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Til h ATLANTA GEOKtiiAJN AMT JNEVVfe, MOiNDAY, MA A 5, 1913
FRANK TELLS HIS
STORY ON
Hugh Dorsey, Solicitor General, on left, and Judge W.
D Ellis. The former is hard at work on the Phagan case. The
latter has charged the Grand Jury to probe the slaying thor
oughly
and the servant.
Did von see Mr. or Mrs.
Selig A 1 did not see Mrs. Se
lip 1 am not sure whethtr I saw
Mr Selip or not
Q How did you come to town?
A. On the car.
Q. Which line? A. 1 have the
choice of two line* I do not remem
ber the one 1 took
Q. What lines are there? A. The
Washington Street and the Georgia
Avenue lines 1 don't recall which
one J used.
Q Did you talk to any one on the
car? A. 1 don’t remember.
Q What time did you arrive at
the factory? A About 8.25.
Q Who was «t the factory? A.
Holliway, the day watchman, and the
office boy, whose name 1* Alonzo
Mann
Q Was the front door locked? A
No
Q. Where was Holliway? A By
the time clock on the second floor,
his usual place.
Q Were Holliway and the office
boy the only persons there? A Prom
all 1 remember
• Q Do you remember that any one
was buck about the machinery? A.
1 don’t know of any one being: there.
Tells of Employes’ Arrival.
Q How long after you arrived
was it before others came In'* A. I
don't know exactly, but think it was
about half an hour. Several persons
<«me in for pay ♦envelopes One man
came in for his son's envelope and
another for his step-son's enfelope.
One was Jimmy Graham's father.
y. Was it a half or a whole holi
day? A It was Memorial Day and
i he factory force had been granted a
« Hole holiday The office force was
to report for the handling of orders.
q Did any girls come in for their
11h> envelopes? A. Nettie Smith got
her*,and her sister’s.
Q. Did you wait on them? A Yes.
Q Were there any others in the
office at the time? A I don't r^mem-
ber
Q Wan there a clerk in the of
fice? A. The place of the clerk Is
vacant, but it was being taken by one
of the salesmen, Herbert Hchiff 1
do not remember whether or not he
was at the office at the time I paid
Nettie Smith.
Q. Was Schiff in the office at the
time you paid these envelopes? A
No. sir.
Q Who occupies the outer office?
A. The Monographer
Q Was there any one in the outer
office at the time 0 A 1 don’t know.
Q Who ia the stenographer? A.
Miss Eubanks
Q Do you know- her given name?
A. No.
Describes Morning’s Work.
Q How long after you went there
before aome one else connected with
fu place came In’* A. About half
an hour.
Q Who was it that came in? A.
Mr. Darley, Wade Campbell and sev
ers! others.
Q Can you tell us what you did
during the morning? A Went over
the mail and took up various matters
with the managers and made up some
orders.
Then what did you do” A
Went to the manager's office.
Q What time was that? A About
1b o’clock.
Q Did any one go with you? A.
No.
Q What did you do before this?
X l talked several minutes with
Darley and Campbell.
Q- Hid you do anything at all on
'he financial sheet? A. No.
Delves Into Busin*** Details.
‘ oroner Donehoo here questioned
Crank at length on eacfft detail of
his work in the office at the factory
during the forenoon of Saturday.
Vpril L’6, and as to the manner the
financial sheets and cost sheets of the
company were made up.
Coroner Donehoo asked:
Did you make out the financial
sheets Saturday?” a. Yes
Pastor Urges Inspectors
To Protect Working Girls.
Hr. Andrew R. Holdrrby. of Moore
Memorial Presbyterian Church, re
ferring to the Mary Phagan tragedy,
• esterday urged that the city of A -
lanta provide women Inspectors to
;ook afle the working girl* of the
city. He also warned parents not to
<11st uas the details or Ihe aftalr wl'h
i iiair children.
Atlanta has been excited and torn
b> the sickening crime." said Dr.
Holderbv. and the whole community
has become demoralised. But why
should we wax hysterical because
one demon has committed a das
tardly deed? The crime has been
perpetrated, but It might have been
<ix»n. In any other community Ef
fort is being made to clear the mvi.
tery and punish the criminal, so why
should noi the public be satisfied '
"This city is no worse than others
simply because one such crime has
been enacted. The people and the
police department are not to blame
for the deed.
Girls Exposed to Dangers.
