "More than half of my life has been spent in jails and prisons and I am tired of it.” So said Walter Turpin, who, Feb ruary 22, completed a five-year sen tence at the A-tlanta Federal prison. "I want to make an honest living if I can and I think 1 can in Atlanta,” said * Turpin, "because it is hard to get whisky here, and whisky was my downfall. Since I left prison I have lived honestly and I want to keep it up.” Turpin is 35 years old and a shoe maker by trade. nocence of McNaughton. Yet these very emissaries have dur ing the present week boldly pro claimed their intention to obtain an absolute pardon for McNaugh ton. and have been quite bold in their statements that he will be pard ,ned in less than a week. Foresees Plea For Pardon. We have no doubt of their in tention to ask for a pardon in the extreme to which sentiment will go, but that such pardon will be granted by the Governor who has so fearlessly stood for law and order, after this man has received, as the people of this county know, as fair a trial as was Tver accorded to a human being, and after this conviction has been twice passed on by trial judges, and twice affirmed by the Supreme Court of George, we dis miss as absurd. The agents for Dr. McNaugh- toft have endeavored assiduously to create an impression that he was denied a fair trial; that he could not obtain a fair trial in Emanuel County. This is a large county, one of the largest in the State, and as citizens proud of our native heath, which we be lieve one of the fairest. Its population is above 25,000; its people, we believe, are the fair est-minded on earth A charge such as this we think a slander on the integrity of our citizens, and we are not willing to let it go unchallenged. We invite any impartial per son to come .*nd investigate foi himself, and see whether or not the people of Emanuel County are the best judges of the guilt or Innocence of Dr. McNaughton. They knew Fred Flanders In his life; they knew Dr. McNaugh ton; they saw the conduct of the three before the death; they saw the conduct of the doctor and the widow after the death. They are familiar with the surrounding facts and circumstances. They heard the evidence at the trial, and 'he people of our county, after nearly three years’ lapse of time, are still firm in their be lief that Justice has been meted out in this case according to the verdict of the jury. proved willing posers for the of new paper photographers. Andrea DeSogurola the baritone comedian, came in fur much inspec tion because of the monocle he wears. He holds the unique distinction of being the only member of the troup in whose contract is stipulated that he may wear a monocle. Caruso’s appearance upon the ve randa was the cause- of mild asensa- tion. Other members of the troup gathered around him while he ». endeavoring to open tip his kouak, and the onlookers edged up closer. Ho was somewhat disappointed when an examination bv one of the news paper photographers revealed the fact that the camera was broken. "Well, I am back to you again,” he replied to.a greeting. have been treated mighty nice in Atlanta, and am always glad'of the opportunity to come back. I think the » it;$ is beau tiful is what you call hustling— while the appreciation <*f music is great. Pickaninny Interests Caruso. "All of us like to come here, and we are always talking when away of the time when we will come hack here. When a person wants to coine back to a place I suppose that is the best evidence that they like it mighty well.” Caruso was very much interested in the negro "as be really is.” and the appearance of a- little ragged pickaninny drew general attention from the troupe. Caruso and several others took snapshots of the little ne gro, and when Caruso handed him a half-dollar the little negro showed his appreciation by jumping into the air and executing a dance, then walked away singing, giving the great vocal ists an exhibition of melody in its natural state. More interest centered around An tonio Scotti than any of the other great stars, for it was Scotti who is hailed as the man who obtained grand opera for Atlanta. A radiant, s'lender, dark-eyed girl attracted the eyes of most of the star ing throng that was at the Terminal Station yesterday afternoon to greet the first of the grand opera singers. The eyes lighted with recognition as they fell on the familiar faces of En rico Caruso and Antonio Scotti, and then widened with unbelief at the sight of Mademoiselle Lucezia Borl. All consideration for grammar fled "Is that her?” asked the throng of each other, and then preseed closer. Charmed by Bori’a Beauty. The women in the staring throng were first to acquire the conviction that this was really Mademoiselle Lucrezia Bori, the beautiful. In tricacies of an artistic sartorial en semble impressed them before it did the men. But after a long look or two, intuition came also to the men, that the slender young woman was an unusual person. Then everybody seemed to know. Mademoiselle Bori, patiently posing before photographers and moving pic ture operators, accepted with a smile her dismissal at their hands, and with an active leap was in the automobile that was waiting to fane her to the hotel. Caruso and Scotti were put through the same gauntlet nr photographers and admirers. It wan something like fifteen minutes afte*- the train from the East arrived tha~ the little party left the station for the Georgian Ter race Hotel. Opera Promoters Greet Star*. At the station a numr-r of leaders in the Atlanta Music Festival Asso ciation were present to greet the stars to Atlanta, among them H. M. Atkinson, John E. Murphy, Harvey Johnson and B. M Grant. The four accompanied the singers to the Geor gian Terrace, where a crowd, a little more sedate than the Terminal Sta tion throng, but staling with no less avidity, awaited the coming of the stars. With the singer.