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Mir \T1 WT' r.rnni:! \\ \\D NEWS WEDNESDAY. APRIL 30. 1913.
Tells of Watchman L e
Explaining' the Notes
said he answered the
ill to the pencil company plant Sun
ny morning.
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ordinar> lantern, the globe of which
was smoked. It did not give mucn
light.
"It was about 25 or 30 feet from
negro s toilet to w here the body was
lying I could not see the body
from there with his* lantern, could
not nee over 10 or 12 feet with it.
“She had on a white underskirt.
Her head was in line with the corner
of the partition. A flashlight would
have shown the bod\. It struck me
that she would have been too fa7
behind the partition for the lantern
light to allow her.
What Ntgro "Thought at Firat.”
"The negro watchman told me when
he Haw the body at .first he thought
some one had placed something there
to scare him. He said he did not
down there very much going down
t time to the toilet.
‘1 questioned the negro at length
He said the toilet in basement was
for negroes.
"After questioning the negro. I
called Frank at his residence, but
could not get him. I then called
Mr. Haas of the National Pen'll
Company. One of the women mem
bers of the family talked to me
Sergeant Hi own instructed me to call
some of the head nun of the p**n
< il company."
Officer Anderson identified the
clothing worn by the girl when tie
found her In the basement. He was
then dismissed.
Officer Anderson was called in
again and asked to identify the dead
girl's clothing In answer to a ques
tion, he said the girl's stocking sup
porters were unfastened.
Q.— Did the negro say it whs a
white woman or a negro when he
telephoned? A. He said: A white
woman has been killed up here."
Q. Did he tell you how she was
lying'.’ A He said she was on her
back.
Negro Was Excited.
Q Was he excited. A Yes
Q How long do you think tiie
girl had been dead? A. I don't know
much about thut, but she was not
much rigid.
g. Were there any signs of a scuf
fle? A. Behind where she was lying
there were evidences of a struggle. We
found a bloody handkerchief seven
or eight feet from the body.
Q.—Di«i you see a handbag? A I
did not. I did not sec any evidences
of her pay envelope.
Q. What kind of investigation did
you make? A. The first thing we
did was to look for the left shoe. We
did not make any investigation on
the second floor
Sergeant Brown Tells His
Story of Finding of Body
Mergesnt H. .1. Brown, the second
witness at the inquest, corroborated
Anderson's story of the finding ol the
body. Brown, who was in charge of
the morning watch, was one of the
four men who answered tic call of
the negro night watchman. Newt la*.
Brown was interrogat'd as follows:
"How did you get to the factory?"
“fall Officer Anderson answered the
phone call, and Andiraon, Sergeant
i>,»bb>. myself and a man named Ung
ers—we call him ‘Boots’ went in Mr.
Rogers’ car to tin factory."
"Who met you w hen you got there'.’"
"We got to the building and shook
the door H4id a negro came and let us
in We a.-ked where the bod.Y was.
and the mgro said: Vom< this way.
We went to an opening in the floor
pear the elevator and we went down i
ladder into the basement. Scrg ant
Dobbs and 1 wa re in front with the
negro, sulking matenes and looking
a round.
Negro Carried Lantern.
“The negro was with us. carrying -f
dim lantern. We found the body ly
ing lice downward, the arms folded
underneath. I looked at the body and
said: For Heavens’ sake: it is only
a child.’ 1 turned the body over ana
It w as cold and stiff. 1 couldn t tell
whether ii was white or colored. 1
nibbed the dirt and trash and cinder*
from her lace with a pice- of paper,
and then 1 said that she was a white
girl and others said she was colored.
It was not determined until Call offi
cer Anderson pulled her stocking
down and looked at her leg. Then wc
pHw that slieVss white.'*
“Did you s« e any indi a .ions of the
body having been dragged?’’
"There was an impression on the
pathway over which we had come as
though something had been dragged
along there, but th** light was very
dim and it whs hard td tell."
"Did you find any paper?"
"A couple of notes were picked up.
I think mie whs found by Sergeant
Dobbs and one was found by me."
rf'Was the inside of the girl's mouth
( lean ? ’
"It was covered with dirt."