"One note of warning, however, may
b* sounded. Atlanta can not be too
careful of her working girls man\ of
whom are exposed to the most insio
mus of dangers
T believe It is the duty of the city
in afford the very besr, protection for
these girls, and. of course. It Is the
duty of every family to guard them
Voung gtrls who come In contact with
the public daily face untold dangers.
Mothers and fathers, after all, muc
give them their greatest protection
"But the city should provide Inspec
tors to look into conditions that sur-
-.und working girls and the ireat-
n er* accorded them, if this were
r ne efficiently, there would- not like-
• occur any such hideous clm-s
t» ‘net pure and innocent girls."
POTEAT DELIVERS
Furman University President De
clares Religious Despotism Has
No Place in America.
Dr Edwin M Poteat. president of
Furman University, Greenville. H.
delivered Sunday night at the Baptist
Tabernacle the address which he at
tempted to make before the Sociologi
cal Congress’ last week and which wii
stopped by the presiding officer. Dr A
J. McKelway.
"The National Stewardship'' was
Dr Poteat'a subject. He disclaimed
any intention of attacking either Jews
or Catholic*, but stated that a discus
sion of his theme necessitated men
tion of the part plaved in history by
the Jewish raoe and the Catholic
Church; how that mf**ion had been
fulfilled and that now th* American
people were Intrusted with the charge
of fostering democracy, both in gov
ernment and religion
Dr Poteat. In part, said
"America Is commissioned of God to
guarantee personal liberty, both relig
ious and civic In Its final analysis
the struggle of the world from the
beginning of history ha a been one be
tween despotism and democracy. Rus
sia. Turkey and Germany—the latter
In lesser degree are about the only
countries in the world where despotic
governmental rule still sways. China
is the latest convert to the rule of de
mocracy.
Founded on Raligioua Liberty.
"In religion it is the same Amer
ica is founded or. ‘ ne principle of re
ligious liberty, and the Catholic
Church, which represents the hardest
and most stringent despotic rule, has
no place in America.
As an American citia-n, 1 claim
the right to fight a church that strikes
at the foundation of democracy in re
ligion. The priest is exactly 2.00(1
years out of date. When the veil of
tlie temple was rent, the function of
the priest was destroyed and the indi
vidual was given personal access *lo
God.
"The Catholic priest Is the most
enormous anachronism In the world
to-day And while we are bound to
recognize the right of every Individual
to\ worship God as he chooses, the
American nation can not. and will not,
submit to the encroachments of ihe
despot, even in religion.
‘‘The Jewish race lost Us divine
commisHion when It rejected Jesus as
the Saviour. Up to that time it hud
been the leader In religion. Every
great Idea contributed to the thought
of the world came from the Jew*?; In
fact, the Jews were chosen of God. but
they rejected the stone that Is the
keystone of the arch.
Jawa’ Mission to Prapare.
"The Jews’ mission was to prepare
a soil for the reception of the t'hrls
lian religion, for they were the first
people of the world who conceived a
God or deity who was moral. In busi
ness and commerce the Jews are lead
ers; in fact, there la buf one city in
the worid where the Jew Is not at the
very top In business He met his
match in the Biot of Edinburgh.
"In America to-day. the Immediate
conflict is between the bosses and the
people The whole country is watch
ing Woodrow Wilson In deepest anx
iety to see what he will do with the
situation. But America's world mis
sion to establish and preserve a
kingdom In which the people rule,
both in religion and in the national
Government."
• PHAGAN SLAYING MYSTERY
Urges Enforcement of LawsRegulating
Locker Clubs and Against Sun
day Tippling, Questionable Houses
and Carrying Concealed Weapons.
Coroner's Jury Likely
to Hold Both Prisoners
Expect Hawthorne
To Ask for Parole
Priaon Board Probably Will Consider
His Plea With 109 Othera
Monday Afternoon.
Julian Hawthornes plea for parole
probably will be among the 109 ap
plications considered when the At
lanta Federal Prison Pardon Foard
njeets Monday afternoon. The fact
that a ruling of the presiding judge
set the technical beginning of his sen
tence of a year and one day for us
ing the mails to promote a fraudu
lent mining scheme for November.
Instead of March, when he was in
carcerated. makes him eligible to pa
role at this time.
The failure of R. V T,aDow. presi
dent of the board, and Sewell Key, its
secretary, to arrive early Monday
morning delayed the session, sched
uled for 9:30 o’clock.