- was W. J. Guard, publicity agent of the Metropolitan Company, who was busiest of all at the station, because he found a num ber of friends. Other mefnbers of the party were Vincenzo Bori. Arthur D. Payne and G. Scoquamitio, Caru so's accompanist. Wedding Gifts for Kaiser’s Daughter Worth $2,500,000 All the Royalties of Europe Will Gither a* the Brilliant Ceremony. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. April 21. -The prepara tions for the wedding of Princess Victoria Louise, the Kaiser's daugh ter, to Prince Finest of Cumber- | land, give promise that It will be one of the most •brilliant ceremonies; ever seen in Europe. The galaxy of royal tic.- to be pres- • ent will include tin Kaiser and! Kaiserln. the King and Queen of I HE ASSESSED MERCER AT FISHERIES MEET. State Game Warden Jessp Mercer left to-day for Norfolk, Va.. where he will attend a convention of the shell fisher- of the oyster States. He will outline to the convention hie plan lor protecting the oyster beds that are being depleted. Deposit Your Savings in the banks than urn England the czar of Russia, the King an Queen of Italy, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the King »>f Dcnmu'k. and probably the kings of Uouiniula and Norway. The value of the Wedding presents ia estimated at $2,500,000. The Kais er’s gifts to his daughter include jewelry of his own designing. The bride iti-o wiil receive costly gifts from all the royalties of Europe. Manj German cities have voted sums up to $50,000 for wedding gifts. I Worsham Defends ‘Long Distance' Pay Declares His and Dr. White’s Work Would Cost More Under Any Other System. L Worsham, State Entomologist, to-day declared he would make no fight on the proposed action of the board of the State experimental sta tion to discontinue the co-operative system by which he and Dr. II. C. White, of the faculty of the College of Agriculture, are members of the staff of the experimental station and receive salaries. "if any tight is to be made it nec essarily would be made from the oth er end.” said Mr. Worsham. "We can only await action. The work we are doing, however, Ts work that can not be done in any other way except by making a much larger expenditure. We are doing work for the State City tax assessments on have been increased more $1,000,000 this year. Tills was learned to-day fr authentic source, despite efforts of of ficials to keep it ?* cret. The increase is based on larger capital, surplus and undivided profits This increase is the largest ever imposed on Atlanta banks in one yea:*. Also it is a positive evidence of their growth and prosperity. At the tax rate of .0125 per cent it gives an ad - [ dilional income of $12,500 to the city. City Gets $200,000. The totgl increase in personalty as sessments, it is estimated, will exceed 1 M.000,000. Reports have been made (that realty assessments will be $12,- ! 000,000 more than last year, making ' a grand total increase of $10,000,000. This means n net increase in income of $200,000 from this source. These favorable reports, though, form a contrast to the unsettled con ditions that have reigned in the tax office since the first of tile year. Sweeping changes inaugurated by Alderman John E. McClelland have been resisted by the three tax asses sors, J. L. Harrison, C. I>. Meador and John Malone. A new order was seen to-day with the announcement by Mayor Wood ward of the appointment of Council man Charles W. Smith, of the Ninth Ward, to succeed Alderman McClel land as chairman of the tax commit tee. Lightens McClelland's Duties. Mayor Woodward is relieving Al derman McClelland of some of his du ties as a means of persuading him to withdraw his resignation as Al derman. "I am going into the issue of tax equalization thoroughly,” said Coun cilman Smith, "but whatever is don > will be done without any fuss and feathers.” Strongest In the 4P Cent, Compounded Semi-Annually Trust Company of Georgia State Bank South Capital and Surplus $1,800,000 Equitable Bldg. Pryor Street LIVE AGENTS WANTED Our Tire Tonic Is the Best Made Our Prices the Lowest We want agents all over the South, and eial offer to make you. Write quick. have a spe- Silver Lining 41-43 Ivy Street, Tire Tonic Company Atlanta, U. S. A. ^'“s! ^’i^na^in CONDEMNED MAN BEGS TO DIE IN FASHION’S LATEST any other way. By the co-operative system and the aid we get from the Federal Government, it is costing a little over $800. I do not think the board contemplates discontinuing the co-operative system, as it has given the best results.” Boy Tells Police He Was Kidnaped UNIONTOWN, PA.. April 21.