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3 TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.MONDAY. APRIL 28. 1013. MOTHER SOBS OVER FITE Of ARTHITO MTTT T T \ Y Tllisyo ! ,tl '' fonnr,y H str,,et,,Hrt ' on ‘ ■iilv k ill UJ Iv It A VJ m-j LllN riuctor, is held in connection with the | UD IS 1 1 investigation of the slaying of Mary Phagan in the basement of the National Pencil Factory in South Forsyth Street. He stoutly denies any connection with the crime, and declares his arrest is a “horrible mistake.” MJILIT, m “I Could Trust Her Anywhere,” She Cries, and Adds, “No Working Girl Is Safe.” Lying on the bed in her little home on Lindsay Street, prostrated with sorrow over the murder of her 14- y ear-old daughter, Mary Phagan, Mrs. W. J. Coleman sobbed out the pitiful story of how sweet and fresh her child had left home Saturday, and issued a warning to all Atlanta mothers to guard the welfare of their own daughters forced to work for a living. “There are so many unscrupulous men in the world,” she cried. “It's so dangerous for young girls working out. Their every step should be watched. Mothers should question them and ask them about their work and associates and surroundings. They should continually tell them what they ought to do, and how they ought to act under certain circum stances.” Girl Liked Work. She declared that she never would have permitted Mary to go out to work at the age she did—12 years—if it hadn’t been that there were five children in the family and It was absolutely necessary for all of them to earn something toward their sup port. That was before she married her present husband, Mr. Coleman. “That was a year ago,” said Mrs. Coleman, “and then it wouldn’t have been necessary for Mary to work. But she had got into the habit of it and liked it, and I thought she could take care of herself as she al ways had.” “Oh, the poor baby!” she sobbed. “I did talk to her! I did tell her what to do! I was always telling her! And she took my advice, I know, because she was always so sensible about everything. Besides, she never was a child to flirt or act silly. That’s why I know that when she went away with this man who killed her she was either overpow ered or he threatened her.” Mrs. Coleman said that girls ought to look out for themselves, too, and never permit any familiarity from men. 1 “When a girl is pretty,” she de clared, “naturally she is attractive to men. Mary was pretty, too; and, be sides that, she was always happy and in a good humor. She had never stayed out any night before in the two years she had been at work. I could trust her anywhere I knew be cause she was always so straightfor ward, and what I thought w T hen she didn’t come home was that she had met up with her aunt from Marietta, who was in town, and had gone home with her and had no way to let me . know.” Too Young to Know. She covered her face with her hands. “And to think that at the time I •was thinking that she was in the hands of a merciless brute! Oh, if only Mr. Coleman had happened along the street and found her! They tell me she was crying on a corner at 12 ^o’clock and this man she was with was cursing her when a police man came up and asked her what was the matter. She just told him she had got dust in her eye. I guess the reason she didn’t say anything was because she was afraid the man would kill her, and, in fact, just didn’t know’ what to do. She was too young.” But with everything, Mrs. Cole man said, it wasn't possible for a mother to be with a child all the time or to stave off all. harm that could come to her with advice. “Even with the greatest care, it looks like things will happen any way—we don’t know how or why,” she declared, weeping. “Oh. it’s ter rible to think of a young girl coming to her death like that! And she had already started home w T hen this man met her and made her come back to town with him!” So Young and Bright. “Often I watched Mary on the car when men would look at her,” Mrs. Coleman said, “but she never paid any attention to them. 1 think she must have made the man who killed her mad, and that’s why he did it.” She said that when Mary left the house Saturday she had only intend ed to go to the pencil factory to draw the little salary that was com ing to her—$1.60. “If you could only have seen her,'’ she told the reporter. “She looked so beautiful and so young and so bright! She said she was only going to see the parade before she came home. And look now! I am so sorry for all other young girls working every where! To think that they’re all open to the same things, and there is nothing to protect them; it’s so hard on mothers: it’s so hard on every body. But there doesn’t seem to be any help for it, and that’s the worst part of it all.” Capt. Isaac Emerson Loses Alimony Suit Codrt Decides He Must Pay Mrs. Basshor $28,COO a Year for Life. BALTIMORE, MD„ April 28.—The Court of Appeals has decided that Capt. Jssac E. Emerson, father of Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt, must con tinue to pay to his former wife. .Mrs. Emelie A. Basshor, alimony of $28.