Members present when the meet
ing was called and adjourned were
William H. Moyer, wiruen of the
prison; J. Calvin Weaver, prison phy
sician: M. Ix Covington, parole offl
cer. and Frank Rodgers, clerk.
CRAZED RUSSIAN FANATIC
KILLS 2, FATALLY HURTS 3
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 6 A
Russian religious pilgrim, who had
been given shelter last night by a
farmer living near Pskov, went in
sane during the night and attacked
the family with a hatchet killing the
wife and a child and fatally wound
ing the farmer and two other chil
dren.
The maniac then tried to commit
suicide. He was arrested.
BANKER SENT TO PRISON.
UOLUMBUS. OHIO, May 5.—George
.1 Mag y, secretary of the defunct
Teutonia Saving? and Loan Company,
to-day pleaded guilty to the charge of
making false reports and was sen
tenced r 0 three years' imprisonment
In i lie follow ing story will be i
found tiie developments in the. Pha-;
g;in case up to the time the inquest
was resumed Monday afternoon:
It is said, but without authority,
that a great deal of very important
evidence has been accumulated, blit
that It will not be presented at the
Coroner's inquest Instead, it will
go directly Into the bands of So
licitor Dorsey, who, as the chief
prosecuting officer of Fulton County,
Is really In charge of the case now,
although it has never been the duty
of a prosecuting officer to interfere
with the functions of the Coroner.
May Hold Both Lee and Frank.
It seems probable that both Frank
and Lee will be held for the Grand
Jury. The testimony brought out at
ihe Coroner's inquest will be turned
over to Solicitor Dorsey, who wi'l
study it carefully and make such fur
ther investigations as he may deem
necessary, using the detective force of
the city for that purpose.
Judge Ellis of the Superior Court on
Monday instructed the May Grand
Jury to investigate the mystery In a
thorough manner. It Is not likely,
however, that the Grand Jury will
take up the caae for several days. The
matter of presenting evidence on
which indictments may b found is In
the hands of Solicitor Dorsey. H *
has charge' of the Grand Jury, and it
is he who presents the evidence and
who frames the indictments, and it.
may take him several days o
strengthen tain links in the chain
of evidence. so that when Indictment
are brought they will be found to bo
legally correct and will leave no op
portunity for the lawyers engaged by
the accused to make objections lr
court.
It is the Intention of Solicitor Dor
sey to keep secret all evidence in his
possession until the matter has been
passed upon by the Grand Jury, in
dictments found and the case brought
to trial
Frank Maintaina His Innocence.
Everything depends upon what
transpires at the Coroner’s inquest.
Frank's testimony may make neces
sary an entirely new deal of the cards.
He etlll maintains his innocence, and
Lawyer Rosser, his counsel, declares
that there is no evidence by which to
connect him with the case.
Coroner Donehoo will hold a con
ference with Chief of Detectives Lan-
ford and Solicitor Dorsey before the
inquest to decide upon the witnesses
who will be asked to testify.
In addition to Lee and Frank, the
detectives will have on hand persons
they have been interrogating since the
inquest adjourned last Thursday. Sev
eral of these are said to have made
disclosures of great Importance.
Dorsey’s Action Misconstrued.
There seems to be a misapprehen
sion in the public mind about the at
titude of Solicitor Dorsey. Rumors on
the streets and gossip in newspaper?
that he "has taken the Phagan case
out of the hands of the police and out
of the control of the Coroner” is not
true, for the very simple reason that
Mr. Dorsey is the chief prosecuting
officer of Fulton County, superior to
the police, the detectives and the Cor
oner. lie may act with them or inde
pendently of them As Solicitor he is
the most important official in the
county government, more powerful
than the Mayor or the Police Com
mission
The Phagan case is in the hands of
Mr. Dorsey now, as it has been from
the beginning
The function of the Coronet's office
is simply to gather testimony and evi.
dence that is turned over to the So
licitor for him to act upon.
Statement by Solicitor.
Solicitor Dorsey made this state
ment :
"Mr. Scott, of the Pinkertons, has
given to this office valuable informa
tion The policy of the Pinkertons is
to establish the truth. They recog
nize that this > (floe will receive from
them to that end any information
they have, but under no circum
stances do they expect to get any in
formation we have gathered from
other sources.