"Was her moutli open?"
‘►Her mouth was open and the
tongue was hanging down toward the
chin. The lips and the corners of her
mouth were covered with dirt."
"Was her face imbedded in the
ground ?”
"I didn’t notice."
"Could the dirt in her mouth have
come from lying down?”
• "Not ail of it."
"Did you see a cord around her?"
"Yes. a cord was around her neck
and a piece of her underskirt was tied
around her neck."
"Did you go to the back of the
building?"
"I did."
"What did you find?"
‘*1 saw that the staple and lock on
the back door had been unfastened."
"Whs the door open?"
it was unlocked, though, anil
Q.
I>id you find a
n umbrella
A.
No.
Laanlter did
Q
I.*id you find
the
notes
there?
A < )ne of i hem.
He
then Identified
the
two notes.
Q
Were* you at
the
plant
when
Lassiter found the umbrella? A.
N<»; he found them about 7 o’clock.
q Where (Jid you And the body?
A About 150 feet from the elevator
shaft.
g. Did you examine the body?
• Y< When I turned the body over
I found the face full of dirt, and could
not tell if It was a white girl or ne
gro. We examined the legs and found
it w;ih it white woirvan
"I became suspicious of the negro
and questioned him. I said: ‘You
know something about this,’ and he
became very much oxcited We read
the notes, and without anyone making
comment the negro said the word
‘night’ meant the night watchman.
Body Had Been Dragged.
"I asked him why he went down
stairs and he said to use the toilet.
I asked w hy be didn’t use the toilet on
the second ih ,(, r and he said white
folks didn’t like for negroes to use
their toilet.
• I bad Williams to lie down on the
ground. Unless one looked directly
;ii the body it could not have been
seen from the toilet.
"In going back to the scone after
doybreak, we discovered traces show
ing it body had been dragged from
where the umbrella was found at the
elevator to where it was found.”
g Could an ordinary man have
taken a body down the ladder? A
I don’t think so
Q Had the elevator been used that
night?
A. -There was no way to use -t.
The watchman did not know how to
run It.
g Did the scratching on _‘he
ground show that a person might
have stopped with the body? A. — No.
It w. s continuous.
Shoe Found in Path.
g Was the shoe found directly
on the line in which the body had
be'ii dragged? A. Yes. Just a *lt-
tle to one side, and also the hat.
Sergeant Dobbs described the loca
tion of the body, which coincided
with other testimony.
g. Was her clothing brighter than
arv boxes that were around? A.—No.
Q Was there any warmth >n
body? A. -No. 1 could work the
flngets slightly.
q. Have you had much experience
In handling dead bodies? A.- -No.
S' rgeant Dobbs said the negro told
hi ii no one had been in the building
since fi o’clock.
q After the negro had gone up
stairs after you found the body, did
he go back down stairs? A. —Yes.
q. Did you notice any opening >n
the partition when you tlrst went
down? A.—No. I thought it was a
solid wall.
j w ! » ri you were in tin building?
; Vi a.
; Q. Where v.'iiu the elevator? A. !
; don't remember; It was on the second
j or third fl 30r.
Q is the bottom of the elevator
I shaft of concrete, or wood, or what ?
A. i don’t know. It was full of
j trash and I couldn't see.
g. Did you look for signs of a
! s‘ ruggl* ? A. Yes, I saw where some-
I thing had been dragged along the
I ground, and I traced it back to the
♦ levator shaft.
Q. Did you find anything to indi
cate that the bod)* came down the
. ladder? A. No, sir; the dragging
signs went past the foot of the lnd-
eleva-
1 saw them between the
ind the ladder.
From Elevator.
g. You think, then, that the body
waa dragged from the elevator?—A. |
Yes, sir; I think from the evidence
that it was dragged from the eleva
tor.
Q Where was the umbrella?—A.:
In the center of the elevator shaft, j
closed.
Before the witness was dismissed he !
said that he had passed the pencil
factory at 1 o'clock Sunday morning |
and saw that the back door was •
closed. He said he did not pass the j
place again until after the body was
removed. This was a voluntary |
statement from the witness and was j
not made in answer to any question.