—John Harris, a negro, sentenced to be hanged Thursday, to-day asked tlm authorities to allow him to die attired In a flashy black and white suit and tan shoes, instead of the plain black clothes and shoes usually furnished j by the county. His request probably will be granted. Harris killed Thomas Jones here. Lad, Eight, Declares Negro Man Brought Him Here From Macon on a Freight Train. Bareheaded and barefooted a bright-faced, blue-eyed boy of eight years to-day wandered into the At lanta National Bank Building and told a remarkable story of having been kidnaped by a strange negro in Macon this morning at 3 o'clock and brought to Atlanta on top of a freight train. He gave his name as Theodore Roosevelt Henry and said his mother is Mrs. Margaret Henry, of 340 Co lumbus Avenue, Macon. G. H. Carefoot, who is connected with the office of Dr. J. H. Powell, 315 Atlanta National Bank Building, took the little chap to the police station and turned him over to Chief Beav ers. Indorsed by the Grand Opera Stars FARRAR GADSKI CARUSO SCOTTI MARTIN The Popular Confection Everywhere 25c to $3.50 the Box Made of '*Melt-tn-Ycur-Mouth” Materials Manufactured hy HARRY L. SCHLES1NGER Tidal Wave Wrecks Pavilions at Tybee Savannah Rushes Aid to Save Beach Buildings Threatened by Sea. SAVANNAH, GA., April 21.- A ti dal wave to-day caused several thou sand dollars’ damage to pavilions and bath houses at Tybee Beach. Prop erty owners are working hard to pre vent a repetition of the disaster by another tide this afternoon. Car penters and laborers from the city went to the beach this afternoon in response to a call for help. The principal damage was done to the big pavilion of the Tybee Hotel, pilings have been washed away and wharves are showing signs of weak ening under the strain. Temporary pilings will be driven and an attempt made to tie the bath houses temporarily so that the high water will not float them out to sea. Love of Girl Causes Boy, 14, to Kill Three Lad Munches Apple While Telling of Slaying Sweetheart’s Mother and Sisters. ELGIN, ILL., April 21.—Love of an eleven-year-old girl to-day was be lieved to have been the motive for the murder of Mrs. Maud Sleep and her two children by Herman Coppes, the four teen-year-old confessed slay er. The girl is Ida Sleep, daughter of the murdered woman. "Mrs. Sleep saw me kissing Ida and told me she would whip me," said the boy in his cell in the Elgin jail J to-day. I didn’t like Mrs. Sleep, but I I did like Ida awfully much.” j Then he recited the details *>f his j crime to .•• large crowd in the jail office. The boy munched an apple as he talked. Guard Royal Party From Suffragettes Extra Precautions Taken to Protect King and Queen on Tour of Western England. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, April 21.—Elaborately guarded from suffragettes, King George and Queen Mary left London to-day for a four-days’ trip through Western England. The King and Queen will spend most of their time in Cheshire, where they will visit the extensive railroad and pottery works. Plain clothes detectives accompany their majesties and the usual prscau- tions have been doubled. THE PLAYS THIS WEEK Variety in Bill At the Grand. A whole lot of confidence is j n what has been sai'l in advance of at tractions coming to the Grand, and the advance declaration for this week is that the show is one of the best com binations of real quality in vaudeville that has been assembled at the big theater. There are two headliners and five fea tures on the program, and none of these seven acth conflict with another. There is variety, and it is variety that has made vaudeville as popular as it Is. Truly Shattuck, famous during two .->ea- sons as the most popular musical com edy star that hat; been associated with a Broadway success, is one of the head liners Miss Shattuck has been Identi fied with recent George M. Cohan suc cesses, and would still be entertaining with that comedian but for induce ments that brought her to vaudeville for a brief season. Another headliner is Little Billy, a boy who is the tiniest headliner In all vaulevllle, but a giant in entertaining ability. Others on the bib are Jere Grady, Frankie Carpenter and company in their stage-life comedy play, “The Butter fly. James Leonard and company in a travesty entitled "When Ham Let? Her;" Ed Morton, the comedian who sings: the Mario Trio, a most inter esting aerial act, and the Fred St. Onge company in a delightful and Interest ing novelty bicycle act. Stock Company Opens To-night. To-night the Miss Billy Long Stock Company will open Its summer season at the Atlanta Theater in the Lillian Russell play, "Wildfire.” Popular prices will prevail and during the summer matinees will be given Wednesdays and Saturdays. This is the first summer en gagement ever played at the Atlanta, and the management Is confident the company will make a hit. Miss Long has a wonderful personality ami It is believed .that she will quickly leap into popularity. “Wildfire” is a pla> that will appeal to all, and tHe* indications point to a good patronage in the fac* of grand opera and other attractions UNFAIR TO THE DRUGGIST Tl:e Old Joke About “Some thing Just as Good,” Doesn't Apply to This Drug Store. ^ °u have probably heard dozen, of times the old story that a drug store was a place to 'get some thing Just as good." There is at least one druggist In tho world that you can’t say this about. 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