The Grand Jury did not take up the
Phagan case Monday. After passing
on a number of routine matters It
adjourned until Friday, but in the
meantime will hold itself in readiness
to a call from the Solicitor should he
deem it necessary
Mr. Dorsey said he was agreeably
satisfied with the progress he had
made in the case, and he was de
veloping every clew' that was of im
portance. He has given over his en
tire time to directing the investiga
tion, he said, and would not see any
one to-dev except on matters relating
to it.
Deputies from his office and private
detectives in the county's employ
have made search after search of the
building Many articles that were
left there by the police have been
brought to his office, and will be kept
there until examined Monday a dir
tv. grease-soaked broom and the lan
tern that was in the cellar, were
brought to his office. He will have
them examined for blood stains or
finger prints
He said that to the best of his
knowledge the coroner’s inquest
would be resumed Monday afternoon.
Coroner Donehoo said that practi
cally all of the employees of the pen
cil factory would be at the inquest
this afternoon ready to testify if
called upon.
With the employees of the paper
factory wnere Mary Phagan worked
before she wont to the pencil factory
the witnesses will total nearly 100.
The detectives say that all of these
persons, a large number of whom
were 911 the streets the Saturday aft
ernoon of the tragedy, already have
been questioned and that none of
them saw Mary Phagan after she is
known to have gone to the pencil fac
tory for her money Saturday noon
Chief Lanford was authority for the
statement to-day that probably some
of the most important evidence would
noi be disclosed ar tne -inquest, but
would be reserved and presented be
fore the Grand Jury.
‘‘We are not showing our full hand
yet.” said one of the detectives. "We
will submit sufficient evidence before
the coroner? Jury to warrant holding
the two men now in custody, but we
do not deem it advisable to tell every
thing until we present it to the grand
jury. Three or four of our most Im
portant witnesses will be saved until
after the case goes to the Grand Jury."
Rumor of New Important Witness.
A rumor is in circulation that
among the witnesses for whom the
detectives have been searching is a
young woman who Is said to have
been wifTl Mary Phagan when Mary
went to get her pay envelope Satur
day noon at the pencil factory. The
identity of the mysterious girl has
not been disclosed. The report is that
she was overheard to remark that she
waited outside the factory w'hile Mary
was in getting her envelope, and that
after she had waited about half an
hour a man came out and told her she
needn’t wait any longer, as Mary
would be detained by some work she
had to do.
The detectives immediately started
a search for the young woman In tlie
hope that she would be able to give a
good description of the man who told
her she need wait no longer. Miss
Beulah Daniel, daughter of G. T. Dan
iel. of Mableton, Ga.. wa« in a Mari
etta store when she overheard the
conversation, but little importance was
attached to it until she repeated it to
her father. He then notified the au
thorities and the search was taken up.
Bloodstain Tests Kept Secret.
Dr Claude A. Smith. Ci^ Bacteri
ologist. to whom the shirt found in a
barrel at Lee’s home was given for
an analysis of the bloodstains, would
not make public the result of his in
vestigation this forenoon. Chief Lan
ford said that he would rece've the*
report later.
Chief Lanford’s secretary. G. C.
February, was occupied this forenoon
in compiling all of the statements
made thus far to the detectives and
In making a review of all the clew's
that had been received and followed
to their original source. The com
pilation will be added to as new de
velopments occur.
Efforts to cap Lee Fail.
Hoping to catch Newt Lee in som
admission that will signify that he has
more knowledge of the killing of Mai*}
Phagan tha he has been willing to
tell, Deputy John Owen, who has been
stationed at the jail nights, has kept
a very close watch on the prisoner
and has questioned him repeatedly.
After talking with* Lee for some
time last night. Owen posted a man
behind the watchman's ce'l to learn
what he would say to his cellmate,
Dewberry, who is waiting to hang fir
murder.
"They seem to think you know more
about the murder than you have to’ i
them,” Dewberry was heard to say
Lee.
"I’ve told them everything I ktoow,"
was the reply.
"They seem o think you’re trying
to protect some man. Dewberry con
tinued.
‘‘I declare, if l knew who did It, I
would tell quick enough and get my
self out of this.” Let said.
Gompers' Sentence
In Bucks Case Cut
Court of Appeals Reduces Punish
ment for Contempt to Thirty
Days in Jail.
WASHINGTON. May 5 The Dis
trict of Columbia Court of Appeals
to-day reduced the sentence of Sam
uel Gompers. president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, in the Bucks
Stove and Range Company contempt
case to 30 days in jail.
The sentences of John Mitchell, vice
president, and Frank Morrison, secre
tary were remitted and fines of $500
imposed.