HI
19 FICTORI EVILS
Working Conditions Here Wrong,
Proved by Phagan Crime,
Says McKelway.
Witness Saw Slain Girl
And Man at Factory Door
Machinist Tells of Hair
Found in Factory Lathe
the Kli-I
y tiom
standing
PAST FIFTY? you
NEED “CASCARETS”
j What glasses are to weak
5 eyes—Cascarets are to
weak bowels.
tin* staple was pulled."
"Could the staple have been pulled
from the outside?'
"No, sir."
"What kind of lantern did the ne
gro have?"
"An ordinary lantern with a dirty
globe?"
How Negro Found Body.
"What did Lee say to you?"
"He said he knew nothing of tin
girl*s death. He said he rarely went
Into tin basement and that on this
occasion he went to use the toilet. He
said after he had used the toilet h<
saw the girl’s body lying over there."
"Did he . ay how far she was from
the toilet?" ,
"Not In tlgur* », but the toilet is 2..
feet from where the body lay."
"Did he say low the bou> w in
lying 7"
"No, sir. not to me."
"Dill he say ne had touched tin
body 7"
"Not in my presence.
"Did you call Mr I tank , o' 1 : ih' •
teli phone7"
"No, 1 guarded L* while Im rsori I
called him.”
"How long diil Anderson wait on I
Mr. Frank?"
"He waited- some time. He asked
central to hurry the call He told
central that a woman had been rnur
derod there and that lie was very
anxious to get Mr. Frank."
"What kind of clothing did
w ear V"
"A kind of a purple dress.’
Body Not Obscured.
“Could you see the bod
where the negro, Lee, was
when he said he saw it?"
"1 can’t say, but to do that mu
would have to look right close."
"Did tlic corner of the little n>on
obstruct the view of the body from
th** toilet""
"I think it would have. of the head
and shoulders, not of the legs."
"Was the cord around her neck tied
In front or behind?"
"I think It was looped in the rear."
"Did you see evidence of a strug
"1 don’t know that I did. We went
down into the basement hurriedly
and right up to where the negro said
tin* body was."
"Did you start an Investigation?"
"We looked around as much as we
could, anil then notified Chief lam-
ford, and his men came and took
charge of it."
"Did you go upstairs?"
"No. sir"
“Were the gas jets in the basement
lighted?"
"No."
"Did you use the elevator?"
"No, w e used the ladder altogether."
"Did the negro say that the eleva
tor had been used during the even
ing?"
"No."
"Was anything found upstairs when
you went up to telephone?"
"No, we didn’t look around there
much. We had no light.”
"How far did the girl’s tongue pro
trude from her mouth."’
"This far.” (The witness measure 1
about an inch and a half on his*
lingers.)
"Was tiie body cold?"
"Yes. and a bubbly streak was com
ing from her nostril;’. Blood whs run
nine from her ears and her mouth."
Dr .1 W. Hurt, county physician
who performed the autopsy on tin
dead girl asked the witness several
questions relating to the condition ol
the bodv below the shoulders.
He asked:
"When the stocking was pulled
■ down, did you loosen any strappings
j. (; Spier followed Newt Lee on
the stand He lives at ( artersv ille,
Ga.
g. Were you about the National
Pencil Company plant? A Yes. sir;
o walked over to the Terminal stn-
vion from the Kimball Hour 1 was
, ith a friend. I left the Terminal
station at 10 minutes of 4, then walk
ed back there, going back Forsyth
Street 1 parsed the pencil factory
about 10 minutes after 4 o’clock. 1
noticed a young girl and a young man.
a Jew of about 25, talking.
Q. Were they excited? A. My im
pression was that they were. The
girl seemed excited and th' man nor-
q. W as bis face flushed A. He
had the appearance of having bad a
drink. That was my Impression.
g. Did you come hack by there later
Couple Still There.
\ Yes; l came back to the West-
*»i',i rni»»n to see a friend. The same
couple was there.
g. Are you sure they were the
.lami! couple?
A. I judge* they were.
q. Were they in the same posi
tion?
V. The girl had moved to the
outer edge of the sidewalk.
Q, Did you see the girl again?