- <•00 a y»ar as Ions; as she lives. Even tf Capt. Emerson should die before Mrs*. Basshor Ohe payment i f This alimony must go on during her life At the death of Mrs. Basshor i ho fund supporting the alimony must go back to the estate. Superintendent Leo M. Frank Is Convinced Newt Morris Was Not Implicated, Owing to a delay in receipt of metal shipment part of the plant of the National Pencil Company had been shat down tor most of the week and Mary Phagan worked but part of the time. A fe v minutes after 12 o'clock Saturday she went to the of fice and drew her pay. which amount ed to $1*60. A holiday had been given the em ployees on Memorial Day and there were but very few about the place. The day watchman left shortly be fore 11 o’clock, while clerks in the office left at noon. Two young men worked on an upper floor until a few minutes after 3 o’clock, while Superintendent Leo M. Prank was the only one connected with the firm, who was about the place during the afternoon. r Frank’s Story. ! “It was about 10 or 16 minutes af ter 12 o’clock when Mary Phagan came to my office and drew her pay.’’ said Mr. Frank. “The regular pay day is Friday, but there are always a few of the 170 employees who do not call until Saturday afternoon. J was in an inner office on the second floor and handed the girl her envel ope. She went out through the out er office and I heard her talking to another girl. While I could not swear that they went out of the building 1 am quite sure they did for I would have noticed any one moving about the building. “Shortly before 1 o'clock I went to the upper floor and told the two young men there that they had bet ter go. They said they wanted to fin lsh their work and I told them they would have to leave or I would have to lock them in. They asked what time 1 would be back and I told them 3 o’clock. They decided to con tinue their work and I left, locking the door behind me. I returned short ly after 3 o’clock and a few minutes later they left. Harry Denham and Arthur White \*re the two young men “The night watchman. Newt Lee. had been ordered to report about 4 o’clock as it was a holiday and the day watchman had been allowed t- get off. He came in at this time and 1 told him he might go out and come back about 6 as I would be there un til that time. “He came bac k about an hour l iter and I prepared to leave. As I was leaving a former employee, John Gantt • ame in and wanted to get a pair of -shoes which he had left on the top floor. I told Newt to go up with him and get them, arid then left. Check On Watchman. GIRL’S GRANDFATHER VOWS VENGEANCE ON THE SLAYER Standing with bared head in the doorway of his Marietta home, with tears falling unheeded down his fur rowed cheeks, W. J. Phagan cried to heaven for vengeance for the mur der of his granddaughter, fourteen- year-old Mary Phagan, and vowed that he would not rest until the mur derer had been brought to justice. In a silence unbroken save by the sound of his own sobs and the noise of the gently falling rain, the old man lifted his quavering voice in a passionate plea for the life of the wretch who had lured the littl.e girl into the darkness of a deserted build ing and strangled her to de^th. It was an infinite grief—the grief of an old and broken man—that Mr. Pha gan expressed when, with hands out spread imploringly, he invoked divine aid in bringing the murderer of the child to justice. “By the power of the living God.” prayed the old man, his voice rising high and clear above the patter of the rain and the roar of a passing train, “I hope the murderer will be dealt with as he dealt with that in nocent child. I hope his heart is torn with remorse in the measure, that his victim suffered pain and shame; that' he suffers as we who loved the child are suffering. No punishment is too great for the brute who foully mur dered the sweetest and purest thing on earth—a young girl. Hanging cannot atone for the crime he has committed and the suffering he has caused.” Slayer Must Be Found. “The murdered must be found. “The crime must be fastened on him and he must be punished. I am going to attend the coroner’s inquest, and 1 intend to see that the investigation is thorough and complete. Nothing must be left undone to bring the cowardly scoundrel to justice. I will not rest until the mystery is solved and the suffering of the child’s relatives is relieved by the knowledge that the fiend who killed her will be dealt with by the law.” This morning it was doubtful if Mr. Phagan’s health would permit him making the trip to Atlanta to carry out his intention of attending the inquest. The aged grandfather was so overcome yesterday morning when 'old of the death of the child that he was forced to take to his bed. where h« remained during most of 1 the day. He rose from his bed when a Georgian reporter called at his home only because of the hope that the murderer had been found, and to learn more of the details of the killing. Sister Prostrated. His eagerness for news of the death of his granddaughter was pathetic. Old and gray-haired, his grief and suffering showing in the unnatural brightness of his eyes, Mr. Phagan listened intently as the reporter told of the efforts of the detectives to And the murderer of the child; he nodded approvingly when told that every available officer was at work on tin- case—and he sighed with disappoint ment when he learned that no con clusive evidence had been unearth.ed. A guest at the Phagan home in Marietta since last Thursday, Miss Ollie Phagan, a sister of the murder ed girl, was prostrated when news of her sister’s death was brought to Marietta early yesterday morning. The