Chief Justice Shepard dissented.
Judge W. D Ellis, of the Superior
Court, delivered the following ad
dress to the new Grand Jury, and
touched upon the Phagan case:
‘‘Under our system of judicial pro
cedure. we have in the Superior
Court of this county six terms each
year. Grand juries are drawn and
Impaneled at each term, but the du
ties of making investigations into
matters of a general nature, such as
the inspection of the offices, the
books, papers and records of the
Clerk of the Superior Court, of the
Ordinary and of the County Treas
urer. the duty of examination of pub
lic buildings and their condition, the
examinations of the lists of voters,
and the examination of convict
camps, the inspection of the jail and
such other matters concerning the
public welfare, the peace and good
order of the county at large, are re
quired at the March and September
terms
"While such matters are looked
after by the grand Jurie of the
terms named, yet you are not pro
hibited from inquiring into such mat
ters if you deem it necessary, or if
brought to your attention by the
court or the ^Solicitor General.
Cites Violation of Liquor Law.
‘ You are impaneled at this the
May tefm specially to Inquire into
and take action upon cases of viola
tion of the penal code. While you
are to consider all violations of the
law. and bring to trial by presentment
or indictment all who are probably
guilty of crime, 1 w ill call your spe
cial attention to some matters.
‘‘Look to the violation of the law
against the sale of intoxicating liq
uors. Find true bills against all
who conduct clubs, which are run
for the purpose of selling liquor. Un
der the law*locker clubs can be oper
ated, but if a club is organized or
maintained for the purpose of mak
ing money by the sal» of intoxicating
liquors, those who operate or main
tain it are violators of the law.
"If a locker club, organized for so
cial pleasure, is conducted as such an
organization, it is permitted that the'
members may keep liquor as a part Ct
the social establishment; but if the
sale of intoxicating liquor is the pur
pose and the social feature only an
excuse for the organization or opera
tion, then those who run such an al
leged club are guilty and should be
brought to trial.
Defines Tippling Houses.
‘‘I want again to call your special
attention to Keeping open tippling
houses on the Sabbath day. Every
club, no matter how well organized
and operated within the law, is a tip
pling house if the members are per
mitted to assemble there on Sunday
and drink intoxicating liquors. Even
a private citizen would be guilty of
keeping a tippling house on the Sab
bath day if he allows his friends and
neighbors to assemble in his parlor
and drink intoxicating liquors on
Sunday, and this would be true even
If he furnished the liquor free or al
lowed those who assemble to bring it
with them. I charge you to look
closely into this matter.
“I wish to Invite your careful at
tention to the law against carrying
concealed weapons. No man. under
the law. has a tight to carry a con
cealed weapon. Officers of the law
may openly carry them and private
persons may carry them openly oy
obtaining a license, but nobody has a
right to carry a deadly weapon con
cealed. This is a free country, and
life and person ought to be safe in it.
‘‘Good people do not go armed, but
the vicious and desperate do go armed.
The good citizen is certainly as cour
ageous as the bad. and he is entitled
to walk In the pathways of life with
out being at the disadvantage of be
ing shot down by some cowardly vil
lain who walks about armed and
equipped for slaughter.
Law Bars “Gun Totars.*’ •
“If all men are to have an equal
showing, all ought to be allowed to go
armed or all ought to be compelled
to go about unarmed. The law has
decided which equality shall exist,
r and It declares that no man shall go
about with concealed weapons and
none shall carry pistols even openly
unless he shows some reason for It
and publicly procures a license.
“It is claimed that public houses of
prostitution have been abated in this
county. Of course, it is desirable
that prostitution should cease, but
the abatement of the evil of lewd
houses in known localities makes it
most probable that assignation houses
will spring up. and that the illicit
intercourse will be shifted from
known localities to dark and secret
places.
“A thousand such cases are not in
the aggregate so revolting as one case
of seduction of a virtuous girl or the
rape fttt4 murder of Life Mary Pha
gan. I charge you to look carefully
and deliberately into all these mat
ters. and especially to investigate sus
pected places of assignation or houses
or places run for the purpose of pros
titution under the name of rooming
houses
"The Mary Phagan case call*
for your immediate and vigorous
attention. The power of the
State is behind you. What ap
pears to be an awful crime ha*
been committed and the welfare
of the community, the good name
of Atlanta, public justice and the
majesty of the law demand at
the hands of this Grand Jury and
of all officers of the law the most
searching investigation and the
prompt brtnging to trial of the
guilty party.