A Yes, the next morning I saw
ner in the Bloomfield undertaking
place. It was the dead girl.
g. Have you seen the man since?
A I think I did. I saw a man at
the pencil factory Sunday whom I
was told was Mr. Frank, but i have
been told since then that it was not
him.
Q. When did you learn of this?
A. Sunday morning when I was on
a car continuing a private investi
gation of another matter for which I
vas here. I bought an extra, put it
in my pocket and did n<>t read it un
til 1 got on the car. I was looking
for a Fair Street car.
g. What time did you catch a car?
A. About 8 o’clock. I got off tiie
car at Broad Street and talked to a
policeman. We walked down to the
pencil factory and I told him all 1
knew
Q. What was the complexion of the
man you saw Saturday.
A. I couldn’t say.
Q. You are sure he was a Jew?
A. Yes.
g. How tall?
A. A bout to my shoulder
g. How was the girl dressed?
A. I think her clothes were a little
dark.
Q. Dill she have ribbon on her hair?
A. 1 think so. I think she had her
hair banging down the back.
g. You can't remernbi r the man.
but now remember the girl?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you know w hi ther she v as
bareheaded?
A. 1 can't ay
Tells Jury He Saw Girl
and Mullinax Together
so .
supporter from ti
ors* ■
Most old people must give to he
bow els some regular help, else they
suffer from constipation. Tin- con
dition is perfect!) natural. It is
just a>* natural as It is for old
people to walk slowly. For age
is never so active as Youth. The
muscles are less elastic. And the
bowels are muscles.
So all old people need Cas arets.
One might as well refus
weak even with glasses at
lect this gentle aid ;o wea
Tiie bowel? must be kcq
This is important at a:
never so much as a: flf‘
Age is not u irne U
physics. Youth may o* i
whip the bowels into activity. B.
to
active
) j "No. the
s j was loose
/ j Was* the catch on the support**'.
? broken, or only unfastened?"
?l "1 don’t think it wap broken."
S "Did Anderson loosen the support-
i or ?”
j "No."
\ I "Did he use any violence in exim-
)lining the body?"
\\ "No."
J Dr. Hurt then turned the witness
< back ov« r to the jury.
Draw Knot About Neck,
s "How.was thi cord tied about het
Edge,r 1 Sentell, tiie man who
demffleil Mullinax as being the man
io saw with Mary Phugan Saturday
night, was the first witness to take
the stand when the coronet’s jury
“omened at 2 : o’clock.
The witness said that he worked .if
Kampers’ grocery store, slatting to
work there last Thursday. He was
questioned as follows:
g. How late did you work Saturds y
night'.’ A. To about 10:30 o'clock.
q. What Is your work? A. 1
drive a wagon.
Q. What time did you get in with
your wagon Saturday night? A.
About 9:30.or 10 o’clock.
g. What did you do after that?
v 1 stayed about the store for a
little while, then went down to the
drug store on Hie corner
Saw Girl and Mullinax.
Q. llovv late did you stay there?
A. I do not know exactly. I startei.
walking to town and when I reached
th * Carnegie Library. I waited for a
Magnolia street car. I think 1 waited
about ten minutes and then found
that the ears had quit running.
Q. Did you see Mary Phagan Sa‘-
urday night? A Yes, sir.
Q. Was she with any one? A. She
was with this fellow Mullinax.
Q. What time was it? A. I to
not know exactly, it was some titr**
between 11:30 and 12:30 o’clock. I
think it was nearer 12:30 o’clock, as
the ears had quit running.
Q. Where did you see them?
On Forsyth Street, near Hunter
g. What were they doing? V
They were walking toward me.
Q Wen the) ogether? A. The)
were not exactly together.
Q Just how were they" A. Sh
was on one side *»f the sidewalk ind
Mullinax was on the other.
g Dii’ she wea’ a hat? A. N *.
Certain of Identity.
q. I’.iuhl vou swear that it wa-
Mar> Phagan ' A. Yes.
g Aiv you sure that it was Mui-
linax? A. 1 • ouli! not say positively,
but it was a man who looked liki
him. and I have not seen anyone who
looks so much like the* man 1 saw a
Mullinax does.