Marietta relatives were told of little Mary’s death by a friend from Atlanta. The sister of the murdered girl and her aunt, Miss Mattie Phagan. were dressing to go to church when a knock was heard at the door. Mr. Phagan, the girl’s grandfather, answered the summons. Little Mary’s sister, warned by some sixth sense that the caller bore news from home, stepped silently in to the hallway. She heard the words, “Mary—murdered,” and as the aged grandfather clutched the door for support, the sister screamed and fell prone upon he floor. She fras carried into a bedroom and revived, and insisted upon going home cit once. Sorrow in Marietta. Accompanied by her aunt, Miss Mattie Phagan. the young woman was assisted to a street car. Later in the day .Miss Ruth Phagan, an other aunt of the murdered girl, camf to Atlanta. accompanied by Paul Camp, a friend of the Phagan fam ily. The sorrow of the Phagan family over the death of the child finds an echo in the hearts of practically 1 every person in Marietta, and excite ment is intense in the little city. The greater part of the murdered girl’s life was spent there, and the Phagan family is well known and prominent in the social and business circles of the town. Last night little knots of people gathered on the street corners and discussed th<» news of the mur der. and the feeling against the? mur derer runs high. In addition to the grandfather, the relatives of the girl in Marietta in clude two uncles. R. E. Harvel and William Phagan. and three aunts, Misses Lizzie, Ruth and Mattie Pha gan. Perry Belmont for the Philippines Post New Yorker Will Be Urged Before Wilson for Position of Governor- General. WASHINGTON, April 28.—Perry Belmont, of New York and Wash ington, is being urged by New York Democrats for appointment as Gov ernor General of the Philippines. Mr. Belmont desires this appoint ment through sentiment. His ances tor, Admiral Perry, opened Japan to the civilized world. Representative Francis Burton Harrison, of New' York, is backing Mr. Belmont and has arranged for a conference with President Wilson to urge that Mr. Belmont be sent -to the Philippines post. U.of P.Congratulated by Empress Eugenie Say Founding of the Dental Institute is the Realization of Dr. Evans’ Dream. PHILADELPHIA, April 28.—A let ter from the Empress Eugenie has been received by Dr. E. G. Kirk, dean of the Dental School, congratulating the University of Pennsylvania upon the realization of Dr. Thomas W. Evans’ dream of founding a dental in stitute in Philadelphia, the city of his birth. y Dr. Evans was a d ntist in Paris during the second French Empire, and the Empress took refuge in his houFte after the fall. The carriage in which he conducted her over the French border will be placed in th 1 - new museum and institute, the cor- n< rstone of which will be laid on May 3. Girl Says Child Gang Forced Her to Steal Juvenile Criminals Kidnap Children and Make Fagins of Them, She Tells Chicago Police. CHICAGO. April 28.—The story of how children kidnap other children and force them to beg and steal, was told to-day by \nna Gringer, aged 11, who returned to her home after being missing 48 hours, Two girls, older than herself, the little girl said, compelled her to put on old. torn clothing and forced her to go from door to door begging mon ey and food. She said the girlv • boasted of having taught several chil dren to steal. “I have been in the habit of calling up the night watchman to keep a check on him, and at 7 o’clock called Newt. He said everything was all right. I asked him if Gantt had got ten his shoes and he replied that he had. and had left immediately after ward. I did' not communicate with him any more. “I thought T heard my telephone ring sometime al out 3 or 4 o’clock Sunday morning, but decided it was a dream and did not answer it It was some time later when the detec tives called me up and informed me of the finding of the child. Since learning of the tragedy. I believe it was Newt attempting to get me over the telephone when I decided I was mistake i about hearing the telephone ring “That it was some one beside the negro who committed the murder is my belief, for th« negro is a good man arid 1 have never heard of him get ting in any trouble or being offensive in any way to any of the employees. “I am not very familiar with the employees in the shop, as there is a constant changing and 1 was not brought in direct touch with them. 1 i.id not recall Ma.y Phagan very well, but remember handing a pay envel ope to her Saturday afternoon." Monkeys Find Dying Easy in Philadelphia — More Than Half in Zoo Passed Away Last Year—Ailments of Other Animals. PHILADELPHIA, April 28.—Con clusive indication that Philadelphia is still a bad place for monkeys, was given at the meeting of the Zoolog ical Society. More than half of the monkeys in the collection died in the year of tuberculosis. Some time ago 78 per cent of the monkeys in Phila delphia died in a year. Cancer in zoo animals is largely du-* to the depressed mental condition of the animal 4 , Incident to their life of captivity, so it is reported by Dr. Weidman. the pathologist. Other facts disclosed by him were as follows: Cats and foxes are very liable to in testinal diseases. A jaguar died or pneumonia. A polecat died of decomposition. Kangaroos are msceptible to liver and kidney ailments. An ostrich died of a fractured leg. An antelope was kicked to death. Two camels died a-welcoming the. stork. FORMER PUPIL GIVES A HAT TO MRS. CLARK WASHINGTON. April 28.