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PHAGAN MYSTERY SOLVED!
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Chief Detective Lanford, at 2 P. M., Said: “We Have Evidence in Hand
Which Will Clear the Mystery in the Next Few Hours and Satisfy the Public.”
The Atlanta Georgian EXTRA No. 5
VOL. XI. NO. 229.
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Official Announcement of Deci
sion to Force Evacuation of
Scutari Is Made.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA, April 29.—Announcement |
was made at the Foreign Office to
day that Austria had decided finally
to act independently in the expulsion
of the Montenegrins from Scutari.
The statement said:
Austria finding that the Am
bassadors’ conference in London
has produced no results, this
Government has decided to take
matters into its own hands and
carry out the powers’ decision
regarding the evacuation of Scu
tari.
Italy is protesting against Austria’s
act Ion.
Peace Ambassadors Startled.
LONDON, April 29.—After having
adjourned until May 1, the Ambassa- j
dors’ conference unexpectedly re-
mimed its sessions in the Foreign Of
fice this afternoon.
This procedure was brought about
by Austria** announced determination
to act independently in driving the
Montenegrins out of Scutari.
Montenegro Starts
To Fortify Scutari.
PARIS. April 29.—Montenegrins are
determined to hold Scutari against
any action that Europe may take.
Work of fortifying the city has start
ed. Gunn, ammunition and provision*
are being taken into the city. This
information was received here to-day
in a Scutari dispatch.
Although the bulk of the Montene
grin army has been withdrawn from
Scutari, King Nicholas’ military
operations are veiled in mystery.
The diplomatic representative here
of Montenegro declares that, if the
powers force Montenegro to give up
Scutari. King Nicholas will abdicate.
The envoy denies Nicholas bargained
with Eased Paaha for the surrender
of Scutari.
A Cattaro telegram said that it was
reported there that a hostile demon
stration had been made in Cettinje
against the Austrian Minister to
Montenegro.
Porte Lends Support to
Albanian Independence.
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 29.—
The Porte to-day sent instructions to
all the Turkish ambassadors and
ministers abroad to support Eased
Pasha’s proclamation of the inde
pendence of Albania with himself as
King.
According to the belief here. Eased
Pasha hoped he might be able to re
tain the suzerainty of Turkey over
Albania by setting himself up as
monarch. Turkey also is taking hope
from rumors of dissension among the
allies.
Bulgarian troops are said to have
been repulsed in several sanguinary
engagements with Servians near
Monastir and with Greeks near Sa
lonika. Turkey has protested to the
powers against the aid given the Bal
kan States by Russia.
Montenegro to Abandon
Scutari, Says Diplomat.
VIENNA. April 29.—According to
secret information to Austria, It was
learned from a diplomatic source to
day, Montenegro will eventually evac
uate Scutari, after having made a
further show of defiance to Europe.
A Cettanje dispatch dedares Crown
iTince Danilo yesterday presented the
keys of Scutari to King Nicholas
there amid a frenzied demonstration.
Fire Probe Delayed
Again for Witness
Mysterious Reynolds Wires Mayor
He Can Not Reach Atlanta
Before Thursday.
Council’s committee probing the fire
department has postponed its meet
ing for to-day until Friday afternoon
at 3 o'clock on account of the absence
of Thomas Reynolds, the mysterious
witness from Baltimore, whom Mayor
Woodward expects will present some
important new evidence.
Reynolds is in Cincinnati, and May
or Woodward has received a telegram
from him stating that he can not
reach Atlanta until Thursday.
Martin in England,
His Family’s Theory
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, April 29.—Fresh devel
opments are expected in the mystery
surrounding the disappearance of Jo-
seph W. Martin, of Memphis, Tenn.,
as the result of an advertisement in
The London Times to-day.
This ad. which appeared in Hie
' personal column,” said that it is of
the utmost importance that Mr. Ma"-
tin communicate with his brother.
The Insertion of the ad in a London
newspaper would indicate that Mar
tin’s family believes Mr. Martin is
; still 1n England and that he is volun
tarily hiding.
Your
Name
There?
Don’t be discour
aged if your name
has not appeared
among the lucky
ones who receive a
dollar. Yours may
he in to-day’s Geor
gian. It will pay
you to read the
“Want Ad” sec
tion.
PASTOR PRATS FACTORY HEAD FRANK AND WATCHMAN
FOR JUSTICE IT
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NEWT LEE ARE “SWEATED” BY POLICE
There Is Every Reason for Start
ing Now if You Wish To Be
One of the Winners.
Mother and Aunt of Mary Phagan
Swoon at Burial in Marietta
This Morning.
Details of the contests for the
Shetland ponies The Georgian and
Sunday American are to award a?
prizes have been announced.
Many nominations preceded the an
nouncement of details. Since publi-
4
cation of the details In The Georgian
Monday there has been a veritable
flood of entrants.
What wonder? The contest entails
the most pleasant kind of work and
the prized are an incentive to any
boy or girl.
Anyone seeking subscriptions for
Ylie Georgian end Sunday American,
we believe, will be received kindly In
any Georgia home, and any contest
ant may be proud of the ponies and
carts which are on tlie way here to
be distributed as prizes.