Q. How long hu\> you known Mu!
Jina:. A. 1 have just known hi:
name since Sunday.
g. Did you know him before? -A. I
used to see him around the car barns
when 1 worked there last June, but
1 did not know his name.
Q What were you doing around the
car barns? -A. 1 worked there.
Q. When did you first hear of the
death of the girl? About 10
o’clock Sunday morning when I was
on the ear on my way to my aunt’s.
Q. How did you know It was Alary
Phagan? A. I heard the street car
men talking. They said the dead
girl's name wu Phagan. and 1 thought
it might be Mary Phagan. as I had
seen her out late the night before.
g. When did you first tell of seeing
her? A. I went right on out to the
Phagan home instead of going to my
audit's to find if it was Mary, and told
them at tiie house that I had seen
her.
g. Where is your home? —A. My
people live at East P. int, bui I board
at S2 Davis Street.
g. What work did you do before
going with the Kamper Grocery firm?
A. I was in the Navy.
Q. When did you quit that work?—
A. April lx.
Q. How long were you there?—A.
About three months.
Q. Why did you quit A ?I was dis
charged on account of weak eyes.
Q. What was the trouble with your
eyes? A. I could not see the targets.
Q. Do your eyes trouble you ordi
narily?—A. No, sir.
Q. Are you quite sure they did not
fail you when you met this girl Sat
urday night?—A. Yes, sir.*
Q. Do you drink?—A. Sometimes,
but I have never been drunk.
g. Had you been drinking Saturday
night? A. No. sir.
Q Did Alary Phagan look like she
had been drugged?—A. No. sir but
she looked tired.
Q. Did you speak to her? \. Yes.
sir. I walked between her and Mul-
lirux and said; "Hello. Mary."
Q. What did she sav? —A. li 'Jo
Ed.
g. Did you talk to her an;, more?
v No. sir. 1 wa’ked on.
Q Did Miry Phagan'? parents a!
low her io go out with boxs at night?
A No. sir
Q Did you say anything to lie:
about being out so late?—A. No, sir.
'mi I thought it was unusual.
Q How long have you been know-
'"ig Mary Phagan? A. Ntarlv all her
ife.
Q. Did you ever call on he:'.’ \. I
vent to her house a good many times.
Q. Did you work all day Saturday?
— A. Yes, sir.
Q Are you sure the girl \v s Mary
* uigati. and not some other girl?—
' 1 am positive that it was Mary
Phnga n.
i Sentell was dismissed :»• this point
and the next witness called.
R. P Barrett. 18’ Griffin Street.
■ > machinist al the National Pencil
Company, was one of the witnesses
of the late afternoon.
He was «9ked:
g. How long have you wo: ked e r
the National Pencil Company?—a.
Seven weeks the last time. I worked
there about two year a ago.
Q. Did you know Mary Phagan?—
A. Yes.
Q. What did she do? A. Sic ran
a "tipping " machine.
g. When did you last see ffir?—
A. A week ago ^Tuesday.
Q. Did she work last week?—A. No.
Q. You say you worked in the same
department with Mary Phagan? Were
your machines close together?—A.
Yes.
Q. Wnen did you go to work?—A.
Monday morning.
Found Spotn on FI 5or.
g. Did you find anything unusual?
— A. When I went in I was told that
Mary had been murdered in the plant
and I saw apots on the floor that I
thought w re -.'used oy blood. /i
looked as though someone had tried
to sweep hem aAvay. and as though
whitewash had been poured over
them. 1 tailed Mr. Quinn, the fore
man, and he notified the detectives.
The blocij spbts were chipped up
off the floor .ind taken to the police
station.
Q. Did you find anything on any of
the machines? —A. Mr. Quinn gave
me some work to do and T started to
- <ck on one of the hand lathes. I
started to lathe and some hair tan
gled in the machine, got twisted :n
mv fingers ; called Mr. Quinn and
all the girlcame no and identified
the hair as that of Mary Phagan.
Q. Whose hair do you think it was?
A. It looked to me like Mary’s.
Q. How long have you known
Mary?—A. Six weeks.