—Mrs. Champ Clark, wife of the Speake , has received a gorgeous black he, trimmed with a wonderful white os trich plume, from Miss Jeanette Deppe, of St. Louis, as a token of love and affection for her teacher of the little Missouri schoolhouse. “Yes, I used to be a school teach er,” said Mrs. Clark, “and they should be the highest paid officials in th? land, for their work is the most im portant of all.” i : [ Tie SUNDAYAMERICAN’S GREAT BASEBALL TEAM All the important leagues of baseball are now in action. Bo are tens of thousands of fans. So are also the men who write of the doings of the dia mond stars for those same fans to read. It is the newspaper with the STAR TEAM of writers that makes the strongest appeal to baseball enthusiasts. BUT—to be stars, baseball players and writers about the diamond warriors must be fair and square. That is an essential part of KNOWING THE GAME. Here Is The Hears! Sunday American Team for 1913 CHRISTY MATHEWSON—pShe'^oftheTew York Giants. Known everywhere as one of the brainiest players in the business and one of the squarest in whatever he writes about the game of which he is master. If\|7 Apl rn The Crackers’sensational first-sacker. He is Li /VVl LLI\ giving local fans all the “inside” news of Bil ly Smith’s aggregation. His comments on plays are immense. W ^ FARN^WORTH Hisstoriesofthebi £ lea s ue | VV VJ1 O teams are right up to the minute. Having traveled with the New York Yankees, New York Giants and Boston Red Sox during the past seven years, he is able to tell of the “workings” of the major league clubs. PFRPY H WHTTINP ^ or over seven y ears be fi as * LjIxL* 1 11. VV m 1 AllVJ been writing Southern League baseball. He is the dean of Southern diamond experts and has the larg est following this side of the Mason and Dixon line. He is fearless in his writings and always tells the truth. CAM PR ANF ^ big league ball player for years and per- V^lx/VIYIL sonally acquainted with all the major leaguers. For the past twenty years he has been writing baseball and is ■ considered the greatest student of the game in the world. He travels with the National League Champion Giants. r\ A MCilVI D J TlMV'OslM The wittiest baseball writer in the LJ/VlVIV/n IV I V/IY East. He tells of the big league games in a manner that has a laugh in every line. But he never gets away from baseball like most of the humorous followers of the diamond warriors. YJLT I M^RFTH **is “i ns kle” stories of big league games W ■ J • 1 VIC OIL 1 O cannot be beaten. He sticks to facts and figures and his predictions are followed by thousands of fans. He has traveled as “war correspondent” with nearly every big league team dur ing the past ten years. PH A PI FY nPYHF N The Mark Twain of baseba11 - LilHlvLL 1 JL/IV I U£L 1 i For years he has traveled with ; New York, Philadelphia and Chicago teams and his writings are base ; ball classics. He is personally acquainted v/ith every big league player and probably has the largest following of any baseball expert in the country. . * A U MITP14FI I Considered the greatest expert IT. L. Ivll I V^A 1LLL i n the New England States. His j stories of last fall’s world’s series were marvels. He roasts when a roast is coming and praises when praise is due. He has been writing baseball for twenty years. AT I F1M ^ANPRFF He is well known in the South, hav- r\LL£<i $ v VjffvILIL ing been here v/ith big league teams on training trips for the past fifteen year3. He will travel with the New York Yankees this season, and his stories of Russell Ford and Ed Sweeney, former Crackers, will be of especial interest to local fandom. I \%J OM A I TP I4V Popular with Eastern base- J, VV • IVACV^VJ’l VS IT 1 ball fans because of his fear less writings. He never gets away from the truth, but tells a straight, readable story. He has been writing b^eball in St. Louis and New York for twelve years. I \A/ HFI^IVI A N Considered the greatest college coach in YV . O.JlL1ljAvJL/VI V the South. His college stories are copied by every paper in this part of the United States. His predictions are sfeldom wrong, and his weekly review of Southeni college teams cannot be beaten. IOF* Of7 A M As coach of Marist he has led all the other prep JUL OIL/VIV school coaches a merry chase. A few years ago he was the star shortstop of the New York Giants. His stories are bright and interesting. UVNIQ D PPl\ll/ W F° r f° ur ye^ he was considered one of . liilvlO OlvU VV It the greatest athletes that ever attended Vanderbilt. His baseball stories of college teams are read by every un dergraduate and graduate in the South. in the General Sporting Field As well as in baseball^ The Sunday American scores an exceptionally large number of base hits in all other branches of sports. Ben Adams, hero of the Olympic games, writes interesting stories about track and field athletics. The boxing world is well covered by Ed W. Smith, i W. W. Naughton, H. M. Walker, Ed Curley and “Left Hook.” Tick Tich- enor takes care of the golf. He knows every golfer in the South and his stories are real live “bearcats.” Tennis and automobiles are two other branches of sport that are covered thoroughly in The Sunday American. Read The Sunday American For All Live Sporting Mews # \ i I i