The contestants already in the field,
of course, have an advantage. There
is every reason for starting now. Ask
your friends to save for your candi
date the coupons from The Georgian
and Sunday American. They will do
•r gladly. *4
Your Friends Will Help.
Ask our friends who do not sub
scribe for The Georgian and Ameri
can to subscribe. You will be asking
them to do a favor to themselves, for
they will get at no advance over the
regular price the best newspaper in
the South, besides helping you.
And if all your friends already sub
scribe to The Georgian and Ameri
can, as no doubt most of them do,
ask the.n to pay in advance. Thev
will gain by this, as well as you..
Remember, there are eight districts
in the city; two prizes for the Slate
at large, one outside the State, be
sides the prizes for carriers and
agents.
A subscription to the daily and
Sunday papers for one year counts
for 3,500 votes. Subscriptions for
less terms count in a carefully grad
uated scale down to 100 votes for
one month’s subscription to the dally
alone.
Not Limited in Territory.
The districts are not pitted against
each other. Contests are on an ab
solutely equal footing. All you have
to do to win is to get more votes
than any other contestant In your
own neighborhood. You are not lim
ited to your own neighborhood in
taking subscriptions or obtaining vote
coupons, but can have votes credited
to you for coupons or subscriptions
received from your friends regardless
of where they live.
Meanwhile, do not overlook your
opportunity to enjoy a play at the At
lanta Theater free of all cost.
Miss Billy Long is playing there
you know This week the attraction
i« “The Butterfly on the Wheel,” an
attraction which made a profound
sensation in New York.
The Georgian and American have
no seats for this week’s perform
ances, but we have watched the pro
duction carefully in order to be able
to tell cur readers what they may
expect from the company.
We arc glad to be able to an
nounce that the stock company head
ed by Miss Long demonstrates that
It is capable of giving a splendid pro
duction of the most trying play. At
tractions as strong and stronger than
“The Butterfly on the Wheel” are
booked for succeeding weeks, and,
without reservation, we can promise
our readers the opportunity of see
ing as good theatrical attractions as
it ever baa been the good fortune of
Atlanta to enjoy.
R member, there is no contest for
theater seats. Simply clip the cou
pons from Thursday. Friday and Sat
A thousand persons saw a minister
of God raise his hands to heaven to
day and heard him call for divine Jus- '
tice.
Before his closed eye* was h littio
casket, its pure whiteness hid by the
banks and banks of beautiful flow
ers.
Within the casket lay the bruised
and mutilated body of Mary Phagan
the Innocent young victim of one of
Atlanta’s oiackest and most bestial
crimes.
The spirit of the terrible tragedy
filled the air. An aunt of the stran
gled girl suddenly screamed, fell over
in her seat and was carried from the
church in a swoon from which she
did not fully recover for hours.
The stricken mother collapsed and
it was feared that her condition might
become critical.
The scene was In the Second Bap
tist Church at Marietta, where Mary !
Phagan had lived when she was .»
child of only three or four years. An
immense crowd was at the stati . t
wlLe.n the funeral train arrived at 10
o’clock. Many of them were young
people who had played about wRh |
the strangled victim when she had (
lived there years before.
Mother Collapses at Station
Just as Mrs. W. J. Coleman, mother
of Mary, wan being helped into a cab.
the pure white coffin was lifted from
the car. Mrs. Coleman saw it and j
the single glance was sufficient to
awake afresh the torrent of fearful j
memories.
Hhe screamed and fell into tht arm*
of her husband. It was some time
before she could be taken to the
church to witness the rites over her
daughter whose life had been sacri
ficed to the brutality of some man.
“Nearer. My God. to Thee, sang
the choir when the little casket was
borne into the church and carried
forward, where It was covered with
flowers.
Rev. T. T. Linkus. of the Christian
Church at East Point, whose Sunday
school Mary had attended tn the
earlier years of her laughing, happy
childhood, was the minister
“May God bring the man guilty of
this terrible crime to justice,” was
the supplication of the minister as
he raised his hands above him
“May God aid the officers of the
law in detecting and bringing be
hind the bars such a man.” he con
tinued.
Aunt Screams and Faints.
H1g words were interrupted first by
the sobs of one member of the fam-
ity and then by another Miss Lizzie
Phagan, an aunt of the strangled
girl, uttered a piercing scream. Sh#
was unconscious when those by her
picked her up. She was taken home
in a carriage and Dr. W. M. Kemp
was called. He had great difficulty
In reviving the grief-stricken woman
W. J. Phagan. the girl's aged
grandfather, sat with his white head
bowed in sorrow. The tears ran
down his furrowed cheeks unheeded.
He was utterly broke® and crushed
by the calamity which had visited
him and his family in his last years.
All the way from New York, where
he was on board one of the United
States battleships, came Benjamin
Phagan tc witness the tragic? funeral
of his innocent young sister. With
him ware his brothers, Joshua and
Charles, and his sister, Ollle Phagan
A sad procession moved to the lit
tle cemtery where the coffin was low
ered Into the grave that had been
prepared. Mrs. Coleman collapsed
again at the grave and It is greatly
urday i sues of The Georgian and i feared that she will be seriously af
from next Sunday’s American, maillfected by the ordeal through which
them in. and ge* a reserved seat in | phe has passed
the best part <-f hr- house.I
Leo M. Frank.