Q. Was she quiet?—-A. Mary was
a very nice, quiet girl, and 1 never
had seer, her in any misconduct.
Q. Have you *;ver seen any men
with Mary?—A. No. 1 have seen M .
Gantt come through and speak to a”,
the girls, but I never saw him speak
to Mary in particular.
Q. How lar*^ was the place that
seemed marked over with whitewash ’
—A. It was a spot four or five inch-s
in diameter.
Girls Feared Frank.
Q. Did you see traces of blood
around the elevator?—A. No, sir.
Q. Ho\y far was it from the elev i
tor?—A. Fully two hundred feet.
Q. Was Mr. Frank familiar w-.h
the girl?—A. Not that J know of.
Q. Did you ever see them togeth
er?—A. I never have. I have hear!
the girls singing at their work, and
when Mi Frai i; would come the.
would stop. They were afraid of dis
pleasing him.
Q. In what condition was the hair
that you found?—A. Taneled an 1
torn.
Q. How many hairs were there al
together?— A. About a dozen.
At this point Mr. Barrett v.as dis
missed, and F. M. Berry, assistant
cashier of the Fourth National Panic,
was called to the stand.
Handwriting of Notes is
Identified as Newt Lee's
F. AI. Berry, one of the most im
portant witnesses of the afternoon.
' entifled tiie handwriting on the
>i tea round near Mary Phagan s body
as practically the same as that of
New t Lee. who wrote a test note for
the detectives.
Mr. Berrv said that be had been
connected with the Fourth Nat tonal
Bank for 22 years and is at present
assistant cashier. During these 22
years he said . thqt he had studi. d
handwriting continual !y. He wa9
<lven both notea found by \be body
of tiie girl and whs asked if thVy
were written by th? same person. H
said they were.
He then was given a’..other of oth
er notes and asked to pick out th
one written by the same person that
had written the notes found by t.u*
body of the dead girl. He selecte i
two and said that they had been
written by th“ same person that hao
written those discovered beside tiie
girl. Perry was* dismissed and De
tective Starnes called.
Detective Stanv.s picked up
notes that Berry had picked out yt
the collection and said that they had
been v. ritter bj Lee. He said that
he had dictated one and that an
other detect! :e had dictated the oth*r.
He said tirai he, dictated one of the
in,tea found except the last word
'slef." which he was unable to de
cipher. He showed the note to Lee
and asked nlnt to write that Iasi
word. Starnes said that he wrote *t
readily, spelling it again s-l-e-f.
^tcarne? was dismissed and R. P. Bar
rett was recalled.
Q. Who worked at the plant Satur
day afternoon?—A. Two boys worked
on the lop floor. One of them named
Harry was crippled. 1 don’t know
(what the name of the other one was.
i Q. Were you at the factory at ul!
Saturday?-rA. No.
Q. Have you eve heard of an;, on-
using the place at night?—A. Yes. -ir.
Q., Who used it?—A. \|r. Un^! .> -
wav said that he saw young girls,
boys and men go in there at nigh:.
(Coroner Donehoo asked the ctetec-
t VPS to ge* Mr. Calloway. His ini
tials or employment were not men
tioned by the witness*, but some of
the persons present thought the wit
ness meant E. F. Holloway, timekeep
er in 1 he ~>encil plant.)
Q. When did Air. Cado* e... tell you
this?—A. To-day.
Q. Had you heard it before. A.
Yes, sir.
Q. Has the night watchman aUva* .<*
been a negro? -A. No, we used to
have a white man.
Q. Did Calloway tell you how thes.
people went in that place? -A. No.
1 sir.
O. Did J * say who let them ’in?
I A. No. si".
Dr. A. J. McKelway, president pro
tem of the Southern Sociological
Congress, declared to-day that if fac
tory conditions in Atlanta were w hat
they should be 14-year-old Mary
Phagan never would have been slain.
"If social conditions, if factory con
ditions in Atlanta were what they
should be here, if children of tender
years were not forced to work in
thops this frightful tragedy could not
have been enacted." he asserted.
Dr. McKelway's remarks came in
the course of a conversation in which
he discussed at length the evils of
child labor in industrial plants and
the absolute necessity of rigid child
labor legislation.