"This is a good community. There
are thousands of intelligent and law-
abiding people, a vast majority of
our people are good and virtuous, but,
like all other communities, there are
bad people in it. The reputation and
progress of Atlanta attracts to it
large numbers of people from all
parts of tne country' and some of
the worst people from other places
come here and add themselves to the
baa element of our county. Let the
Grand Jury get after the bad element.
You indict all violators of the law
In Fulton County and the court will
see that speedy trials will follow and
that certain punishment will be in
flicted on the guilty.
Should Not Exploit Crima.
”1 do not sympathize with the com
mon cry that humanity ic* all bad. I
do not believe that the tendency of
humanity is for the bad. I beiievo
that it is unfair to cry out in a sort
of wail of despair because crime fs
committed. I doubt if the holding out
to public view of all the frailties of
the human tide is conducive to the
public good.
“There is no perfect community
anywhere, and probably never will be
upon thq face of this, world of ours;
but in trying to elevate and promote
good citizenship, in trying to suppress
crime and disorder, we should not be
led into the error of bringing reproach
upon the people of one of the best
communities in the world by exploit
ing the misdeeds of a few .
"Let us rather contend for reaching
to the high level of honesty and virtue
and at the same time ferret out and
punish the guilty who are upon us,
and who, by their conduct, violate the
laws which condemn the vicious and
which give praise to and provide for
the well-being and safety of the good.
Recalls Oath of Secrecy.
”1 want to remind you of your duty
as to matters which occur in tiie
Grand Jury room. Your oath is to
keep secret the State’s counsel, your
fellows’ and your own. unless called
on to give evidence thereof in a court
of justice.
“The object of the law is to allow
the utmos 1 ; freedom in the Grand Jury
room, in making honest and fair in
vestigations. It is bad faith, and a
violation of his oath, for a grand juror
to tell what transpires in their delib
erations. but it is not an uncommon
thing for the general public to be in
formed of things that transpire during
the investigation of alleged crimes.
“Look to this, and if there is a vio
lation of It. you should investigate,
And out who has betrayed the confi
dence reposed, and report to the court
the offending person.”
Police Hunt Missing
Tallulah Falls Man
Mystery 8hrouds Whereabout* of
Thomas Smithson, Who Dis
appeared Last Wednesday.
Mysteriously missing since last
Wednesday, Thomas Smithson, chief
mechanic at Tallulah Falls, is being
sought Monday by the police.
Smithson disappeared in Atlanta,
and his wife, who Is here aiding in
the search, fears harm may have be
fallen him.
Smithson came here Tuesday to
! have some repair work done on a
house he owns at 180 Hampton
,,Street. He visited this place Wednes
day, made all plans for the work,
land then vanished. He is 51 years
I of age.
Mrs. Smithson is at the home of
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SCHOOL BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ BALLOT.
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PIKEVTLLE. KY„ May 5.—The
story of how a 16-year-old girl, in
an effort to end the moonshining ca
reer of her two brothers, caused two
deaths and the serious wounding of
another man, was told in official dis
patches to the Government authori
ties to-day.
The girl, Ardelia Hall, went to
Deputy United States Marshal Mark
Porter, tn Pikeville, Ky., and told him
where her brothers were running a
moonshine w’hisky still at Blue
Notch, in the mountains, and offered
to lead a party of officers to the spot.
Porter swore in John Sloan, of
Pikeville. and Marlon Ramey, of Elk-
horn City, Ky., as deputies and, led
by the girl, went to the still.
They were destroying the apparatus
•when fired on from ambush by Solo-
man Hall, Dave Hall and Tom Rid
dle, a negro,.
Sloan and Ramey fell dead and
Porter was seriously wounded. Por
ter returned the fire, using Sloan’s re
volver, until he became unconscious.
The moonshiners seized the girl
and were dragging her toward the
Virginia State line when she broke
away and, catching Porter’s horse,
rode into Elkhorn City and spread the
alarm.
A posse is searching the moun
tains for the moonshiners, and a bat
tle is expected If they are overtaken.
ED TO MERGER
her half-brother, Alva Murdock, 55
Howell Street.
Debts Paid by Mother;
Martin May Return
It Is Believed Missing American
Will Sail from London
This Week.
j Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
j LONDON, May 5.—Although the J.
j Wilberforce Martin mystery remains
unsolved, it is said here that his dis
appearance was arranged by his cred
itors, to whom he owed about $300 -
000.