Officials of County
Schools Open Meet
Gov.-Elect Slaton and Mayor Wood
ward Among Speakers to Wel
come Delegates Here.
The annual convention of the coun
ty school officials opened in Taft
Hail of the Auditorium-Armory to
day. Governor-elect John M. Slaton,
J. G. Woodward. Mayor, and Super
intendent E. C. Merry, of the Fulton
County schools, made the welcome
addresses
The meeting will conclude Thurs
day and be followed by the conven
tion of the Georgia Educational As
sociation. The first session will be
held Thursday evening at H o'clock
and th% last Saturday morning ai 9
o'clock.
Foe of Steel Trust
Is Now a Bankrupt
Coatesville, Pa., Publisher Who
Bared Pool Says He Is Victim
of Revenge.
WASHINGTON, April 29.- S. B.
Kauffman, owner of the Coatesville
(Pa.) Daily Union, who gave the
Stanley Steel Inventigatlng Commit
tee evidence of the steel plate pool,
Jh now a bankrupt.
At the time he unwillingly testified
that the pooling agreement had been
printed In his ahop Kauffman told
Representative Stanley he would be
driven out of business.
Kauffman s paper was .sold by tin
Sheriff. He lays advertisers with
drew. coerced by Steel Trust influ
ences. He has filed complaint wii.h
Representative Stanley.
Mysterious Action of Officials Gives
New and Startling Turn to Hunt
for Guilty Man—Attorney Rosser,
Barred, Later Admitted to Client.
Has the Phagan murder mystery been solved? The police say
they know the guilty man.
Chief of Detectives Lanford at 2 o clock this afternoon told
The Georgian:
“ We have evidence in hand which
will clear the mystery in the next few
hours and satisfy the public. ”
All the afternoon the police have been “sweating" Leo M.'
Frank, superintendent of the factory where the girl worked, and
putting through the “third degree" Lee, the negro watchman at
the factory.
A blood stained shirt, which the detectives say they found at
the home of Lee, was shown to the negro this afternoon in an ef
fort to break him down.
The negre admitted the shirt v'as his, but declared that he had
not aeon it before for two years.
Lee was under a grueling fire of questions all day. Shortly
before Superintendent Frank was brought to the station Detective
Black came from the home of Lee. He carted a package under his
arm. He would not divulge its contents, but very soon after it was
obtained Frank was under arrest and Lee was confronted with the
garment.
There was an unconfirmed rumor that Lee had broken down
and given most important information to the police.
Detective Black and Harry Scott, Pinkerton man, left police
headquarters at 2:110 for West End to arrest a negro woman friend
of the black prisoner. The net was evidently being tightened
about Newt Lee, the night watchman.
Superintendent Leo M. Frank, head officer of the National
Pencil Company, was taken from the factory shortly before noon
by Detective Black and Harry Scott, of the l v ' ikertons.
The police say that Frank is not under arrest, that he was put
under police guard for his’own personal safety, and that there are
no charges against him.
Why, then, did the police act?
There must be some reason other than the man's personal
safety, under eonsderation. Frank lias not yet figured as of im
portance in the case.
Attorney Barred, Then Admitted
Luther G. Rosser, attorney for Frank, endeavored to see his
client. The police refused 1o let him do so.
W hv ?
Lawyer Rosser retired hastily declaring he would apply to
Judge Bell for a writ of habeas corpus for his client, and would
l.ms take him out of the control of the police.
Later, when Rosser's determination to fight for Frank be
came known, Chief Beavers admitted that the exclusion of Rosser
"was a mistake," that the police orders had been taken too liter
ally, and Rosser was then permitted to talk to his client. Rosser
abandoned his plan to sue out a writ of habeas corpus.
The police “explanation" onL added mystery to mystery,
and really explained nothing.
When Rosser reached the police station he was told that
strict orders hail been given against anyone seeing Frank.
If Frank was not under arrest, by what right was his lawyer
forbidden to see him?
As soon as the police station was reached Frank was taken
at once into the detectives office and the doors were barred
against all.
The detectives would say nothing of what took place behind
the closed doors. The detective office is on the third floor. At
the bollom of the stairs on the second floor Call Officer John
West was stationed to liar all who attempted to go to the floor
above.
Frank To Be Kept Under Guard
It was learned late this afternoon that Ffank will he held on
the technical charge of ‘'suspicion.’’ He will not be placed in a
cell, but he will be under guard. An extra policeman will be em
ployed to keep watch over the factory superintendent in the police
station and Frank will pay for the services of this man.
Luther G. Rosser, counsel for Frank, would not make a defi-
The Georgian’s Offer of $500 Reward for EXCLUSIVE
information Leading to the Arrest and Conviction of
the Slayer of Mary Phagan Has Caused Others to Offer
an additional $1,300. The Amount Now Stands :
$1,800 RE W A
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