A reception at the Piedmont Driv
ing Club yesterday marked the close
of the four-day sessions of the so
ciological congress in Atlanta. Dele
gates left last night and to-day for
their homes.
City Offers $1,000 as
Phagan Case Reward
At Special Cour.ci! Meeting Called
by Mayor Only One Man
Opposes Action.
At a special session of City Council
to-day, called by Mayor Woodward, to
give the city’s financial aid to the ap-
preheneion of the guilty persons in the
Mary Phagan strangling case, $1,000 was
appropriated as a reward to the person
furnishing information leading to the ar
rest of the man or men who committed
the deed.
The appropriation found one opponent
in Councilman Thomson, who said the
lure of a high award would be likely
to result in the arrest and hanging of
an innocent person who might be sworn
to his death by some one desiring tne
reward.
The Councilman said he was in favor
of using the money in engaging an ad
ditional force of expert detectives.
Big Kite Target for
New Aeroplane Gun
United Ctates Will Remount All
Field Artillery for Use
Against Airships.
WASHINGTON. April 30.—A hui?»
kiln. Ilovoi at it height Of 700 feet,
will be the target of the. new army
aeroplane gun which Is soon to be
given it final test at the Sandy Hook
proving grounds. Army officials be
lieve that it gun which will strike a-
swiftly moving aeroplane at a height
of several hundred feet is not Im
possible. *
Secretary of War Garrison has
given orders that all field gulls be re-
lnounte I on carriages so that they
may be used for aeroplane defense.
U.S. Asked to Certify
Receipts for Cotton
Memphis Bankers Seek Protection
After Losses Following Failure
of Martin’s Firm.
•MEMPHIS. TENN.. April 30.—A
petition to-day was being circulated
among business men and bankers of
Memphis requesting Congress to pass
ci law giving Government officials
power to take char je of any cotton
warehouse and issue receipts on
stored cotton. This, the backers of
♦he petition declare, would make it
impossible for a cotton dealer to bor
row money on cotton receipts when
there was no cotton in the ware
houses. j
The petition is the result of the ois-
c.ppearanci of Joseph W. Martin,
wealthy cotton dealer: the bankrupt
cy of the Martin-Phillips Company, of
which he w as president, and the dis
appearance of Leo Lesser, senior
member of the Leaser-Ely cotton firm.
PHILADELPHIA OPERA
COMPANY, DIPPEL’S PLAN
PHILADELPHIA, April HO—It ha-
been learned that Andreas Dippel. the*
resigned executive of the F-'hiladel-
phia-Chicago Grand Opera Company
plans to organize an individual com
pany that will sing only in this city.
It has been announced at E. P.
Stotesbury’s office that he will confer
with Dippel next Friday.
STORM-BATTERED STEAMER
ARRIVES AT NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS. April CO.—Badly
battered, with two of its crew lost, the
Holland liner Sommelsdyk arrived
here to-day under low steam. On its
wav to this point the boat struck a
violent storm on March 18. For sev
eral days the crew expected the ship
to sink.
Inspectors Fail to
Dodge Nights in Jail ffooraj! BEb'jtO
Four Accused New York Police Must
Stay in Tombs During
Trial.
Rule ihe House
NEW YORK, April So.—Before the
trial of ox-Police Inspector.” Sweeney.
Hussey. Murtnu and Thompson,
charged with obstruction bf justice,
was resumed to-day, .the four men.
handcutted together, were taken to
the appellate division of the Suprenu
Court for arguments on a habeas cor
pus writ. They were trying to get
legal sanction for bail, s-o that they
would not have to .••;> nd each night in
the Tombs during their trial.
Justice Ingham t.eckii u tiie four
muK stay in jai when not hi court
during their trial. T u trial th n was
resumed.
Boy Sweetheart Says Girl
V/as to Meet Him Saturday
G. \V. Epos, Jr , 14 years old. o’
248 Fox Street, who lives just around
the corner from Mary Phagan. an 1
who vas hei boy sweetheart, testi
fied before the Coroner's Jury this
afternoon that Mary Phagan bad
asked him to come down by the fac
tory and go home with her a few
da vs ago. She told him. he said, that
Mr. Frank had been in the habit <*;'
going down to the front door an 1
waiting there until she came out and
looked suspicious at her and wink'd.