Scotland Yard received word from
Memphis that. Martin’s debts, had
been settled by his mother. He now
is at liberty to return home. It is be
lieved Martin has returned to Lon
don and will sail for America this
week.
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JURY IN SMITH SLAYING
TRIAL UNABLE TO AGREE
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, May 5.—The
jury in the case of Dr. Arthur Smith,
charged with the murder of his wife,
disagreed to-day. The jury had been
out since Saturday afternoon.
SIXTY NEWSPAPER MEN ARE
ARRESTED IN MEXICO CITY
MEXICO CITY. May 5.—Sixty
newspaper men are under arrest here
fora demonstration protesting against
the suppression of the radical news-
paper 1 -* El Voto and Vox de Juarez.
Council Ignores New
Woodward Charges
No Official Attention Will be Paid to
Fire Alarm Accusations—Mayor
Threatens Court.
Council will approve the report of
the investigating committee exoner
ating all city officials of charges < f
graft, it was declared Monday. Beth
committees were in session up to 3
o’clock drafting the reports, and ah
the members were agreed. The re
ports will be read Monday afternoon.
Mayor Woodward’s new* bitter crit-
lcsms of excess charges on the n w
tire alarm system will pass without
formal official attention from Council.
Mayor Woodward himself said he ex
pected no action from Council.
“The only way 1 have of making ■
effective fight is to refuse to sign th
check for the first payment on .he
system and air the matter in court,*”
he said. “I don’t expect to get any
real action from Council on these
graft charges. They can’t afford t?
condemn anyone.”
He said he did' not know yet wheth
er he w ould take his fire alar a
charges into court.
Forces Way in Jail
And Shoots Prisoner
Montgomery Lawyer Tries to Avenge j
Slaying of Uncle—Crazy,
Says Father.
MONTGOMERY. ALA. May 5.—W.
J. Fuller, widely known lawyer, rush »d
I by the turnkey at the county jail to
day, and. drawing a pistol, fir°d
through the bars of a big cage where
negroes were confined. A negro,
charged with some minor crime, re
ceived a painful flesh wound in the
leg. Fuller intended the bullet for
another negro, Bud Hannon, charged
with the slaying of his uncle, Consta
ble Thurman, here last week, b it
Hannon escaped unharmed.
Fuller’s father appeared at the iei
shortly afterward and stated he would
sue out a writ of lunacy for his son,
the latter himself now being held as
a prisoner, charged with assault with
intent to murder.
Bequeathing the bulk of her esrtatn,
amounting from $115,000 to $120,000.
to Mercer University, the will of the
late Mrs. Barbara C. Dodd, who died
here April 30, was filed for probate in
the Fulton County Court of Ordinary
Monday.
To the Gr^dy Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Dodd 1 bequeathed the proceeds of
a $2,000 fund for the maintenance >f
the infants’ ward at the hospital. This
amount was left in trust with the
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
together with a like amount for the
Georgia Baptist Orphanage at Han -
ville.
A sum of $1,500 was i*n trust
for the maintenance of her grave, any
excess in its earnings to go to Mer
cer. w
Mrs. Fannie 1 Ackerman, of New
York, sister of Mrs. Dodd, receives
$5,000 outright, while her brother,
Henry E. Dibble, of CampbellsCounty,
was left the earnings of $5,000 placed
in trust with C. E. Currier, executor
of the estate. Barbara E. Dibble, a
niece, living in Montgomery, receives
$2,000 and a handsome marquis ring
set with nine diamonds.
All her other jewelry is to be sold
by the Central Bank and Trust Cor-
poratlon k the proceeds to go to the
Home for Old Women in Atlanta.
This will amount to several thousand
dollars.
The remainder of the Dodd estate is
bequeathed to Mercer University,
which, it is estimated, will comprise
an immediate donation of practically
$100,000. At the death of her broth r
an additional $5,000 will go^to the
Baptist college, it having been made
residuary beneficiary.
Mrs. Dodd whs the widow of Philip
Dodd, a wealthy wholesale grocer o*f
Atlanta, reputed as a man of great
wealth. She had but the two near rel
atives. None of their children, except
the niece in Montgomery, was named
as beneficiary in the will. It is said
that in 1000 Mrs. Dodd destroyed a
will by w’hich she. had bequeathed
most of her property to relatives.
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