He was asked:
q. When did you see Mary Phagan
last?—A. Saturday morning. We came
to town on the car together. We
got to town at 12 o’clock. When we
got off the car she told me that s-e
was going to the pencil factory to
get her pay and would meet me at
■h” Ffldn Drug Store at Five Points
:o >ee the parade at 2 o’clock. 1
| » - krd for her all around at that ti im.
'••v ret firm ner. I staved there
lurf! about 4 o’clock selling papers.
She never appeared. There wasn’t
much of n crowd and 1 would have
seen her if she had come.
Q. Where did you go at 4 o'clock? -
\. I went to the ball game. ,
Q. Where did you go after that?--
A. I went home, reaching there at 1
o'clock.
Q. Did you go over to Mary’-*
house? A. Yes. I went over there
immediately.
3 DEAD IN KANSAS CITY
TRAMPS’ REFUGE FIRE
KANSAS, CITY. MO.. April 30.—
Three men are known to be dead in a
fir? which started in the Hurry-1*,*
Transfer Company’s, office at Fourth
and Wyandotte Streets this afternoon
and rapidly spread to nearby lioua* -
and buildings.
Three men hanging to window
ledges in the Helping Hand Hotel
were lost when the walls of that
building collapsed and seven oth” s
believed to have been in the hotel
are unaccounted for.
No Longer Do Women Fear ■
the Greatest of All Human j
Blessings.
It is a jo. and comfort 10 know ;
that those much-talked-of pains
ana other distresses that are sa*d t*>
precede chi.d-bear'ng may easily be
ato'itd. No woman need fear the
slightest discomfort if she will fortify
herself with the well-known and
time-honored remedy, "Mother’s
Friend."
This is a most grateful, penetrat
ing, external application that at once ,
softens and makes'plfant the abdom
inal muscles and ligaments. They
naturally expand without the slight
est strain, and thus not only banish
all tendency to nervous, twitching
spells, but there is an entire freedom
from nausea, discomfort, sleepless
ness and dread that so often leave
their impress upon the babe.
The occasion is therefore one of un
bounded, joyful anticipation, and too
much stress can not be laid upon the
remarkable influence which a moth
er's happy, pre-ratal disposition lias
upon the health and fortunes of the
generation to come.
Mother's Friend is recomrnendec
only for the relief and comfort of ex-
pretant mothers, thousands <*f whom
have used and n commend it. You
will And it on sale at all drug stores
at $1.00 a bottle. Write to-day to the
P udfleld Regulator Co.. 130 Lamar
Bldg.. Atlanta. Ga . for a most ir.-
strootive book on this greatest of all
subjects --motherhood.
CHRISTY CHURCHILL, LAST
OF KENTUCKY FAMILY, DIES
LEXINGTON, KY.. April 30.—
Christy Churchill, the last member
of the noted Kentucky family from
which Churchill Downs received its
name, is dead hero to-day. He suffer
ed an attack of pneumonia during
the private race meet given by Mrs.
Clarence Lebu ;ti Lexington last
week.
It v
knot *'
loop*
els Into activit\
be used ever
>els of the old i
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led v
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want
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Policeman Says Body
Dragged From Elevator
ft M Lass it i. th* policeunan * n j the bottom of the elevator shaft. I
j th morning watch pas. the pencil found there also a big ball of red
' fai ;oi 1 . vas (ailed at 3 o’clock in tiie I w lapping twine that never bad been
; uf:» Ho w is :• '•ti ne i as f«fl - opened. (Hera the witn ss was show n
iow* the coni that had Strangled the gill
Q '• r ’• ’ y ' ;i ! ’ • u " , j and ask- d if that \va* the kind of cord
s f“, V T " ? U!V i i;; ;. •’ i ’*«' 1 "1 found. Hr S4id it 'vas not,
' '' > ’ ‘ T i v ovvj ho found was very much
find ‘ A. A pa:n-
• u flnu it?—A. At
Sod> Hcri Been Removed.
liad the jody been removed
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